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1090

  1. K

    Marantz 1090 Power Amp Transistor Replacement

    Hello, all. I have a 1090 on the bench that had a failure in the power amp driver board. It appears Q718 shorted from the base to the emitter. The transistors in the path current flowed all seem to be effected, though Q718 is the only one with a dead short. I'm going to replace all the effected...
  2. Richs_Trains

    1090 Basket Case

    Okay, so I bought a 1090 on craigslist for $50.00 to use for parts for a 1090 that I recapped. This unit was filthy inside and someone had pulled 1 output transistor from each channel, a 588 on one side and a 618 on the other. I was just going to take the cosmetic parts I need and trash the...
  3. Richs_Trains

    MARANTZ 1090 ISSUES

    Hey guys, some advice if possible. I bought a beat up 1090 and figured I would try a re-cap and see how I do. I replaced all the electrolytic caps with same value audio grade caps, but did not change any ceramic or film caps. The unit had issues when I bought it and the re-cap did not change...
  4. TheFrenchBob

    Good upgrade or waste of money ?

    Hello fellow AKers, I currently have a Marantz 1090 as a SS amp and my dad wants to buy one amplifier whether for me or for him. If the amplifier goes for me, he'll take the 1090, otherwise, i'll remain with the 1090. The amplifier i've been watching these days is the Sony TA-F5A (i just can"t...
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