02County
AK Member
I recently acquired an AU-417 amp, part of a series of components that were the shop system at a local specialty garage. Got it for a hundy, along with tuner, eq, and tape deck. I was stoked.
Brought it home, played it somewhat loudly, blew a fuse. Brought it to a local tech. $40 diagnosis says it's a bad channel. He wants $210 to fix it. He also said he thought it had been in a fire based on the dirty interior but I suspect that is instead exhaust and grease from the garage where it spent the past 30 plus years. Ill add that it did not blow a fuse during actual play time - I turned the volume down, turned it off, then returned later to play it and found it dead.
Anyway, it sounded sweet while it lasted. My question is whether the additional investment is worth it or if i should instead simply cut bait and move on.
Brought it home, played it somewhat loudly, blew a fuse. Brought it to a local tech. $40 diagnosis says it's a bad channel. He wants $210 to fix it. He also said he thought it had been in a fire based on the dirty interior but I suspect that is instead exhaust and grease from the garage where it spent the past 30 plus years. Ill add that it did not blow a fuse during actual play time - I turned the volume down, turned it off, then returned later to play it and found it dead.
Anyway, it sounded sweet while it lasted. My question is whether the additional investment is worth it or if i should instead simply cut bait and move on.
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