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JVC R-X60 Receiver - Equalizer works only on one side

Just a follow up on R-X40 #2. I finally decided to get off my ass and see if I could get this thing fixed. I got tired of the lousy non temperature controlled soldering irons that I have been using. I took Echowar's advise and bought a Weller SP-25 temperature controlled soldering iron. Man, this thing solders nice! But let's see how long the tips last. The uncontrolled irons that I have seem to burn up the tips in short order. I also bought a cool de-soldering tool. Works a treat!

Anyway, I decide to re-flow all solder connections. Works perfect now. Now I have to clean her up and reassemble it.
 
Follow up #2... I cleaned this puppy up and put it back together. So, $17 dollars plus about $8 for the AC cord and caps, plus a couple of hours tinkering and she is singing like an angel. I played it through headphones for a couple of days (not continuous). The DC offset stayed below 10mV. I hooked it up to my Boston Acoustics A100 Series III speakers a while ago. Man, this thing sounds great! So much clean power for a 40 WPC receiver. I played it for a while at a fairly loud level and it barely got warm on top. Only thing that I don't like about this receiver is - NO REMOTE! The R-X80 had a wired remote available. That's a damn nice receiver too.
 
Great to hear that you managed to get it working well again! I should dig my r-x80 out soon and see if it still works.
 
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