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Posted on November 29, 2014 at 09:30:02
Frihed89
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 Do any of you know of a tech in London, preferably in the general direction of the Arsenal stadium? I think my son has a bad power supply cap in his AN (UK) Meishu Silver (big pop in speakers, but still works). The amp is quite old >10 years, I'd say. I was the second owner for 2009-12.

 

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Drive it to AN, posted on December 1, 2014 at 19:48:56
Chip647
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 Could be a power supply cap, but when electrolytic caps fail, they usually fail catastrophically. Could be a faulty coupling cap, arching rectifier, arching power transformer, bad tube, bad tube socket, bad solder joint, bad resistor, bad anything.

Intermittent faults are a bear. If he can afford a 5,000 pound amp, he can drive the 62 miles to Worthing (or to his dealer) Replacing the Blackgates will be pricy, you really want to make sure they are bad.

 

RE: Drive it to AN, posted on December 2, 2014 at 09:20:59
Frihed89
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 I gave the amp and some AN speakers to him. He doesn't own a car. It's not America. They have good public transport in London.

 

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