Amp Hospital: Cyrus One

[synsei]

I've a confession to make, I have a soft spot for the TMA3. I love the simplicity of its design and yet it still manages to look very classy. The circuit boards are exquisite and look as if they are a doddle to work on and the amps sound very nice indeed although I found bass lacked a little weight for my liking. Mind you, the example I heard was driving a pair of Kan's so that might have had something to do with it

[Marco]

Jeez, mate, 4.20am... Has she kicked you out of bed?

Marco.

[synsei]

No Had a bad back night, it happens from time to time

[Marco]

Regular horizontal jogging will sort that out!

Marco.

[Rare Bird]

I've a confession to make, I have a soft spot for the TMA3. I love the simplicity of its design and yet it still manages to look very classy. The circuit boards are exquisite and look as if they are a doddle to work on and the amps sound very nice indeed although I found bass lacked a little weight for my liking. Mind you, the example I heard was driving a pair of Kan's so that might have had something to do with it

I used to own a Blue/Silver 'TMA3', very neat laid out inside..

[istari_knight]

[DSJR]

Was recommended in 'Choice too and when I heard it, it sounded lovely and far more delicate than the Nait and equivalent pre-powers. Sadly, the Naim-Guru of our sales director argued the Salisbury case too far and we never took them on. Built like that, it should have been more successful - another brand all but stamped on by the Linn/Naim alliance-dealers back then. Of course, Mission and the then related Cyrus offered annual skiing holidays to senior managers of dealerships if they sold enough so we had them instead and this man often phoned me with pep talks on how good Mission and Cyrus were

[Rare Bird]

I particulally remember the Phonostage section sounded very good.

[istari_knight]

Was recommended in 'Choice too and when I heard it, it sounded lovely and far more delicate than the Nait and equivalent pre-powers. Sadly, the Naim-Guru of our sales director argued the Salisbury case too far and we never took them on. Built like that, it should have been more successful - another brand all but stamped on by the Linn/Naim alliance-dealers back then. Of course, Mission and the then related Cyrus offered annual skiing holidays to senior managers of dealerships if they sold enough so we had them instead and this man often phoned me with pep talks on how good Mission and Cyrus were

The more I learn about the hifi industry the more I

Goes a long way to explain how some crap products gain reputations as 'giant killers' while well made, honest designs flounder. how sad.

[Freddypipsqueek]

istari.

I am a new forum member so my apologies for making a request via my first post. I am also a bit of a newbie with the DIY electronics side though I have recently rebuilt quite a bit of my Chiarra headphone amp.

I have a couple of Cyrus 1s. I bought the first in 1989 and it still works with the addition of an alps pot (big difference) and new phono plugs. The second one I bought as spare but found it worked after I fixed the mains switch and did the same with the volume pot and plugs.

I was wondering if you could provide a list of the capacitors you changed and with what new values. I would like to replicate what you have done.

I do not use the phono stage on mine but this because I bought an external stage a couple of years ago.

Many thanks for your time