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Electron Kinetics Eagle 2 Repair Help

Hi All,

I just purchased an obviously used Electron Kinetics Eagle 2 amp serial number 774 and I am super psyched to finally own a John Iverson design.

Before plugging it in I opened it up. It looks nasty in there! Looks like both capacitors (both 80000MFD) are leaking, and that there was a serious short at the RCA outs. Also it looks like the top lid has been bent in enough to make contact with the terminals of the capacitors.

www.eagle-audio.com seems to be out of commission. Does anyone out there know of a dependable repair guru for these amps? Does anyone have schematics or a list of parts that I can purchase and try to fix this thing myself?

Does anyone know more about these amps and John Iverson.

Please be in touch!

Best,
Brett
www.brettmc.com
858.334.5229


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brettmcee OP
218 posts
 
EKSC seems to not answer their phone or emails. I have left two phone messages and sent at least three emails and have received no replies.

Their phone message says something about being open for business again since April but only part-time.

If you have contact with them them please let them know I’d really like them to do the work on the unit.

Why might I ask do you recommend the 2C upgrade. Please do tell.

Thanks!
bdgregory
1,712 posts
 
I suspect eksc is a one man shop now and may be affected by vacations and the like.  Russ always returned my calls and emails, sometimes taking a few days. If you can be patient he's great.  I'm sure there are other shops that can repair it though if you can't get Russ.

gammag
10 posts
 
I am also searching for a schematic for my Eagle 2C amplifier. One of the channels has gone out. I have also tried emailing and calling them, but never heard back! I have found a schematic for the 7A/Rev2. But I don't believe that would help out much. I was thinking on just doing a complete rebuild using all new parts, but that will take some time to get all the values correct if I can. I have located the company in Japan that actually sells the Sanken transistors, but I haven't contacted them as yet to see if they still make them. I would guess they would have a direct substitute.

The amp I have was assembled back in December, 1992. So I could change out all of the caps, but then I would be concerned with one of the FET's going south. I know they say if it's not broke, don't fix it, but depending on how much extra all the parts would be, that would determine rather or not if I would rebuild this amp. I'm not sure if the value would decrease if I did do this, as I know collectors look for OEM..LOL

Perhaps someone here may have another contact number I could try to get in touch with a knowledgeable person for these Eagle amps? Thanks!
timlub
2,039 posts
 
I'm guessing that you've seen this eagle repair and upgrade service... Just in case: 

http://www.eagle-audio.com/pay.htm

gammag
10 posts
 
Yes sir, I surely have! I just wanted to talk to someone there that could better assist me. I'm not sure if they will just send/sell the parts for the upgrades or not. I am very capable of replacing the parts myself. Just didn't want to go through the shipping and extra expenses if I didn't have to. Thanks for the link anyhow!
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