I recently received a Sony TA-F7 that I couldn't believe just how poorly packaged it was. There was literally no padding in the box. Before shipped the seller said that it was in perfect working order.
This is a superb sounding amp but there seems to be some channel imbalance and crackling (along with some cosmetic damage now too). Fiddling around with the position of the knobs, particularly if I balance the muting switch to be in the middle this imbalance disappears only to return again after some time - sometimes a few minutes later, sometimes an hour. RCA connections are also loose. Not in the sense that the cables don't fit, but in the way that the board moves when I attach them.
I'm not technical at all (as you can probably tell) and was always planning to send this off to be serviced in any case, but what could be the likely issue here?
Also, does anyone know who might be able to service this within the UK or Europe? I know there's a couple on this forum who specialise in Vfet amps but they tend to be very much booked up.
This is a superb sounding amp but there seems to be some channel imbalance and crackling (along with some cosmetic damage now too). Fiddling around with the position of the knobs, particularly if I balance the muting switch to be in the middle this imbalance disappears only to return again after some time - sometimes a few minutes later, sometimes an hour. RCA connections are also loose. Not in the sense that the cables don't fit, but in the way that the board moves when I attach them.
I'm not technical at all (as you can probably tell) and was always planning to send this off to be serviced in any case, but what could be the likely issue here?
Also, does anyone know who might be able to service this within the UK or Europe? I know there's a couple on this forum who specialise in Vfet amps but they tend to be very much booked up.
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