bipod72
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| Advice & thoughts on DIY Recap/Restoration of vintage amp/equipment @ovinewar1 Thanks for the tip on the solder sucker. I'll check out Digikey. I've had the amp disconnected and unplugged for about a month now. So I'm going to plan on doing my amp refresh over the New Year weekend. | |
| Advice & thoughts on DIY Recap/Restoration of vintage amp/equipment @builder3 I've had hit-or-miss results with service shops in past and that were with the shop also being a dealer of the Marantz integrated amp I had years ago. I figured this old Adcom amp would make a good DIY project and an opportunity to sharp... | |
| Advice & thoughts on DIY Recap/Restoration of vintage amp/equipment @imhififan thanks for the tip. I'll add that to my inspection list. | |
| Advice & thoughts on DIY Recap/Restoration of vintage amp/equipment @kijanki that's what I was thinking. I know the issue is located in the amp. When I disconnect it from the receiver and connect the speakers to the receiver I have no channel issues. I'm going to check connections first, give it a thorough cleani... | |
| Advice & thoughts on DIY Recap/Restoration of vintage amp/equipment @petg60 working with capacitors doesn't scare me. The main thing is checking to make sure they're completely discharged before working on them and of course making sure you're not plugged in! Did you make use of any special equipment on your SS r... | |
| Advice & thoughts on DIY Recap/Restoration of vintage amp/equipment @noromance The amp works fine except for the occasional signal loss in the right channel. I'm thinking it's just a loose connection but since I'll be in checking contacts, I thought I'd recap since the caps are over 40yrs old. If the issue persist... | |
| Budget friendly receiver choice I have the Marantz NR1510 which is their 5.2 HT receiver. It has a very good DAC for streaming, MM phono stage, great HP amp, and it has pre-outs for a separate amp which I use to hook up a vintage Adcom GFA-2 for music fun. The 50w is very adequa... | |
| Headphone amp and dac advice needed Having worked from home for 2yrs and then going back to the office and with site meetings and traveling, I wanted to step up my audio experience when listening to music, etc. while working & traveling. I ended up going with the Schiit HEL 2e ... | |
| Has anyone been able to define well or measure differences between vinyl and digital? First post ever here so I thought I'd jump into the deep end. To preface my comment, I'm a music-lover who likes quality audio equipment with limited tinkering. I'm not swapping out gear on a regular basis or cycling through various speaker setups... |