In Reply to: Citation A solid state preamp? quality? mods? posted by PeterI on June 29, 2012 at 13:53:30:
I suspect that the chassis and front panel are the best parts; the knobs are OK as well. In fairness, the power transformer's probably pretty nice.
In all seriousness, (obviously) I've never heard one, but over the years hk made some very nice sounding vacuum tube and solid state hardware, so even though being a very early ss model is a strike against it, being an hk is one in the "plus" column.
Changing every capacitor probably couldn't hurt, though...
Are the transistors all silicon, or does it have germaniums in it too?
Manual's online courtesy of hk (harman int'l, that is)-- link below.
all the best,
mrh
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Follow Ups
- (very) early solid state - mhardy6647 17:00:48 06/29/12 (7)
- Like the Citation Twelve, the earlier solid state Citation A is sonically very worthy ! - Interstage Tranny 13:49:43 06/30/12 (6)
- Thank you for info... - PeterI 15:10:07 06/30/12 (5)
- You are welcome for the info... - Interstage Tranny 15:39:51 06/30/12 (4)
- might you post a link to or info on your HF-85's "upgrades" - mhardy6647 17:24:40 06/30/12 (2)
- RE: might you post a link to or info on your HF-85's "upgrades" - PeterI 17:48:46 06/30/12 (1)
- HF-85 needs upgrades to coupling caps & power supply caps... - Interstage Tranny 16:14:31 07/01/12 (0)
- RE: You are welcome for the info... HF85 etc - PeterI 17:12:59 06/30/12 (0)