In Reply to: HK Citation 2 rebuild questions posted by DAK on April 13, 2015 at 01:45:39:
My advice is to leave it mostly stock. Just replace coupling capacitors and electrolytics. Use bumble bee capacitors the dry ones or sprague black beauties in the front of the amp. I would recommend Unicon electrolytics from hifi collective and CE manufacturing the paper tube ones if at all possible. They new had to build electronics back then doubtful that there will be improved musical performance and likely worse. Tune it in with respect to the geniuses that made it and you will be happy for years.
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- RE: HK Citation 2 rebuild questions - Ping 20:36:43 04/14/15 (53)
- RE: HK Citation 2 rebuild questions - Jim McShane 12:05:48 04/15/15 (51)
- RE: HK Citation 2 rebuild questions - Ping 17:03:27 04/15/15 (50)
- RE: HK Citation 2 rebuild questions - Michael Samra 21:07:37 04/15/15 (45)
- RE: HK Citation 2 rebuild questions - Ping 18:47:48 04/16/15 (44)
- RE: HK Citation 2 rebuild questions - Michael Samra 00:19:07 04/18/15 (2)
- RE: HK Citation 2 rebuild questions - Jim McShane 09:17:30 04/18/15 (1)
- RE: HK Citation 2 rebuild questions - Michael Samra 12:56:13 04/18/15 (0)
- I call BULLSH_T! - Eli Duttman 14:20:48 04/17/15 (0)
- RE: HK Citation 2 rebuild questions - Jim McShane 09:19:29 04/17/15 (39)
- RE: HK Citation 2 rebuild questions - Ping 11:56:56 04/18/15 (36)
- RE: HK Citation 2 rebuild questions - Michael Samra 21:41:24 04/18/15 (27)
- RE: HK Citation 2 rebuild questions - Ping 10:13:13 04/19/15 (4)
- RE: HK Citation 2 rebuild questions - Michael Samra 03:27:06 04/20/15 (0)
- Tough crowd... - Triode_Kingdom 13:47:50 04/19/15 (2)
- RE: Tough crowd... - Eli Duttman 20:15:01 04/19/15 (1)
- RE: Tough crowd... - Triode_Kingdom 06:41:39 04/20/15 (0)
- RE: HK Citation 2 rebuild questions - Triode_Kingdom 22:34:11 04/18/15 (21)
- RE: HK Citation 2 rebuild questions - Michael Samra 09:54:41 04/19/15 (20)
- RE: HK Citation 2 rebuild questions - Triode_Kingdom 11:19:41 04/19/15 (19)
- RE: HK Citation 2 rebuild questions - Jim McShane 14:23:44 04/19/15 (2)
- RE: HK Citation 2 rebuild questions - Triode_Kingdom 15:38:05 04/19/15 (0)
- The MFA 120 used Citation II output iron - Freo-1 14:28:29 04/19/15 (0)
- RE: HK Citation 2 rebuild questions - Michael Samra 11:37:22 04/19/15 (15)
- RE: HK Citation 2 rebuild questions - Triode_Kingdom 12:06:39 04/19/15 (8)
- RE: HK Citation 2 rebuild questions - Michael Samra 13:11:27 04/19/15 (7)
- Depends how beat up it is... - Freo-1 13:23:28 04/19/15 (6)
- RE: Depends how beat up it is... - Jim McShane 14:34:20 04/19/15 (5)
- Not a big fan of the voltage doubler, nor the HEAT they generate - Freo-1 14:42:06 04/19/15 (4)
- Wow..The Mac Mc240 and the Mc75s and the Mc225 are all doublers - Michael Samra 04:40:16 04/22/15 (1)
- Good Information - Freo-1 16:53:34 04/24/15 (0)
- RE: Not a big fan of the voltage doubler, nor the HEAT they generate - unclestu 15:08:46 04/19/15 (1)
- RE: Not a big fan of the voltage doubler, nor the HEAT they generate - Triode_Kingdom 15:44:28 04/19/15 (0)
- RE: HK Citation 2 rebuild questions - jazbo8 11:45:07 04/19/15 (5)
- Not true - Triode_Kingdom 12:53:47 04/19/15 (4)
- RE: Not true - hennfarm 23:43:06 04/19/15 (0)
- RE: Not true - jazbo8 14:14:34 04/19/15 (0)
- Very true with the old kit amps like Eico ,Heathkit and Dynaco. - Michael Samra 13:29:31 04/19/15 (1)
- Also Scott, Fisher, HK, Sansui, Pioneer, Stromberg, etc. etc. - Triode_Kingdom 14:12:35 04/19/15 (0)
- RE: HK Citation 2 rebuild questions - Jim McShane 12:55:49 04/18/15 (7)
- RE: HK Citation 2 rebuild questions - Ping 07:57:58 04/19/15 (6)
- RE: HK Citation 2 rebuild questions - Jim McShane 15:57:55 04/19/15 (5)
- RE: HK Citation 2 rebuild questions - Ping 23:18:57 04/24/15 (0)
- Design philosophies - Triode_Kingdom 18:43:34 04/19/15 (2)
- RE: Design philosophies - Jim McShane 19:44:24 04/19/15 (1)
- RE: Design philosophies - Triode_Kingdom 05:56:04 04/20/15 (0)
- Excellent response - Freo-1 16:46:19 04/19/15 (0)
- well, that sums it pretty well...:) - PakProtector 18:19:14 04/17/15 (0)
- RE: HK Citation 2 rebuild questions - Eli Duttman 14:12:26 04/17/15 (0)
- TROLL!! (nt) - Eli Duttman 17:33:24 04/15/15 (3)
- And good vintage tubes of course - Ping 20:38:36 04/14/15 (0)