Thermal Relief Design · Las Vegas · Since 1996
Every piece of gear carries a story. We keep it going.
Uncompromising care for legendary gear: repair and restoration for consoles, outboard and professional audio equipment, from vintage classics to the latest designs.
SSL 9080J, the first large-format console Thermal Relief Design serviced (2016)
Brands we service
- Solid State Logic
- AMS Neve
- Focusrite
- SPL
- Martin Audio
- Alcons Audio
- Antelope Audio
- and virtually every premium brand
01 / The bench
Repair and restoration for the whole signal chain
Most of what crosses our bench is customer-paid repair and restoration: consoles and premium gear from Solid State Logic, AMS Neve, Focusrite and virtually every premium brand, whatever its age or warranty status.
Console repair & restoration
Large-format consoles, brought back to spec
Since 2016, when an SSL 9080J became our first large-format console, consoles have been at the heart of our work, from Solid State Logic and AMS Neve to Focusrite and beyond.
02
Outboard & signal processing
Preamps, EQs, compressors and converters, restored to factory specification, with a long history in Focusrite ISA, Red and Blue Series.
03
Authorized service
Authorized service for SPL, Martin Audio, Alcons Audio, Antelope Audio and Focusrite. Warranty service for other manufacturers is available on request.
04
On-site service
When the gear can’t come to us, we go to it, as far as South Africa.
02 / Heritage
Since 1996
Thermal Relief Design has designed and serviced professional audio equipment for recording studios, live concert sound and theatrical performances since 1996. Our red phoenix heritage mark, introduced in 2015, still carries that 1996 date.
The approach hasn’t changed: find the real fault, fix it properly, and return every unit working the way its designers intended.
1996
Established
Las Vegas
Nevada, USA
Worldwide
On-site service
03 / Notable work
Focusrite console #5. South Africa.
Focusrite Studio Console No. 005, one of only ten ever built, was designed and built for Bop Recording Studios in South Africa. In September 2019, Thermal Relief Design traveled to South Africa to decommission the console and bring it back to the USA, and carried out work on it at a warehouse. It then moved to The Platinum Underground in Mesa, Arizona, where Orphan Audio finished it on site.
Console #5 · Decommissioned in South Africa · Brought to the USA
Consoles we’ve worked on
From the bench
A few of the large-format consoles that have passed through our hands since 2016.
Authorized
Service
Thermal Relief Design is an authorized service center for SPL, Martin Audio, Alcons Audio, Antelope Audio and Focusrite. Warranty service for other manufacturers is also available. Please enquire.
04 / Our philosophy
“Music is story. From the first spark of an idea to the final mix, every note exists to say something human: joy, loss, love, defiance. The gear in your hands is part of that story, and when it fails, the story stops.”
We’re here to help the story continue.
Next step
Start a Repair
Tell us about your gear and what it’s doing. We’ll take it from there.