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I received a CA-1010 yesterday - it's in great shape, and was very, very well packed.
I can't however get any sound out of it... and I am thinking I must have missed something obvious, like a specific switch that needs to be in certain position or something of the sort. I have played around with tone controls, rec output, mono switch, coupler switch, etc.
So far I have tried all the inputs (except phono) with 2 different sources, swapped cables, etc. to no avail. The power comes on, and the "protection circuit" clicks on after a few seconds. I can also hear a tiny pop in the headphones which seems to indicate all is good. The meters kind of jump when I power it on then go back to the zero position and stay there no matter what the volume setting is.
I have not tried with speakers yet, only headphones. I visually inspected the fuses - they seem fine. I took the black metal cover off on the right hand side, and did notice that the board (which was uncovered by taking off the metal cover) is cracked in three places where it should meet with the screws, and also see that a few screws are missing. I have not seen any bits of plastic or smaller broken pieces inside the amp, and there is no outside damage so I am thinking maybe the cracked board issue happened sometime in the past and is not related to shipping damage. I know this amp was working fine before it was shipped.
I was hoping a fellow AKer could point me in the right direction in order to solve this, as I mentioned before it could be some basic setting I missed...
Please help me get this amp singing - it's killing me to have it just sit there when I know what it can do.
Thanks in advance !
I can't however get any sound out of it... and I am thinking I must have missed something obvious, like a specific switch that needs to be in certain position or something of the sort. I have played around with tone controls, rec output, mono switch, coupler switch, etc.
So far I have tried all the inputs (except phono) with 2 different sources, swapped cables, etc. to no avail. The power comes on, and the "protection circuit" clicks on after a few seconds. I can also hear a tiny pop in the headphones which seems to indicate all is good. The meters kind of jump when I power it on then go back to the zero position and stay there no matter what the volume setting is.
I have not tried with speakers yet, only headphones. I visually inspected the fuses - they seem fine. I took the black metal cover off on the right hand side, and did notice that the board (which was uncovered by taking off the metal cover) is cracked in three places where it should meet with the screws, and also see that a few screws are missing. I have not seen any bits of plastic or smaller broken pieces inside the amp, and there is no outside damage so I am thinking maybe the cracked board issue happened sometime in the past and is not related to shipping damage. I know this amp was working fine before it was shipped.
I was hoping a fellow AKer could point me in the right direction in order to solve this, as I mentioned before it could be some basic setting I missed...
Please help me get this amp singing - it's killing me to have it just sit there when I know what it can do.
Thanks in advance !