And it just sounds to me that you do not take in what I have written!
Then I suggest you read and inwardly digest post #119 above your last.
And it just sounds to me that you do not take in what I have written!
Then I suggest you read and inwardly digest post #119 above your last.
I'd already read it. Your point being though?
You are not 'coming across' the way you think you are, maybe you are just trying to be 'devil's advocate' - but it isn't working.
I won't be posting again in this thread.
I'm no tech, but I've had 4 amps completely recapped, and the difference was substantial.
...To expand on this, I know ALLOT of AK members ship their gear to one of the many talented techs who frequent this site. Id venture to guess these owners would love to avoid paying shipping both ways a second or third time given the chance. Never mind the risk added to it...
Oh I'm not here to protect the reputation of British hifi! The industry disappeared up its own exit hole in the late 70s when the media driven audiophile thing kicked in, and manufacturers saw it as an opportunity to create cheaper to make, minimalist components housed in utilitarian drab grey tin boxes. I have a Quad amplifier (currently not being used), but otherwise I love the design, looks and performance of Japanese hifi components.Steve I swear Im not trying to rib you too hard with this but I had to chuckle inside today when reading this thread.
I just had to touch up the solder connections on an RCA jack in a Arcam Delta integrated amp I sold a friend today. At first I wasnt worried about the time to get it done. Then I discovered to do this required me to COMPLETELY disassemble the unit. And man I mean completely. Front face off, back panel, power transformer removal so on. Thank god it was a smaller unit so this wasnt too terrible.
And you better believe I reflowed and solder dabbed ALL of the RCA jack solder points. Not just the troubled one. Quite frankly Arcam seemed to go a little light in their solder use efforts IMO.
It immediately reminded me of when I had to take apart my Hill amplifier for work. EXACT same build approach what needed to be done for board work.
I cant help but find it funny the 2 UK made pieces I needed to work on recently REALLY reinforced my desire to get whatever preventive work out of the way to avoid having to open it up again.
In the defense of both companies wanting to use a solid one piece bottom approach, I imagine it makes for a solid foundation to build onto. But wow, not a service friendly design.
Again just some personal irony hit while reading this whole thread.
And I get what your saying. But I would say its easier to stomach that approach when your perfectly capable of doing the needed work yourself. If someone is paying someone else to do said work it may well be cheaper for them to have the tech go the extra mile to possibly avoid a future repair need.
To expand on this, I know ALLOT of AK members ship their gear to one of the many talented techs who frequent this site. Id venture to guess these owners would love to avoid paying shipping both ways a second or third time given the chance. Never mind the risk added to it.
In the end its all a personal take and preference. Plus the folks desiring such work make the ultimate call overall. No worries one way or the other.
All the best
I do total recaps while I'm in a unit and restoring it. New Transistors (when needed and known to be failure prone), tear down switches and clean the contacts with Q-tips and DeOxit, resistors, diodes, zeners, lights, etc. replaced if more than 5% out of spec, etc. I do it once and get the hell out of the thing. The main reason is for longevity and reliability as a good portion are going to my grand-kids and I don't want them haunting my grave with dead units. Some units sound better, some don't. But now they are all up to spec, and my grand-kids are enjoying the smaller basic units now. As they get older, they'll get higher ended units, and eventually the tube gear.
Oh I'm not here to protect the reputation of British hifi! The industry disappeared up its own exit hole in the late 70s when the media driven audiophile thing kicked in, and manufacturers saw it as an opportunity to create cheaper to make, minimalist components housed in utilitarian drab grey tin boxes. I have a Quad amplifier (currently not being used), but otherwise I love the design, looks and performance of Japanese hifi components.
..... and I don't want them haunting my grave with dead units.... .
Because for someone like me, I feel that it is now OK to have some of my better pieces totally rebuilt, such as my Marantz 2270 and 1060, Pioneer SX-1050. For others like the Sansui 8080db and 5000A, since I don't want to spend a lot of money on them,
o be fair, the capacitors depicted immediately above are Chinese, low quality, and part of the 'stolen electrolyte generation'. They failed prematurely and regularly and were produced long after the vintage capacitors we are discussing in this thread.