damendowse
New Member
Greetings. I bought a second hand (in great condition, clean, working very well) Marantz 2285 receiver last year from a shop in Germany which sells nice hi-fi equipment.
It's worked flawlessly for me (only that a couple display backlight bulbs are in need of replacing), except in the past week the left channel speaker starting cutting in and out, a bit scratchy... then it would come back and hold fine again. This went on and on. I checked connections, etc. Everything was fine.
Today, it went out completely. The speaker plays fine in right channel, so not speaker or cable. And right speaker also won't play when plugged into left channel. 2285 has speaker 1/2 system, and I tested in both of them, and in both systems left channel is out.
What has gone wrong? Is this a simple fix? Or a major issue. In other words, is this a 'change the fuse by myself' job, or is this an open it up/take it to a qualified repairman job?
I'm a complete novice with regards to any kind of hi-fi repair, unfortunately, so don't know if I'm dealing with something major or minor.
Thank you so much for any tips/advice!
Cheers,
Damen
It's worked flawlessly for me (only that a couple display backlight bulbs are in need of replacing), except in the past week the left channel speaker starting cutting in and out, a bit scratchy... then it would come back and hold fine again. This went on and on. I checked connections, etc. Everything was fine.
Today, it went out completely. The speaker plays fine in right channel, so not speaker or cable. And right speaker also won't play when plugged into left channel. 2285 has speaker 1/2 system, and I tested in both of them, and in both systems left channel is out.
What has gone wrong? Is this a simple fix? Or a major issue. In other words, is this a 'change the fuse by myself' job, or is this an open it up/take it to a qualified repairman job?
I'm a complete novice with regards to any kind of hi-fi repair, unfortunately, so don't know if I'm dealing with something major or minor.
Thank you so much for any tips/advice!
Cheers,
Damen
