New B2 for complete rebuild.

the glue is known for it's corroding powers over time.
Agreed, why not remove the glue if you can. But with that said, having restored 7 of these so far, I've never seen any evidence of corrosion to component leads like you see with the glue Sony used in some of their gear ...
 
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I remove some of the glue where possible, but I don't see much point to risking damage of the board or exposing myself to funky chemicals where there is no practical benefit to doing so.

No funky chemicals involved, just a small wooden scraper.
 
On my other B2, I tried shorting this output filter to assess the effect on sonics. I noticed a noticeable improvement right away, especially in the high range.

Do you think that YAMAHA people did use a non necessary "filter" ?
I think that "improvement" is not the right word . Difference , of course , the sound can't be the same without Bessel filter .
 
Thats an Air core inductor but I would just leave it alone.

Unless you have a LCR meter and want to wind your own.

Nashou
 
On my other B2, I tried shorting this output filter to assess the effect on sonics. I noticed a noticeable improvement right away, especially in the high range.

Do you think that YAMAHA people did use a non necessary "filter" ?
Agreed
Thats an Air core inductor but I would just leave it alone.

Unless you have a LCR meter and want to wind your own.

Nashou
and agreed, easy enough to wind a few turns of the right wire type on a pen as a form ... but what's there works quite well so why mess with it ... :thumbsup:
 
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My beef with the current inductor is that I can hear it, and the effect isn't positive (to my ears). But this is nothing new, I've had beefs with many resistors, capacitors, or inductors in the signal paths of various components in the past. I am very anal about my signal path. One great thing about the B2 is that there is very little in the signal path once you do the RCA input direct to driver board modification.

I suspect the "problem" with the inductors is that they seem to be made of very thin gauge wire. New power amps I've opened up don't use this sort of inductor, they use large gauge wire like the inductor in the photo above.

I think I'll roll my own with at least 18AWG transformer wire. It's a good excuse to get a good LCR meter. ;)
 
My beef with the current inductor is that I can hear it, and the effect isn't positive (to my ears). But this is nothing new, I've had beefs with many resistors, capacitors, or inductors in the signal paths of various components in the past. I am very anal about my signal path. One great thing about the B2 is that there is very little in the signal path once you do the RCA input direct to driver board modification.

I suspect the "problem" with the inductors is that they seem to be made of very thin gauge wire. New power amps I've opened up don't use this sort of inductor, they use large gauge wire like the inductor in the photo above.

I think I'll roll my own with at least 18AWG transformer wire. It's a good excuse to get a good LCR meter. ;)

Having a meter is nice , but this is what you need

http://www.circuits.dk/calculator_single_layer_aircore.htm

They have a multi layer calculator I used to wind my own Focus coils in the Marquee 9500LC CRT Projectors I have .
Talk about modifying electronic gear, work on those beasts!!! Best thing tho with CRT projectors is the boards are all modular and pull
out . Easy to work on in that respect, but video path is much more objective than with audio, you can see the difference different mods make much more so than the subjective side of audio mods. But in Video inductors do make a difference and the video amps are not much different then audio amps.

Athanasios
 
Having a meter is nice , but this is what you need

http://www.circuits.dk/calculator_single_layer_aircore.htm

They have a multi layer calculator I used to wind my own Focus coils in the Marquee 9500LC CRT Projectors I have .
Talk about modifying electronic gear, work on those beasts!!! Best thing tho with CRT projectors is the boards are all modular and pull
out . Easy to work on in that respect, but video path is much more objective than with audio, you can see the difference different mods make much more so than the subjective side of audio mods. But in Video inductors do make a difference and the video amps are not much different then audio amps.

Athanasios
very handy calculator. Thanks for posting the link!
 
First two power supply boards are done. Replaced the following:

1. All polar electrolytics replaced with, in order of preference: Panasonic FR, FC, or Nichicon PW, depending on availability;
2. C227 and C228 replaced with Nichicon Muse BP and C225 and C226 replaced with Panasonic polypropylene;
3. Big 18,000uF caps replaced with 22,000 uF Mundorf Mlytic AG and 1uF polypropylene bypass added;
4. All green mylar caps replaced with new Panasonic polypropylene;
5. New relays;
6. All heavy power conducting resistors replaced with Dale CPF 2W or 3W and raised from board;
7. Potentiometers replaced with Bournes multi-turn units;
8. New heat sink grease for transistor heat sinks and heat sinks re-glued to PCB with epoxy;
9. L201 and L202 replaced with custom home-made inductors using 16AWG solid copper transformer wire;
10. Zener diodes D205, 206, D210 replaced;
11. General cleaning, although I was not anal about removing old glue because it was VERY difficult to get off.

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nice coils

I have a couple of observations:
How are you going to support two of those caps? The ones sitting furter from the edge of that board
and
how are you planning on adjusting those multi-turn pots?
 
A good way to soften glue is to soak a bit of cotton wool in acetone and leave it sitting on the glue spot.
Repeat a few times for stubborn spots, avoiding components / plastic capacitor sleeves.

Once it's soft it just peels off.
 
A good way to soften glue is to soak a bit of cotton wool in acetone and leave it sitting on the glue spot.
Repeat a few times for stubborn spots, avoiding components / plastic capacitor sleeves.

Once it's soft it just peels off.
I wouln't use acetone, it can damage the board and it's white lettering.
 
I wouln't use acetone, it can damage the board and it's white lettering.

Have you experienced this on the B-2 board?

Because I've done it with many Yamaha integrated and power amps and the PCB / white lettering is completely unaffected (even if you leave the acetone on it for 15-20mins), they seem to have used a solvent-resistant ink/paint. However I don't have a B-2 so I can't speak for that.
 
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