I bet it's a cracking amp though. what's the phono stage like?
I wish I could tell you Steve but I no longer use vinyl ( ‘‘twas a comprise with the wife ) , reviews suggest its very good though.
I’ve fallen in love with it now, the vu’s are quite mesmerising too.
Now the other dilemma is the amazing Pm4 🤷🏼*♂️
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Location: Bucks
Posts: 71
I'm Alex.
I had similar black Nippon Chemicon caps in pristine condition on my 40 y.o. Hitachi Amp which I bought with the main goal of learning how to recap. The caps look like they just left the factory, however SQ jumped into another league after I replaced them with modern audio quality Nichicon caps. Point is, caps might dry out without showing any signs.
As for the recapping, it's a quite a simple process, just solder the old capacitor out and solder the new one in . What was unexpectedly challenging for me was removing and reassembling the PCBs to get a good access to the capacitors. It was a proper nightmare for me, but may be your amp is easier to work on.
Location: Northants
Posts: 16
I'm Damian.
I've recapped many receivers and amps now and I would avoid the temptation to fiddle, it's Pandora's Box.
My Quad 405 is more like Trigger's Broom, think there's only a few original resistors left!