ivo
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Hi everybody! I just got this monster. I already got a Sansui C2101 preamp, which I recapped, changed some relays, or just cleaned; some diodes on the power supply were replaced as well. Also, very important the Volume control pot was replaced with new one 4 pins unit. The preamps is ok now.
I got this BA-2000 from Marketplace for $300 in very bad, tragic condition, obviously kept in the garage or shed for years and years.
So I plugged it into the dim bulb tester; the light was bright for a second, then went down, and both of the protected relays clicked!! What a surprise, doesn't it?! After connecting to the source, there wasn't any sound or noise from the speakers. Ok, I put it on the bench and measured some terminals. There are four points on the power supply for the positive and negative rails. The power should be +55 and -55; I measured +57 and -57, which I'm assuming is good. That means the transformer and the big 12000uF caps work, and the base rectifiers are good too, if I get these measurements (+57V and- 57V) on the main power supply output...
Took out the board F-2631(Power supply for driver stage) and F-2661 (driver stage). All fuse resistors are bad on both boards. Also, some of the carbon film resistors are ruined and need replacement. I chose to replace all of them with Metal film resistors from Mouser. Is that right?? Am I on the right track?
The problem is that in the schematic diagram, some of these resistors on the F-2661 are shown as 1.2k, but the real devices on the board are 1k. Which one is correct??
Is there anybody with experience with this nice amplifier?
I'm wondering how to continue: to replace these with 1.2k as they are in the diagram, or to replace with the same physical 1K resistors.
Thanks for any help or ideas!!!
I got this BA-2000 from Marketplace for $300 in very bad, tragic condition, obviously kept in the garage or shed for years and years.
So I plugged it into the dim bulb tester; the light was bright for a second, then went down, and both of the protected relays clicked!! What a surprise, doesn't it?! After connecting to the source, there wasn't any sound or noise from the speakers. Ok, I put it on the bench and measured some terminals. There are four points on the power supply for the positive and negative rails. The power should be +55 and -55; I measured +57 and -57, which I'm assuming is good. That means the transformer and the big 12000uF caps work, and the base rectifiers are good too, if I get these measurements (+57V and- 57V) on the main power supply output...
Took out the board F-2631(Power supply for driver stage) and F-2661 (driver stage). All fuse resistors are bad on both boards. Also, some of the carbon film resistors are ruined and need replacement. I chose to replace all of them with Metal film resistors from Mouser. Is that right?? Am I on the right track?
The problem is that in the schematic diagram, some of these resistors on the F-2661 are shown as 1.2k, but the real devices on the board are 1k. Which one is correct??
Is there anybody with experience with this nice amplifier?
I'm wondering how to continue: to replace these with 1.2k as they are in the diagram, or to replace with the same physical 1K resistors.
Thanks for any help or ideas!!!