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90gstman
Audioholic Intern
So a few days ago I won a NAD 1300 preamp off of ebay for really cheep. I worked great for a few days. I had it paired with a Carver TFM-25 and it sounded wonderful ( Much smoother and easier to listen to than the Denon 1508 they replaced).
So here's the problem. This morning I put on some music, low volume, and walk out of the room for a minute. All of a sudden I hear this loud noise coming out of my speakers: it sounds like fingers running down a chalk board but loud. I jump on the power stripe and shut things down. As I walk by the speakers I can smell a little something. A closer wiff lets me know the BG Neo3 tweeters are both toast.
After pluging, unpluging, and checking everything in the system, swapping out gear to find the culprit: It's the NAD 1300. I open her up to find one of the main caps has sprung a leak and oozed its goodness on to the board. I can see some discoloration of the board around one or two of the components in the vicinity of the cap. Smells burnt.
My question is: Do you think its worth fixing this 20+ year old preamp? I have never attempted something like this and do not have the equipment or the knowledge to do it myself. I could probably soder the parts in myself if I knew which ones to replace or I could bring it somewere to be fixed.
Did I mention it is supposed to have a great phone stage that I have not even tried yet?
So here's the problem. This morning I put on some music, low volume, and walk out of the room for a minute. All of a sudden I hear this loud noise coming out of my speakers: it sounds like fingers running down a chalk board but loud. I jump on the power stripe and shut things down. As I walk by the speakers I can smell a little something. A closer wiff lets me know the BG Neo3 tweeters are both toast.
After pluging, unpluging, and checking everything in the system, swapping out gear to find the culprit: It's the NAD 1300. I open her up to find one of the main caps has sprung a leak and oozed its goodness on to the board. I can see some discoloration of the board around one or two of the components in the vicinity of the cap. Smells burnt.
My question is: Do you think its worth fixing this 20+ year old preamp? I have never attempted something like this and do not have the equipment or the knowledge to do it myself. I could probably soder the parts in myself if I knew which ones to replace or I could bring it somewere to be fixed.
Did I mention it is supposed to have a great phone stage that I have not even tried yet?