Post by André on Jan 14, 2024 16:36:33 GMT
One bad habit people have is buying an old item that more than likely not even seen a service in its lifetime plug it in & tell the world how shit it is & whats all the fuss about. It happens, They for some reason don't grasp that things like that need a service & will need many parts replacing.
Top & bottom of it is Vintage amps need money spending on them most times far exceeds the cost of the actual item & if you are useless & need some engineer to do the work you are talking big money, a guess at £30 an hour.
The amp i used cost me around £300 to rebuild no labour, my own time. Out lawed Bell wire mains cable replaced. It will without a doubt see another 50 years & is totally safe i soak tested after set up it for a solid week.
Im not a fan of all that spec malarky, but this amp sounds as good as anything ive heard for 13 watts it has some real bollox to it now ive upped a Cap values on output coupling & PSU. Before i rebuilt it, on full volume i could hear some hiss & hum. Replacing the 2SC458 Transistors of which were renown for being one of the worse silicone transistors long term, for KSC1845 gave me total silence, not changing the sound of the amp. The only original design parts left are some New old Stock SANKEN output transistors i managed to get hold of.
Why do i do all this! I do it because old amps just make my music sound how i want it too, where as modern amps just do not. Also the build quality & most important the design/Aesthetic. Yeah you can get high build quality today at a price but being on a new boring looking amp is not the same thing. Each to their own tho.
Top & bottom of it is Vintage amps need money spending on them most times far exceeds the cost of the actual item & if you are useless & need some engineer to do the work you are talking big money, a guess at £30 an hour.
The amp i used cost me around £300 to rebuild no labour, my own time. Out lawed Bell wire mains cable replaced. It will without a doubt see another 50 years & is totally safe i soak tested after set up it for a solid week.
Im not a fan of all that spec malarky, but this amp sounds as good as anything ive heard for 13 watts it has some real bollox to it now ive upped a Cap values on output coupling & PSU. Before i rebuilt it, on full volume i could hear some hiss & hum. Replacing the 2SC458 Transistors of which were renown for being one of the worse silicone transistors long term, for KSC1845 gave me total silence, not changing the sound of the amp. The only original design parts left are some New old Stock SANKEN output transistors i managed to get hold of.
Why do i do all this! I do it because old amps just make my music sound how i want it too, where as modern amps just do not. Also the build quality & most important the design/Aesthetic. Yeah you can get high build quality today at a price but being on a new boring looking amp is not the same thing. Each to their own tho.
