So here I am with 5,000 posts, it doesn’t seem that long ago that I had a non working AU-717 on my hands that I had bought new in 1978. When it started taking longer and longer to come out of protection, then finally it refused completely, I was really unhappy. I loved the sound of it when it was fully working. Thinking this was too much for me to repair properly, I even took it to a ‘so called’ repair shop, they changed some parts, and charged me an arm and a leg, but I knew it still wasn’t right.
I had a lot of experience with PCB soldering, and electronic components in general, having worked at a test equipment manufacturer straight out of college. Later, I worked for a defence equipment manufacturer, so after this time I was familiar with a wide range of test equipment, and how to use it. However, my experience with the insides of audio equipment and Hi-Fi particularly was effectively non existent. I just didn’t feel I had the right knowledge to repair the AU-717 properly. So looking for more information, or a better place to get it repaired, I stumbled on this site – that was five years ago.
By reading threads about the repair of AU-717’s, I learnt about “re-capping” and spent some time understanding what it really meant. I picked up the knowledge and confidence to attempt the job for myself. I completed the AU-717 and it sounded so good to me - just like it used to. I enjoyed doing it so much that I wanted to do more. Up until now, I have re-capped/re-conditioned 9 integrated amplifiers, all Sansui, 4 of these for other AK members.
I don’t think of myself as a tech’ not a real one anyway, the real tech’s on here are simply superb, I have learnt a great deal from them.
At this small milestone, this is really a big Thank You to the AK community. You showed me that my electronics skills were not as rusty as I thought and were easily transferable to this truly rewarding hobby.
I hope to be around for many more posts. Thanks for reading this, I will try to be briefer from now on.
I had a lot of experience with PCB soldering, and electronic components in general, having worked at a test equipment manufacturer straight out of college. Later, I worked for a defence equipment manufacturer, so after this time I was familiar with a wide range of test equipment, and how to use it. However, my experience with the insides of audio equipment and Hi-Fi particularly was effectively non existent. I just didn’t feel I had the right knowledge to repair the AU-717 properly. So looking for more information, or a better place to get it repaired, I stumbled on this site – that was five years ago.
By reading threads about the repair of AU-717’s, I learnt about “re-capping” and spent some time understanding what it really meant. I picked up the knowledge and confidence to attempt the job for myself. I completed the AU-717 and it sounded so good to me - just like it used to. I enjoyed doing it so much that I wanted to do more. Up until now, I have re-capped/re-conditioned 9 integrated amplifiers, all Sansui, 4 of these for other AK members.
I don’t think of myself as a tech’ not a real one anyway, the real tech’s on here are simply superb, I have learnt a great deal from them.
At this small milestone, this is really a big Thank You to the AK community. You showed me that my electronics skills were not as rusty as I thought and were easily transferable to this truly rewarding hobby.
I hope to be around for many more posts. Thanks for reading this, I will try to be briefer from now on.
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