DallasSunset
New Member
Hi all,
I have been a lurker for some time and finally decided to seek help. I recently purchased a Yamaha CR-640 in near mint condition. Plugged into my Sansui SP-2000, beautiful sound and never had a problem. As a son of an audiophile, I always appreciated the warm Yamaha "smell" in our living room growing up, so I was happiest reliving my vibey childhood.
Unfortunately, about six months ago the unit randomly started losing sound. I would turn off, wait a minute, turn on, lights work and I hear a relay click, but 10-15 seconds in another click, and sound would stop. Then I randomly found out that bumping the unit on the top, in the lower left back (by power cord), would restore the sound.
Now the problem persists where sometimes multiple times per day, mid-listening session and receiver plenty warmed up, I get no sound. A quick "slap" on the top restores sound and might last 10 minutes or 3 hours or a full day, no correlation there.
While the receiver is still plenty working, I'd love not to have to slap it back to reality sometimes! Any idea on what is wrong?
I am somewhat experienced with electronics, welding, etc... but lack a voltmeter. Should I get one? No fuses are broken, no capacitor appears blown out, all pots / switches work with no scratching. I have an inkling the slap may reset a relay or some kind of fault switch back in place, but would like to see if anyone has experienced this problem before I buy voltmeter / deoxit and go to town.
Thanks in advance.
I have been a lurker for some time and finally decided to seek help. I recently purchased a Yamaha CR-640 in near mint condition. Plugged into my Sansui SP-2000, beautiful sound and never had a problem. As a son of an audiophile, I always appreciated the warm Yamaha "smell" in our living room growing up, so I was happiest reliving my vibey childhood.
Unfortunately, about six months ago the unit randomly started losing sound. I would turn off, wait a minute, turn on, lights work and I hear a relay click, but 10-15 seconds in another click, and sound would stop. Then I randomly found out that bumping the unit on the top, in the lower left back (by power cord), would restore the sound.
Now the problem persists where sometimes multiple times per day, mid-listening session and receiver plenty warmed up, I get no sound. A quick "slap" on the top restores sound and might last 10 minutes or 3 hours or a full day, no correlation there.
While the receiver is still plenty working, I'd love not to have to slap it back to reality sometimes! Any idea on what is wrong?
I am somewhat experienced with electronics, welding, etc... but lack a voltmeter. Should I get one? No fuses are broken, no capacitor appears blown out, all pots / switches work with no scratching. I have an inkling the slap may reset a relay or some kind of fault switch back in place, but would like to see if anyone has experienced this problem before I buy voltmeter / deoxit and go to town.
Thanks in advance.
