Quad 34 pre amp
Quad 34 Pre Amps. Well, what can we say? Yes they are lovely but can have some annoying faults. I am sure a lot has been discussed, but here is my input for what it’s worth. These go back to the ...
Amplifier Restorations
Simarc MR 2120C
Sinmarc MR-2120CAnother one of these treasures came in the other day. As I have mentioned, I have a soft spot for these Spanish made clones of Fender amps. The transformers both output and mains are ...
Fender Dual Showman
After a few days of dealing with crap jobs in order to keep things going and paying the bills, a beautiful woman walked through the door, seductively asking for attention. A wonderful Fender Dual ...
ENGL guitar amplifiers
Another couple of these in the other day. I am not sure what the guitarists think of these amps from a sound point of view, I’d rather change a bogie motor on a British Rail 125 loco whilst it’s ...
Altair MF24
Well thankfully, that’s over and done with. This has taken more man hours than I would have liked. After sorting out the bias faults, all we had to do was to replace some P-Channel MOSFETs. The ...
Leak Troughline 3
Something nice to work on today. A 50 year old Leak Troughline FM tuner, still with it’s final inspection ticket 11/9/69. Fitted with a Mullard decoder. These tuners are a lovely piece of ...
Fender 185 Pro
Friday morning project. A very tired Fender Pro185. Okay, not a hot glowing glass bulb of loveliness in site. But we need the bills paying so when the Devil shits in your handbag, we need to become ...
Rivera 120 Watt amplifier
Nice big Rivera 120 Watt amp came in today. Very heavy at 5.5 tons. Blown mains and HT fuses and 4 output valves (EL34) looking decidedly unhappy. Out with the chassis, 4 softish sacrificial EL34s ...
Sony TA-5650 big VFET amp, 1970s
Don’t see many of these nowadays. Early 1970s Sony TA5650. One of the first amps to use VFET transistors in the output stage. Nice amplifiers and very collectable within the audiophile community. ...
London City DEA100 Mk5!!
Just to set the scene. A warmer than average day for this time of year, a nice bag of oranges brought in by a customer, wild animals jumping twix palm tees, the odd shooting outside over drug dealing ...
Fender PA100
Not seen one of these Fender variations before. basically looks like a Twin Reverb / Bassman 100 Watt, with a reverb unit and 4 basic inputs. This one lead me on a merry dance to start with and for ...
Quad 33 / 303
Well that was a surprise. A nice afternoon I thought, quick check over, even with the blindfold on....Oh no...A Quad 33-303 came in with the owner saying there were a couple of faults. One easy, ...