A+R A60..

[DavidF]

Hi

35years on I got (get?) around to doing it.

A battered A60- replaces an equally battered valve amp.....at least I don't have to worry about the valves now.

I ve been told I should consider some remedial work (is this the right place for such a question?).

The smoothing caps, apparently. Is this a DIY job for a layman?

Who could supply those?

The amp sounds pretty nice, by the way, but do I get the impression of a trace of roughness/harshness that shouldn't be there?

It soundstages fine; I think some times it misses afew bits from the valves....maybe does few bits more in other ways.




Thoughts?

TIA


David



ps money is tight as I'm trying a new buiness venture, so megga buck servicing isn't on.

[Mr Kipling]

You should find all you need to know here:

http://www.decdun.me.uk/a60mods.html

[DavidF]

You should find all you need to know here:

http://www.decdun.me.uk/a60mods.html


Thanks.:doh:

[DSJR]

I never took one apart, but the service guys we had thought the A60 was a royal pain to service, since the thing had to be fully dismantled to get at the underside of the circuit board.

Rob Holt (Robert on PFM) did a full refurb thread on the A60 on PFM a year or three back and the only thing I can add is that the suppied fuses (stripy ones) could pop for no apparent reason. replacing these fuses with equivalents from the RS catalogue almost always stopped this from happening.....