Philips FA-920 good?

[Airegin]

Anyone have experience with this amp? I'm hoping to find something a little better than my newly recapped Rotel RA-314. Maybe I'm underestimating my Rotel though...

 

[ZOOM]

It's nice, good slam. Surprising because it is a Philips. Class H, so it has two voltage rails for different power demands. Very strange parts inside, though. Lots of their own transitors, etc, as usual with Philips. Can be difficult to repair properly, if needed.

I love the feeling of the volume knob and source selector. Nice light bulbs to indicate source, too. Those are 12V 100mA 5mm diam if some are blown. Very easy to find.

Biggest negative is the plastic face plate. Hideous and feels terrible to the touch.

 

[JohanH]

Lots of their own transitors, etc, as usual with Philips. Can be difficult to repair properly, if needed.

Quick checked the service manual; seems pretty standard to me

 

[ZOOM]

Disregard most of my previous comment, I confused it for the bigger models, the FA930 / 950, which were hugely popular at the time. I'm not familiar with this 20 model, which seems to be part of a lower budget series which doesn't appear to be particularly interesting.