So I have been into audio for some time, since I was about 10 and I'm 32 now. I purchased my first powered subwoofer when I was 12 with Christmas money and I was lost from there. I've owned a lot of gear but have recently decided to simplify. I've been having issues with my "newer gear" with their bells and whistles. I decided to ge back to old school. I'm dropping the surround and going back to stereo. My start up system will consist of Kef reference 105.1 speakers, velodyne HGS-15 subwoofer, Philips GA-312 TT. For now power will come from a Kenwood KA-8006, as soon as I finish restoring it, will then be a model 600.
The KA-8006 was given to me for free. It works perfectly, everything about it works excellent. I want to completely restore it. I figure it will be good practice to do this guy before I move onto the Model 600. I'm a DIYer at heart and I've done a lot of PCB work and have many tools knowledge to feel confident in this. I'm not a complete newb. I will say this will be my first time completely tearing down a vintage amp and restoring it.
So my questions are, what are the things I'll want to replace? All of the electrolytic capacitors of course (including the 15,000 uF ones). I've seen some people increase the wattage values of the resistors on the power supply board. I see there are many that replace the relay, I'm guessing that would be a good idea? I've also read in some of the model 600 rebuild threads that people will replace parts that are known to be troublesome just to eliminate them as issues in the future. Are there any parts in the KA-8006 that that are that way?
Basically I want to know what exactly are all the pieces I should change out to complete this restore. I appreciate everyone's help!
Dan
The KA-8006 was given to me for free. It works perfectly, everything about it works excellent. I want to completely restore it. I figure it will be good practice to do this guy before I move onto the Model 600. I'm a DIYer at heart and I've done a lot of PCB work and have many tools knowledge to feel confident in this. I'm not a complete newb. I will say this will be my first time completely tearing down a vintage amp and restoring it.
So my questions are, what are the things I'll want to replace? All of the electrolytic capacitors of course (including the 15,000 uF ones). I've seen some people increase the wattage values of the resistors on the power supply board. I see there are many that replace the relay, I'm guessing that would be a good idea? I've also read in some of the model 600 rebuild threads that people will replace parts that are known to be troublesome just to eliminate them as issues in the future. Are there any parts in the KA-8006 that that are that way?
Basically I want to know what exactly are all the pieces I should change out to complete this restore. I appreciate everyone's help!
Dan
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