jeeem
Active Member
I fired up an old Akai AA R-20 (1980, 26 wpc), cleaned it out, de-oxed it, replaced two burned-out lamps with comparable warm white LEDs, and it looks and sounds beautiful. Bill Evans' piano (from the 1963 "Solo Sessions" recording) sounds like it's right here in the room. It sounds to me even clearer than my Harman Kardon HK430 (1976, 25 wpc) in the same stack.
BUT, when I turn up the volume any more than about 1/4 of the way (say, past 8 or 9 o'clock), I notice the woofers visibly moving (inaudibly at first) and in a couple seconds it sounds like a locomotive is coming through. The music is still audible (though distorted) until I turn it down a bit and all is well again. I don't know if this is something that will rectify itself with use (the thing hadn't been hooked up for years and I bought it used) or if it's something I can fix.
Any suggestions?
BUT, when I turn up the volume any more than about 1/4 of the way (say, past 8 or 9 o'clock), I notice the woofers visibly moving (inaudibly at first) and in a couple seconds it sounds like a locomotive is coming through. The music is still audible (though distorted) until I turn it down a bit and all is well again. I don't know if this is something that will rectify itself with use (the thing hadn't been hooked up for years and I bought it used) or if it's something I can fix.
Any suggestions?
