Lab 7 410
LabSeries L7 410Incomes this big beast of an amplifier. Brought in by a local guy. In quite a poor state of repair (amplifier, that is not the owner?)Reported lots of different faults, ranging from ...
Amplifier Restorations
Rega Maia amplifiers
A gentleman from Dutchland bought in a couple of Rega Maia amplifiers today. Always a bit suspicious when someone brings in two similar bits of kit, both faulty. One was a Maia integrated amp, the ...
Carver C19 and TFM-42
Carver C19 Pre amp and TFM42 main ampJust as I though the day could not get any worse, a long standing client came in with this pre and main amp collection.Now I have a regard for Carver gear, I have ...
Goodmans Module 90
Goodmans Module 90A customer brought in his childhood treasure, a Goodmans Module 90 amplifier receiver. Taking me back to 1972, when we had High Road shops without security grills, armed guards, ...
The Duchess V4, Victory Amplification
As the Victory Amplification repair agent in Spàin, I am starting to see more of these different amplifiers as they become more popular. This little thing gave me a headache. There is a lot squeezed ...
Heathkit Guitar amplifier
A slight come down from the usual guitar amplifiers that I get asked to service. This was Heathkits’ answer to a DSL Marshall stack. Thank God Keith Moon had forgotten to stuff his set of strings ...
NAD 3130 amplifier
It’s so nice to come into the play pen and have presented, an amplifier which is not some stupid Class D rubbish with a 1000 components blown up, which in any case you cannot see without the use of a ...
Laney Cub 12R
Well the little Laney Cub12R gets the Zeta Services this week’s award for the most stupid amplifier to service. On the outside, looks all pretty and sweet. Customer said it was blowing fuses and ...
Egnater Renegade…I’ll be back
Last saw this amplifier 2 years ago when the owner brought it in complaining of strange noises. From the amplifier, not himself. That was due to both the EL34 output valves being microphonic.The ...
Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier Tremoverb
Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier Tremoverb.I have had a few of these amplifiers as of late. Some have had some awkward problems to sort out, mainly around failure of the LDR (light dependant resistors). ...
Sansui AU-X710
Sansui AU-X701Here is another example of an amplifier that has been around the block many times hoping for a repair. As usual ending up at the stupid Guiri (Spanish slang for foreigner), i.e. ...
Meyer M2D Powrered loudspeaker
Meyer Sound M2D powered loudspeakerA customer brought several of these large powered loudspeakers in for repair. They had all seen heavy combat in the field and as usual, I get the stuff that has ...