Well I don't do it for a living...The SS gear I fix is mine and mostly 70's-90's stuff. I can't do SMD soldering worth a crap (nor do I see value in buying gear to do it better) so most stuff where the issue is most likely SMD gets round filed when it dies...Generally speaking most post 1980 SS stuff here gets the round file when it dies...Only things that have performed very well, have special features I like, or would be too costly to replace merit bench time upon failure.
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