mattstech
New Member
Got this one for free, from neighbors cleaning out the basement. It was apparently part of a "stereo system" but... this is all that's left! Wasn't powered on for almost 15 years according to them
From the early 90s, 80wpc I believe. Thick metal face, metal knobs. Part of Sony's ES line, which leads me to believe that this is most likely a decent piece of "Vintage" (Okay not really) Hifi equipment
Has some crazy Dolby simulated surround effects, but it's clearly just a two channel amplifier with stereo inputs.
After it's been on for about 5 minutes, it switches into protection and locks up the receiver. I've double checked that nothing external is causing this, including using different speaker wire and speakers, selecting the right impedance, But... still goes into protect.
I've disconnected everything from it except for power, and even switched off the speakers
Low and behold, something still triggered the protection circuit. Even with the speaker selector switch on the "off" position!
I'm yet to dust it out, but so far I have no idea how to solve this.
Is this receiver even worth it to repair?
From the early 90s, 80wpc I believe. Thick metal face, metal knobs. Part of Sony's ES line, which leads me to believe that this is most likely a decent piece of "Vintage" (Okay not really) Hifi equipment
Has some crazy Dolby simulated surround effects, but it's clearly just a two channel amplifier with stereo inputs.
After it's been on for about 5 minutes, it switches into protection and locks up the receiver. I've double checked that nothing external is causing this, including using different speaker wire and speakers, selecting the right impedance, But... still goes into protect.
I've disconnected everything from it except for power, and even switched off the speakers
Low and behold, something still triggered the protection circuit. Even with the speaker selector switch on the "off" position!
I'm yet to dust it out, but so far I have no idea how to solve this.
Is this receiver even worth it to repair?