receiver repair

I have recently come into the possession of a Kyocera R-861 receiver. It was sold as "working". It looks like a very lovely machine. The wood-grain paneling could use a little love, but I will fill in the broken-up edges with wood putty and carefully paint it to match the veneer. Won't be...

Recently had issues with right side speaker output (both main and remote). Sound would get fuzzy then go out only on the right side. When I connected speakers to the left side it would sound perfectly fine. When speakers are connected to the right side and I gave the top of the receiver a heaver...

So I go to turn the old girl on this afternoon, and I get lights, and meters, but no familiar "click" of the relay. So I know I'm screwed, but I didn't know how screwed. I sent an email to the best stereo guy in Austin who tells me it's probably 10 weeks, and $700-800. That's not to fix the...

I have a Pioneer SX-535 that is in overall nice condition, except there is no sound through one channel on either A or B setting. I am going to clean the pots and switches, but I opened the case and noticed a coil on the amp board (I think) looks burnt where it meets the board. Is this my problem?

I have a Harman Kardon hk-3485 that recently stopped working (turns on but does not output any sound). I live in a old house with ungrounded (2-prong) outlets. We have ground plug adapters that we put the screw for the outlet cover through to enable the use of 3-prong plugs. I realized that...

So a couple days ago i picked up this technics sa-424, a very pretty looking receiver. However, after i had set it up and got everything going, I noticed that there was little to no sound coming from the left speaker. The most sound i could get out of the left speaker was barely noticeable even...

So, after catching the re-cap bug from doing my Onkyo A-7070 (holy crap, what an improvement!), next on the surgery table is my Technics SA-202. The Technics, though, has a tuner section, and that is where my trepidation begins. I have heard conflicting reports that replacing caps in tuner...

Hello, so this is my first time on this forum so I might be posting this in the wrong place and let me know if I am. I was wondering if you tech gurus could help me solve a puzzle. I recently bought an Akai AA-6600 at goodwill for 15 bucks. It's my first real receiver and really my first piece...

Hello all. First time poster. I recently got a Yamaha CR-1040 receiver. I opened it up to gently vacuum some dust and debris from it and see if there was anything that looked bad before I powered it up. After being satisfied with my initial inspection, I plugged it in and powered it up. The...

Hi... I'm restoring one for the original owner. One side flamed out the emitter resistors so, I replaced all the output finals, all the emitter resistors, drivers and , electrolytics. The service manual and/or schematic mentions ZERO info on setting the four pots on the power amp. They look...

Has anyone done this? I'm new to working on electronics, vintage or otherwise, and don't want to screw up my 6055, which I bought new in 1974. The fuse lamps that illuminate the dial are burned out. It appears that you remove the faceplate to replace them. It's simple to see that the turning...

I'm fairly new to audio equipment, but I recently put together a system in a small room with an old (late 70's I think) Zenith MC 7040, and a pair of PSB 500i's. It sounds quite good to my ear, but I noticed quite a lot of dust inside of the Zenith when I looked through the vents. I was thinking...