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    Join Date: Oct 2011

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    Has anyone used Richer Sounds for a repair? If so was the experience good? I have a broken Cambridge Audio 851E pre-amp and I am thinking of going back to the original seller because I am assuming they have knowledge of the brand and possible the model. For the curious, the amp died on switch on. I found a blown internal fuse which I replaced but on switching on there was life briefly before a small puff of smoke and the amp died again. This time, rather worryingly the fuses are intact. Thanks in advance, Andy.

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    Did you replace the internal fuse with one of an identical rupture rating and speed?
    Barry

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    Well....I thought I had Barry. T4AL 250v. It was a slow blow, I wish I had put a quick blow in now! but I just followed the markings. There is no sign of where the smoke came from, no burn damage. I wonder if there is another fuse hidden away somewhere? There is no sign of power in the unit, no standby light or display.

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    4A slow blow is a big fuse for a pre amp, just saying.

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    Take it to Richer Sounds, they are pretty good at helping out with these things.

    I have used their repair service but it was in about 1989 so my experience is a bit out of date. No complaints though, they fixed the amp pretty quickly and it worked fine afterwards.
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    Thanks John and Martin. Funnily enough it was bought as one of their repaired b stock type items. Perhaps the original fault has returned. Please feel free to wade in if you have used Richer Sounds.

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    i'd be surprised if Richer Sounds actually do any repairs themselves, more likely this work will be sub contracted out, i know for instance that anything that goes back to Samsung actually ends up at Martin Dawes as they do all the testing and repairs if they are possible, i may be wrong but it seems to be the way of things.


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