Greetings all,
I am in the process of repairing and restoring an SAE 2500 Pre-Drive Board. In taking out the screws to the hear sink, one of the copper rings separated from the pcb (see !MG_1070). It is the bottom screw hole in the photograph and is the bottom hole of the q4 transistor. In...
It is a very recent version (I think 1980), it has the toroidal transformer, 2 rectifier bridges and the modification on the protection board to eliminate the delay on the relay when switching off)
The flaw is that by setting the input sensitivity to -3 and 0 dB on any of the 2 channels you can...
Here’s my current setup. Kyocera paired with a McIntosh/SAE switched with a Nile DPS-1.....all onto Ohm F’s. Teac x1000r, Superscope 8 track, and Technics turntable supporting.
With the addition of a Niles DPS-1 I can now test system against system on the same song and same speakers. Here’s Quad 33/303 vs McIntosh C28/SAE 2500.
Input: Amazon Echo via tube buffer with NOS RCA tubes
Output: Millersound Ohm F’s
about a year ago I bought my first vintage audio piece...a Marantz 2245. I got the “bug.” Rearranged everything. System “alpha” McIntosh C28 pre, SAE 2500 amp, Pilot 254 “tuner,” Technics turntable, and last but not least Ohm F’s by Millersound. Done “experimenting” with speakers and preamp...
Marantz 2245 receiver
Marantz 5020 cassette deck
SAE 2500 amp
Teac 4010 GSL reel to reel
Technics SL-1700
Just added
Pilot 254 receiver
Speaker sets
Ohm F’s (currently being restored)
Ohm 3xO
Jensen Model 4
Btw all of the above were found on Craigslist or garage sales and I learned to love Deoxit