AK made me do it: my 'new' Technics SU-V909
Hi, everybody. I'm new here in the sense this is my first registered post, but I've been lurking for a while because AK is a wonderful source of screening data for prospective purchases on the Bay or CL.
As an original owner of Technics gear from the "UPS Brown' era (SU-8080, ST-9030 & M85---all still working), I have a high level of respect for the brand, its build quality and sound.
Recently, I set out to acquire an 80+W integrated amp to power a pair of late-seventies Lab Standard (house brand of a Manhattan dealer) 4-way speakers with 15" woofers that had been collecting dust for 17 years. My search of eBay turned up the usual suspects, some of which likely required repairs/refurbishing.
Among the Technics amps on offer was a SU-V909 which was described as 'lights working but no sound'. I immediately scanned the photos included with the listing to see if the 'Computer Drive' and 'new class A' logos were also illuminated as they should be.
Seeing that they were not, I concluded--based upon hours of late-night reading of AK posts on just the same problem--that salvation might be obtained at modest cost via replacement of the two offending $3 lamps/leds.
Hoping* this to be the case, I won the auction (actually beat a sniper!) and am gearing up to attack the problem with the aid of a friend (a former Sony Music engineer with better soldering skills).
Any technical and moral support offered by AK members would, of course, be much appreciated.
Thanks for the opportunity to participate.
*a word best used in churches and synagogues
Hi, everybody. I'm new here in the sense this is my first registered post, but I've been lurking for a while because AK is a wonderful source of screening data for prospective purchases on the Bay or CL.
As an original owner of Technics gear from the "UPS Brown' era (SU-8080, ST-9030 & M85---all still working), I have a high level of respect for the brand, its build quality and sound.
Recently, I set out to acquire an 80+W integrated amp to power a pair of late-seventies Lab Standard (house brand of a Manhattan dealer) 4-way speakers with 15" woofers that had been collecting dust for 17 years. My search of eBay turned up the usual suspects, some of which likely required repairs/refurbishing.
Among the Technics amps on offer was a SU-V909 which was described as 'lights working but no sound'. I immediately scanned the photos included with the listing to see if the 'Computer Drive' and 'new class A' logos were also illuminated as they should be.
Seeing that they were not, I concluded--based upon hours of late-night reading of AK posts on just the same problem--that salvation might be obtained at modest cost via replacement of the two offending $3 lamps/leds.
Hoping* this to be the case, I won the auction (actually beat a sniper!) and am gearing up to attack the problem with the aid of a friend (a former Sony Music engineer with better soldering skills).
Any technical and moral support offered by AK members would, of course, be much appreciated.
Thanks for the opportunity to participate.
*a word best used in churches and synagogues
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