Hi All, I recently got a second-hand Marantz 7200 integrated and when I switch the source-direct function off the sound disappears altogether. Any suggestions as to the likely cause and whether this can be easily fixed. Thanks in anticipation.
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Hi All, I recently got a second-hand Marantz 7200 integrated and when I switch the source-direct function off the sound disappears altogether. Any suggestions as to the likely cause and whether this can be easily fixed. Thanks in anticipation.
Broken source direct switch is the likely culprit. Easy to fix by replacing it, and also a fantastic way to realise that running the signal through tone and balance controls is not transparent.
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Does it effect all inputs? It's probably not the switch.... possible yes.. but unlikely on such a recent model and unlikely to be faulty on both channels.
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Even if it was a broken switch I doubt that replacing it would be "easy". It would be very unlikely that the switch was not PCB-mounted, so that means you have to get the correct switch with the correct pins for the PCB layout. You may also have to remove the PCB in order to replace the switch, which may entail removing a lot of other stuff. These "easy" fixes are never actually easy at all in my experience.
It may or may not be an easy thing to find a replacement for. Probably not easy. Large companies like Marantz can justify having custom parts made, so it may need a Marantz part to replace it.
Agreed. It could well be a circuit fault in the part of the amp that the Source Direct switch bypasses.
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Thanks Andrew, I had a quick look inside and the switch is indeed on a pcb. It certainly doesn't look like anything you would get off a convenient shelf! Physically it appears to operate so I suspect, as you say, there is a circuit problem - likely to cost more than the market value of a working machine to fix I guess.
Shame, it's a nice sounding amp to my ears, but I do like/need to use that function sometimes.
In the old days there would be plenty of places in every town that could do repair work on electrical/electronic goods. These days the circuit boards are so densely packed with tiny surface-mount components that repairs can be almost impossible - and why bother when you can buy a brand new whatever-it-is so cheaply anyway? Hence repairmen are a dying breed. Now you tend to get specialists who are experts in one thing - maybe vintage Hammond Organs or whatever - rather than general repairmen.
If you're very lucky maybe a squirt of switch cleaning lubricant might cure it.
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I totally agree with Andrew on this. Japanese amps tend to be unusually difficult and sometimes expensive to repair (if indeed a repair is possible) due to the prevalence of unobtainable parts. Switches etc being amongst the worse as often they were made for just that amp or that range of amps. Very rare IC's are often also used, sometimes in the cases of bigger companies they would even have an IC made for a specific range of amps that would only be made for a 3 year period or so! It doesn't help that Japanese amps are often very untidily built and a servicing nightmare when it comes to accessing PCB's etc... If you have say a mid '80's Jap amp you want repairing don't be surprised if it costs much more than the amps worth to fix it. That is normal!
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