My amp is toast

Please let me know your impressions, what are they replacing?

I am sorry if I gave the impression that I was going to abandone all hope for the amp. I have a guy near by that I will bring it to (once I get a helping hand to bring it down from the upstairs location). I will at least get it looked at and depending on the damage ($$) I can get it repaired but even then I would probably put it in the second system and move that amp to my office system and sell of my Bendini 100/100. For the time being I will be moving the ML 23.5 to my main system and the Bendini to my second system and an old Perreaux 3150 to the office.

It took the breaker on my furman out twice, the first time I was in another room and other than seeing that all the equipment on the power conditioner was out I did not hear or smell anything odd. While looking for a cause I did notice that the amp was slightly warmer than usual as it was on for a short period of time and I was not pushing it, rather it was on as background while I was working on a different project. Locating the popped breaker on the conditioner, I reset it, fired up the equipment a piece at a time and when I turned on the amp and took it out of standby there was a sound coming from it, not a pop of a cap but something else then a fair amount of smoke before it tripped the breaker.

After some research, I am hoping that something in the power end went, maybe a resistor or a power cap and some wire? As soon as I get it over to the shop I will get a better idea. Just put the Bedini in its stead, no where near the power but perfectly acceptable for the time being....

Well, just got it into the shop, now I wait to see what the damages will end up being...keeping my fingers crossed

fortunately my 333 was recapped prior to me buying it (was still in warentee when I got it). Having done a bunch of research, found replacement caps (non-Philips) that were recommended. Since I do not believe it is a cap problem I am hopeful.