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advent 300

  1. rmoreau61

    Advent 300 - What Am I Looking At Here?

    Several years ago I got two Advent 300 receivers that aren't working (the price was right). Here I am several years later finally pulling them out to have a look see. I recall one of them was a fuse blower, but I don't remember which or any other details. At the time I thought maybe I would get...
  2. Frequency295

    Another Advent 300 Rebuild: My First

    OK so I'm sure there are a lot of Advent rebuilds on this site but I figured its easier to start a fresh thread. I am new at this repair scene and was hoping folks could help me on my way as I make silly mistakes. I did review a handful of existing threads ahead of time so I had a starting...
  3. jberger

    Advent 300: Good news, the power supply works. Bad news? 22v at output!

    I have an Advent 300 receiver (a great little box especially as a tuner preamp). A few weeks ago I turned it on and the turn on thump was louder than usual and then it went silent. Got the cover off and one of the internal fuses was blown (F401, on the -22v side), so I replaced that with the...
  4. C

    Advent 300 Tuning Dial Issue

    I'm hoping that someone with knowledge of the inner workings of the Advent 300's geared tuning dial can help me out. I recently purchased one of these amps sight unseen from someone who just had it completely restored as follows: -- all transistors, caps, bias diode replaced -- no-hiss mod...
    • cepeter
    • Thread
    • advent 300
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Tuners
  5. vaathi

    Advent 300 breaker is open need replacement

    Couple of months back I picked up Advent 300 for cheap and I didn't know that it was fully recapped. It was doing duty running my canton computer speakers. Most of the time my kids and myself forget to switch it off. Yesterday after short burst of static it failed to switch on. I opened it up to...
    • vaathi
    • Thread
    • advent advent 300 breaker vintage breaker
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Solid State
  6. S

    Advent 300 - help diagnosing a short

    Hoping maybe some of the wonderful techs around here can help me out. I have an Advent 300 receiver. I performed a full recap (all electrolytic caps replaced as well as tantalum caps) per the David Reaton website. After recap, amp was brought up on dim bulb tester. Amp was working fine. DC...
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