thurstongarden;470088 Wrote: > Thanks Phil. your words 'ticking time bomb' are all I need to hear to > stop me hooking up the PSX. I don't remember the date on the stickers > inside the kit, but it definitely was 80's not 90's. > > The rocker switch amp will be the newer of the two so I will stick with > this on it's own for the time being. A good friend is a Chief Artificer > in the navy and he might be the man to replace the caps for me. I would > feel safer putting the kit in to his hands than some unknown shop. I > might text him now to see where in the world he is! > > I would need to source replacement caps tho - any ideas where from, and > what I need to look for?
It's all vanilla stuff from Maplins, except for the two main slit-foils (and these CAN be replaced but not with exact replacements). Much of the good sound of this amp is attributed to these caps. When you are ready, I can advise you on where to source replacements that can be made to fit... -- 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 discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
