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oxric wrote:

Mike duly explained to me that he would not vouch for the work of anyone not qualified and experienced with Vitavox drivers, given both the complexity of the work and the number of parts that go into making these drivers. I assured him that I would be more than happy with him doing this work for a fee. We had a chat about the possible costs of parts and labour (to be confirmed). The figures he mentioned were very reasonable and all in all, it seemed the only sensible thing to do was let Mike undertake the work, as Romy had also recommended him in the Vitavox S2 survival thread.

The Vitavox Harvey, or as I call him the Vitavox Mike is THE Vitavox guy, he own the Vitavox original tooling, know-how and I believe the legal name. I would disagree with his moments regarding the “complexity of the work and the number of parts”. There is absolutely nothing in Vitavox that makes it different from any other driver and any capable technician who know how to deal with compression drivers shall be able to test them, cleaned and demagnetize them. Of cause it your drivers are defective and you need new parts then Vitavox Mike would be the man… Sure, with all other equal conditions it would be preferable if Mike does it but it is very much not necessary. I feel that any compression driver user shall learn how to do it himself and it is very simple and owner shall retune the drivers periodically anyhow…

oxric wrote:

Mike assured me that www.vitavoxhifi.com would be imminently going online, the necessary move to bigger premises having caused some delay, and only at this point he would be able to take in my drivers. And then started a very long wait. In the past year, I have spoken with Mike on several occasions and received repeated assurances that it was going to be very soon! I must say that Mike was always very courteous on the numerous occasions when we talked, although he was very busy with the launch of the Living Voice Vox Olympian speakers. I waited for weeks, then months... Around February of this year, we had another long chat where he assured me that I should be expecting an announcement in no longer than a month's time. After that, many months went by and I dared not pester him again. But I dared eventually and talked to him two months ago when I got pretty much the same assurances as previously. I do not wish to pass judgement on a company when I do not know the precise reasons for the delay but if it was my company, a few heads would have rolled!

Well, I do not want to pass judgment about Mike as well as as I was able to observe his operation he has been doing the same “expecting an announcement” mode since 2002. If I migh I would pass a judgment about something that let Mike not-readiness to hold own progress for over a year. Why Mike’s delay bothers you so much. In my mind you Mike delay is obsessed reason for you, not the actual cause.

oxric wrote:

I have more or less decided to do what I can myself, with the assistance of the Vitavox S2 survival guide Romy has posted on this site, and maybe with the help of others (if you are an expert in Vitavox S2 drivers give me a shout), but would have preferred not to have wasted so much time waiting and then for absolutely nothing to materialise. It would be great if someone who is in the field, who felt confident with Vitavox S2s, would offer his professional and punctilious services testing, servicing, aligning and remagnetising these very vintage drivers. I am aware that we will have to wait for Mike to set up shop when it comes to sourcing diaphragms and other parts, but in the meantime an independent service point for these drivers would certainly be a huge help. I am realistic enough to know there is very little chance of this idea coming to anything but after a year of interminable waiting, even this faint sliver of hope is better than nothing.

Sure, you have to do it yourself, it will take 30 minutes. Post questions if you need any help. If you need to magnetize them then it cost $25 per pair in any good driver servicing shop.

oxric wrote:

P.S. By the way, Romy, should you be wondering, I will not be setting up shop servicing a limited run of Vitavox drivers.

Nope, you will not be opening the shop. To have a shop you will need to rent a space and when you go renting the space for shop you will discover mice in the facility. You will spend next 3 years to study the mice hunting manuals and to bread the mice-hunting Cats. They you will write a book about the mice-hunting and will start a company that sell rat poison by bulk…

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