burning

Hello this is my first post here, i thought id ask for help since am at a complete loss as to whats wrong with it so my father has this Sony TA-1010 that unfortunatedly a couple of years back someone that didnt know how to operate it shorted the left channel speaker terminals, after some...

Hi guys, I have read here many posts about these "little beasts" running hot at the right side, just over the stabilizer board. I just changed some of very well known noise signal transistors in my beloved SX 5590, regulated the stabilizer voltages, checked the DC offset, and set the bias at...

I have just took the capacitors out of this power supply, and I'm a bit worried about those brown-ish spots that formed around the connections, do these look like I burned the board? and if so, anyway to "fix" it? I have read that burning things is unlikely if you're careful because not many...

Hi, from power on after all that time things seemed to be going well until loading a new tape resulted in a mechanical stuttering sound (motor?) followed by electronics burning smell. I switched off before anything went bang and will get to inspect closer in coming days. From my reading and...

so i have a Recordex cs-4000 to fix. the problem is that a few moments after it turns on and works, but after just a couple seconds, there is a crackling/sparking sound and a terrible "burning plastic/electronics" smell. what could the problem be? i haven't fully disassembled it yet, it's pretty...