rowingcoach
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Greetings guys. MY FIRST POST EVER!!
I bought a sx-1010. I am just getting into vintage audio/budge audiophile stuff. I picked up mine for $325 and a two hour one way trip to Milwaukee.
It is in decent cosmetic shape, but opening it I can see some blistering caps, a lot of dust, some spider egg sacks and a couple snipped antenna wires. BLARG. HELP!
I am replacing a thrift store SX-636 that I LOVE, but just does not have the power to drive the vintage JBL l112 I found for a STEAL of $300 on Craigslist at Christmas time when someone needed them GONE ASAP.
Back to the SX-1010
It has "issues" Mostly it sounds like it is always in MONO when it should be in stereo. Switching Mono on and off I can ALMOST tell the difference. The channels also fade in and out and there is some scratchiness and fizzle here and there randomly. It needs some TLC.
I just purchased the entire BOM from this thread from Mouser, Digikey. $50 for the Mouser parts, and the Filter caps were around $30 at Digikey.
The only thing I did not get is the relay switch. What is a part number i should get and which parts to adapt to make it fit?
is there anything else I should buy? Those silver things with thermal paste attached to the giant heat sink?
NOW.... I have NO idea what I am doing. I have replaces caps before in small devices, but I have NEVER undertaken a project like this. Also, I don't know how to use a multimeter, don't own any diagnostic tools etc.
I suppose if I take my time, i could do it, but I won't know how to set bias and from what I am reading those three legged things (transistors?) have legs that change orientation and even if I put the new ones in the same orientation the legs might be reversed internally? I will totally blow something up.
BOOOM! :tears:
Is there anyone on this list who LOVES to do this kind of work, knows the ins and outs of the SX-1010 and would like to do the "labor" for me to restore it to 100% working order? I have paid for the parts, and can pay for shipping to/from. Is there anyone here that can help me?
If not, how hard is it to do myself beyond the soldering. I am ok at soldering, but without equipment, how do I make sure i don't blow my speakers up?
If there is such an amazing person who wants the job please let me know and give me an estimate of your costs?
I bought a sx-1010. I am just getting into vintage audio/budge audiophile stuff. I picked up mine for $325 and a two hour one way trip to Milwaukee.
It is in decent cosmetic shape, but opening it I can see some blistering caps, a lot of dust, some spider egg sacks and a couple snipped antenna wires. BLARG. HELP!
I am replacing a thrift store SX-636 that I LOVE, but just does not have the power to drive the vintage JBL l112 I found for a STEAL of $300 on Craigslist at Christmas time when someone needed them GONE ASAP.
Back to the SX-1010
It has "issues" Mostly it sounds like it is always in MONO when it should be in stereo. Switching Mono on and off I can ALMOST tell the difference. The channels also fade in and out and there is some scratchiness and fizzle here and there randomly. It needs some TLC.
I just purchased the entire BOM from this thread from Mouser, Digikey. $50 for the Mouser parts, and the Filter caps were around $30 at Digikey.
The only thing I did not get is the relay switch. What is a part number i should get and which parts to adapt to make it fit?
is there anything else I should buy? Those silver things with thermal paste attached to the giant heat sink?
NOW.... I have NO idea what I am doing. I have replaces caps before in small devices, but I have NEVER undertaken a project like this. Also, I don't know how to use a multimeter, don't own any diagnostic tools etc.
I suppose if I take my time, i could do it, but I won't know how to set bias and from what I am reading those three legged things (transistors?) have legs that change orientation and even if I put the new ones in the same orientation the legs might be reversed internally? I will totally blow something up.
BOOOM! :tears:
Is there anyone on this list who LOVES to do this kind of work, knows the ins and outs of the SX-1010 and would like to do the "labor" for me to restore it to 100% working order? I have paid for the parts, and can pay for shipping to/from. Is there anyone here that can help me?
If not, how hard is it to do myself beyond the soldering. I am ok at soldering, but without equipment, how do I make sure i don't blow my speakers up?
If there is such an amazing person who wants the job please let me know and give me an estimate of your costs?