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Good day to everyone! I encountered an issue with the drive of a CD Discman, and I think this story might be useful to many fans of these players. I’d like to share the repair process of a CD Discman from the 2000s by Welltech. I bought it for a few euros as a non-working unit and brought it...

Hello everyone and happy new year! I would need some help with a vintage Thorens turntable. My dad has a TD135 Mk2 that he was given years ago and it has been collecting dust since. I would like to help him restore it, and even though he is a long term hi-fi enthusiast (he actually used to run a...

This week I started on a really beaten-up Sansui QS-500. I bought it without the wood case, and covered in dust. Since I had no idea in what "electrical" state it was, I hooked it up on my Variac and Dim Bulb Current Limiter. And YES, it was still working, sound came out the speakers I...

Dear forum members, I am new to this forum but interested in music and hifi for more than 40 years. I am a big McIntosh and Magnepan fan, so these units build my main listening system. Very recently, I got interested in an Empire 598 turntable when I saw it on ebay (it is the one with the...

I've been using this beautiful unit for a little while now and thought everything was fine, although a bit crunchy when pressing buttons. The Sound has the 'warm' feeling from old caps and the power supply caps for sure need to be replaced, hence that thread. The first owner was my father, unit...

Hi, 2nd owner of a G9000 - Had it for the best part of the last 20 years, but it has been in my life for 30 years at least. The original owner still asks me about it from time to time. Clearly these units mark for life ;) I've enjoyed it thoroughly for the first 10 years of my ownership, then...

Hi AK, This is my first post on here and I have to thank you all for all the valuable information on here. Such an amazing community. Without it, I would never think of taking on a project like this since this is not my field. I picked up a Pioneer SX-1010 a couple of months ago. I live in...

Hi... I'm n the process of restoring a ROTEL 602 Receiver. Build like tank, German design and Japanese build from the 70ties... Usual there are some scratches, dings and what nots to get fixed... One of major headaches is the volume knob....the nice big shine thingy you can use to make the...

I’m the first owner of an 40 year old AU-717. I’ve enjoyed my Sansui for years until it started switching off and on. It was sent to a “Sansui repair shop”. Funny though: after switching it on, it worked but the little red led kept on blinking. A few years later, it started to hum. A friend knew...

The Introduction. Hi all, I've been involved in HiFi since I was 14 buying my first receiver/tuner/turntable set. I later moved on to a Pioneer SA-9800 integrated amp with TX-606 tuner and a Technics turntable feeding Pioneer HPM-110 speakers. I wished I had kept all of those (especially the...

Hi, I got this Yamaha. Decided to do basically full restoration. Now I read that the two microswitches for ClassA/Normal operation are a weak point and it's a good idea to change them. What exactly do they do? I can see red and orange cable coming from the transformer. Red brings 30V, Orange...

The carton was unopened until today. Hard to believe but true. There at the very least 35 years old. So the question is would anyone desire mint MCS speakers (with new surrounds) or do I pull the old stuff out including a crossover that is likely just a resistor and a cap and put Peerless...

Here is the least likely to be answered question of the day: Circa 1980... Did Sansui ever maintain a centralized repair facility in North America? Or did they only offer repair and manufacturer recall work through licensees? Both?

Hello. recently i bought a pair of 2250b. M1 and M2 for further references. Well, M1 was in poor condition, powers up and works only as preamp, doing it well, amplifier section disabled. M2 is in mint condition but only works as amplifier (i thought that was the meaning of a "made in heaven"...