thurstongarden;470078 Wrote: > Phil - the repair chappie, as I understand,s only replaced the dry cap. > TBH I was not hopeful that he would be able to do anything, but he came > up trumphs. I live in the sticks and repair places are few and far > between. This guy was a TV repairer (who actually gets their telly > repaired these days??). > > I am very very tempted to take the fuses out of the original (push > switch) amp and hook up the PSX. I still have the ebay (rocker switch) > amp which I could box up and save as a replacement. I am using it on its > own right now and it does sound good....should I just make do and box > the PSX and push switch amp up? > > I hate decisions!
I've looked at the circuit for the PSX (and the Cyrus 2). They are very simple, and can be repaired (or even improved somewhat). There are 12 caps in the PSX of which only 2 are the expensive slit foil type. The problem is, electrolytic caps do dry out over time. When they dry they go short circuit. I don't know how old your amps/PSX are, but really all electrolytic caps on anything over 15 years old should be replaced. Given that a failed cap blew your amps, and that not all caps were replaced I'd say you had a ticking time bomb... however, the same applies to the PSU inside your amps - they have the same caps!!!. Personally, I'd get all caps in both PSX and Amp replaced (preferably NOT by a TV repairer) ...or just get rid of everything on eBay while it still works! -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... SB Touch Beta (wired) - TACT 2.2X (Linear PSU) + Good Vibrations S/W - MF Triplethreat(Audiocom full mods) - Linn 5103 - Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Townsend Supertweeters, Blue Jeans Digital,Kimber Speaker & Chord Interconnect cables Kitchen Boom, Outdoors: SB Radio ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=68461 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
