No website, so there is no official word. I'm assuming the amps are no longer being produced. Accurate?
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Walter Woods
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- Development Engineer-Mesa Boogie, Development Engineer-Genzler (pedals), Product Support-Genz Benz
I heard that he has retired, though does an occasional repair.
I hope you have at least four others that have been trained to take over the Genz-Benz repairs if something happens to you or when you finally get to retire so they can continue running for another 30+ years.
Sadly, just like Walter's amps other "Amp Techs" will not touch them.
Never mind. We took a vote, you will live and work forever.
- Feb 12, 2006
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A big part of this is that most amp techs are seriously under-qualified based on the assumptions, quality of troubleshooting and the comments that I see.I hope you have at least four others that have been trained to take over the Genz-Benz repairs if something happens to you or when you finally get to retire so they can continue running for another 30+ years.
Sadly, just like Walter's amps other "Amp Techs" will not touch them.
Never mind. We took a vote, you will live and work forever.
This is an issue throughout the industry, the top techs can make more money with less hassle in other industries.
EdwardofHuncote
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- Feb 12, 2006
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There are lots of good amp and power supply designers, the guys at ICEPower have managed to do this as well with much higher reliability. There's also the guys at QSC, Crown, Crest, Peavey, etc.
That said, the older technology that Walter used was state of the art at that time. Today's switching technology is very much advanced and has been designed from the bottom up to be highly reliable (beyond anything from that era).
Walter should be give credit for doing what he did at the time he did it, designing SMPS was MUCH more difficult back then, and the knowledge base was considerably smaller. He pulled of something that was "almost impossible" at that time (and with that era's components)
