I am heartbroken to read this- I am such a huge fan of the DSP6000s and those dot matrix ones are indeed very rare. I recently bought Bruce's 7-segment factory 6000s and drove down to NC with a set of the original boxes to ensure safe transport back to NJ. The original boxes or custom crates are probably the only way to rest easy when shipping these.

I had some very badly damaged DSP5000s that were damaged in shipping that I completely restored- they looked like they fell down a flight of stairs. I think you are correct in that the repair is likely beyond what makes sense economically, I spent hours on those, so it was more of a passion project and the challenge of doing it as a project.

I will send you a PM. You can salvage the boards and drivers as Steve mentioned and upgrade your 18-bit ones to 24/96. The drivers and power supplies can be sold or kept as spares. Sorry to read this.


Theater: 861v4_LPS, 818v3, HD621, Oppo 203, Lumagen Pro, DSP8000SE, DSP5500C, SW1600x2, DSP5500, Epson 6040UB, PS4
Living room: 861v4_LPS, HD621, DSP8000SE, DSP5200C, Oppo 203, Lumagen 2143, 818v3, Sooloos/MC600 Bluesound Node
Bedroom: M80
office: G68D, DSP6000
Garage: DSP5000
Storage: M33s, DSP33s, DSP5k, 501, 518, M1500, G98DH, SW1600