My Pre-pro died. Now what?

[mck22mck]

Hi everyone. My Outlaw 926 pre-pro literally went up in smoke last night (or at least a burst of acrid fumes). The worst possible time, of course. Can anyone point me to the least expensive receiver with line-level outs for the front speakers? I have amps I'm happy with and would rather not sink a lot of money (for me) right now into something that might have a temporarily inflated price.

 

[highfigh]

Hi everyone. My Outlaw 926 pre-pro literally went up in smoke last night (or at least a burst of acrid fumes). The worst possible time, of course. Can anyone point me to the least expensive receiver with line-level outs for the front speakers? I have amps I'm happy with and would rather not sink a lot of money (for me) right now into something that might have a temporarily inflated price.

The fact that the fumes were acrid makes it seem that a power supply capacitor has gone to meet its maker- look inside and if the top/end of at least one capacitoris bulged/split, look for a replacement. it's not always the end of the world when this happens.

 

[ban25]

Perhaps the Denon X1800H. If you only need 2 channels in total, there may be cheaper options.

 

[lovinthehd]

Hi everyone. My Outlaw 926 pre-pro literally went up in smoke last night (or at least a burst of acrid fumes). The worst possible time, of course. Can anyone point me to the least expensive receiver with line-level outs for the front speakers? I have amps I'm happy with and would rather not sink a lot of money (for me) right now into something that might have a temporarily inflated price.

You mean pre-outs rather than line-level outs?

 

[trochetier]

Consider buying factory refurbed? https://www.accessories4less.com/

 

[j_garcia]

Refurb might be an option, and I've use AC4L too.

There is also the Marantz NR1510 which has pre-outs for the front channels only.

 

[TLS Guy]

Hi everyone. My Outlaw 926 pre-pro literally went up in smoke last night (or at least a burst of acrid fumes). The worst possible time, of course. Can anyone point me to the least expensive receiver with line-level outs for the front speakers? I have amps I'm happy with and would rather not sink a lot of money (for me) right now into something that might have a temporarily inflated price.

Is that the correct model number? I can find no information on that unit and there is no mention of it on the Outlaw legacy site.

Despite this dramatic event, I suspect that unit is easily repaired.

 

[TLS Guy]

Hi everyone. My Outlaw 926 pre-pro literally went up in smoke last night (or at least a burst of acrid fumes). The worst possible time, of course. Can anyone point me to the least expensive receiver with line-level outs for the front speakers? I have amps I'm happy with and would rather not sink a lot of money (for me) right now into something that might have a temporarily inflated price.

I think you mean Outlaw 976 and NOT 926. As far as I can tell the 976 is the only pre-pro like that, they have ever produced. See if you can get a service manual, or at least a circuit out of them. This has to be a power supply section problem and likely easily fixed.

Be careful with Marantz/Denon, they are facing an uncertain future and you can't assume warranty will be honored.

I strongly recommend repairing that Outlaw unit if you can. Given the chaos of that Trump bloke it is not a good time to be thinking about new equipment.

 

[j_garcia]

EVERY international electronics company will face some uncertainty right now, thanks to Trump. Marantz/Denon are a little more worrisome due to their parent company, but it won't happen overnight.