Ssushi

Thanks to everyone for the responses - I really appreciate it! To clarify: The shop wants to sell me either: 1) Pathos for e2300 - they sell it for e2200 I pay e100 OVER their standard shop price. 2) Prima Luna for e 1900 - they sell it for e1575 I pay e325 over the original shop price. When I said "Of course the Jadis cost of e1400 is deducted", that's not strictly true, in the case of the Pathos, they'll refund me e1300 and the Prima Luna they'll refund me e1075. Looking at it in this light, makes me realise that they surely must be breaking the law....

I think I've decided to ask them to replace the blown tube on the Jadis and make further repairs myself. If I bought either of the other two amps, each time I looked at I'd feel resentment that I'd payed way over the odds for it. That would hurt every day of my life...

Emo, thanks for your reponse! It kinda sounds like he has me over a barrel. My principles are going to get in the way of sorting this out for sure! I was going to replace my speakers shortly so will let them know that they will not be seeing my business for them. What makes this so bad is that the better (i.e. the option I get ripped of the least) is the amp that I don't actualy want... Still, worse things happen in life I reckon. I'll post the final result. Cheers Ssushi

This is my first post, so hi to everyone! Also, sorry but my Dutch isn't good enough to post this in Nederlandse. About 11 months ago I bought a Jadis Orchestra which was on sale in my local HIFI shop. Since then it's been nothing but trouble. Valves have blown twice and on another occasion an internal glass fuse shattered. The amp is currently back at the shop with another blown tube and frankly I've had enough. Jadis won't replace it as the shop had it for 6 months before they sold it to me (as a demo model), so the shop is looking for another demo model in the Netherlands. I'm unhappy with this. I spoke to the shop and asked if I could simply change to another amp. I spent over an hour in the shop listening to a Pathos Classic One and a Primaluna Two. I thought the Prima Luna sounded the better (the Pathos looses to much depth and the 'valve sound'). Anyway, the dealer has offered me the following deal: Jadis cost me e1400 Pathos for e2300 - they sell it for e2200 Prima Luna for e 1900 - they sell it for e1575 Of course the Jadis cost of e1400 is deducted but still I'm spending way over the odds on the Prima Luna. Is this legal? I'm not sure what my consumer rights are in the Netherlands. Also, during the listening session, one track was Faithless - Salva Mea, a dance track. The owner now seems to believe that I may be blowing up the Jadis because potentially I listen to loud dance music. I don't; the Jadis has never been over 1/3 volume and that is rare! And I rarely listen to dance music. Can dance music blow valve amps - as I said, once a glass fuse actually shattered! I feel that they are trying to sell me the more expensive amp, to recoup some of their loss on the Jadis. I don't even want this amp, the Prima Luna sounded better to me. Any help with this is very very appreciated! Cheers Ssushi