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what to do with a stereo that needs repair

Hey All, long time lurker. I'm looking for suggestions on what to do with an Ayon Spirit II that needs to be repaired. The left channel no longer works. I brought it into a local tech who is not sanctioned by Ayon and he wont touch it. I called the official repair shop and the tech there was awesome, but he has a backlog and wont be available to sort out the issue for 5-6 months. I decided to buy another amp and move on from Ayon. Any suggestions on what to do with this 80lb door stop? I dont want to stick another person with the problem but at the same time if the person has the patience they might be rewarded with a nice sounding amp. What do you think would be fair? Should I just pitch it and be done?

bosendev
stager
60 posts
 

Touch the tubes - carefully. Is there any heat in the small tubes, the power tubes? 

Swap the tubes left to right and vice versa. Is the same channel is still dead?

Unplug the amp, IMPORTANT!
Remove the bottom and see if there are any obvious wiring faults, Look at the speaker and input connectors. Do you any burn spots on the solder points? Charred resistor? caps(s)?

Single-ended class A Tube power amps are not very complicated pieces to repair.
They run very hot so there is a possibility a relatively inexpensive part might have failed from heat.   

You may be able to fix it yourself.

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hiend2
418 posts
 

Nice amp get it fixed, Try to find a qualifier local tech

tsushima1
1,165 posts
 

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ This ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Invariably you should recover your costs in having the amplifier repaired should you decide to sell upon return , you will achieve a much better price for a working amplifier and it will be easier to find a buyer.

chocaholic
202 posts
 

Ask around on AudioKarma or diyaudio. I found a guy who specializes in Sansui to fully restore my AU-717.

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carlsbad
1,551 posts
 

PM sent.

 

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