Arkless Electronics
02-02-2016, 17:13
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It's like the bottom one in the picture (this is not the one for sale! It's to comply with the must have photo rule).
These are from the early seventies and cost a fortune when new.... They were once the "Stereophile" top rated pre amp at any price! The Audio research SP3 took over as their fave rave....
The issue with it is one of the multi-wafer selector switches has a broken wafer. It will not require much electronics knowledge to repair but will not be easy.... Why? It's unlikely that an original one can be found so something will have to be adapted and made to fit... very time consuming to source a suitable part, hence I haven't fixed it myself. AFAIK that's all that's wrong with it.
£150 ONO
Will post photos of actual unit and detail of faulty switch if there is any real interest ;)
"Harman/Kardon Citation Eleven preamplifier Specifications
Description: Solid-state, full-function preamplifier with 5-band program equalizer. Inputs: two Mag phono, two high-level tape, two aux, one tuner. Controls: Speaker selector switch; equalizers at center frequencies of 60Hz, 320Hz, 1kHz, 5kHz and 12kHz; volume; balance; mode (Stereo, Reverse Mono, Left Right); function (input selector); equalizer bypass; tape monitors 1 and 2, HF filter, LF filter, AC on/off. Outputs: two main, two to tape recorder(s), two to headphones (any impedance), three switched and one unswitched AC outlets.
Dimensions: 16" W by 5" H by 12" D, overall.
Price: $295 (1973); no longer available (2007).
Manufacturer: Harman/Kardon Inc., Plainview, NY (1973); Harman International, Los Angeles, CA (2007). Web: www.harmankardon.com."
It's like the bottom one in the picture (this is not the one for sale! It's to comply with the must have photo rule).
These are from the early seventies and cost a fortune when new.... They were once the "Stereophile" top rated pre amp at any price! The Audio research SP3 took over as their fave rave....
The issue with it is one of the multi-wafer selector switches has a broken wafer. It will not require much electronics knowledge to repair but will not be easy.... Why? It's unlikely that an original one can be found so something will have to be adapted and made to fit... very time consuming to source a suitable part, hence I haven't fixed it myself. AFAIK that's all that's wrong with it.
£150 ONO
Will post photos of actual unit and detail of faulty switch if there is any real interest ;)
"Harman/Kardon Citation Eleven preamplifier Specifications
Description: Solid-state, full-function preamplifier with 5-band program equalizer. Inputs: two Mag phono, two high-level tape, two aux, one tuner. Controls: Speaker selector switch; equalizers at center frequencies of 60Hz, 320Hz, 1kHz, 5kHz and 12kHz; volume; balance; mode (Stereo, Reverse Mono, Left Right); function (input selector); equalizer bypass; tape monitors 1 and 2, HF filter, LF filter, AC on/off. Outputs: two main, two to tape recorder(s), two to headphones (any impedance), three switched and one unswitched AC outlets.
Dimensions: 16" W by 5" H by 12" D, overall.
Price: $295 (1973); no longer available (2007).
Manufacturer: Harman/Kardon Inc., Plainview, NY (1973); Harman International, Los Angeles, CA (2007). Web: www.harmankardon.com."