Just had to acurus L10

[Gepetto]

You don't listen to music through it? Just for the relay?

HUH?

Correct, music through it sounds like nails on a chalkboard...power relay is great tho...

 

[WOPL Sniffer]

Correct, music through it sounds like nails on a chalkboard...power relay is great tho...

Well, that is understandable. I was surprised you could actually get music through it for more than a minute or two......

 

[e30m3mon]

Although, if my Pre had been improperly stored/cared for as that one has, I'd dive right in and clean/repair/upgrade/de-funkify/improve it or sell it and buy an unmolested well cared for Non-boat anchor'd unit.

And that's where I am at right now, Perry. I've listened to it for much of today and read y'all's comments - I'm putting down the soldering iron and stepping back 5 feet !

 

[e30m3mon]

I can make knobs. eBay sells about sixteen trillion China aluminum knobs to choose from too... (and those will be cheaper than my American-Made ones).

Full disclosure: I use both cheap China, and expensive home-made knobs, as well as cheap china modified by me knobs.

Good to know if I need to replace a couple disfigured knobs on my D500 project !

 

[J!m]

I made some handle ferrules for someone here a while back. No idea what happened with that.

I still have the print and could get them run (I hand made the original batch).

 

[mlucitt]

I made some handle ferrules for someone here a while back. No idea what happened with that.

I still have the print and could get them run (I hand made the original batch).

The original ferrules for those D-shaped round handles are made out of that new metal - unobtainium.
It would be nice to have a source of those ferrules, the replacement look-alike handles are fairly common.

 

[J!m]

They’re just a trim washer for the round section handle.

Originals are anodized, which I could also look into, but they were not cheap when I made them. A big batch run on CNC would be less per ferrule. No idea on anodize cost but the shop is down the road from work.

 

[VSAT88]

Mine does not have those rounded off knobs, mine has sharp corners. I think mine is earlier before the bean counters showed up. Perhaps they got replaced by the previous owner. The knobs on mine fill the entire cutout in the faceplate leaving no gap around the knobs. View attachment 68641

Now that looks much nicer.

 

[VSAT88]

I have looked on ebay and have not found any I am in love with yet. Plus, the sizes I just ain't so sure about. I may just put lil yellow smiley face stickers on them and call it a day. I dont think it would look worse.

 

[Gepetto]

I have looked on ebay and have not found any I am in love with yet. Plus, the sizes I just ain't so sure about. I may just put lil yellow smiley face stickers on them and call it a day. I dont think it would look worse.

Yup, someone stole the original aluminum billet knobs off of yours for another project...

 

[VSAT88]

HA ! That's why I got a good deal on it!

 

[e30m3mon]

HA ! That's why I got a good deal on it!

I'm kinda new to the Acurus pre-amp lineup (I've had an Acurus A250 amp for many years) but I believe the L10 had the ugly black knobs, like ours, and the L11 got the upscale aluminum knobs like Joe's.

 

[WOPL Sniffer]

I'm kinda new to the Acurus pre-amp lineup (I've had an Acurus A250 amp for many years) but I believe the L10 had the ugly black knobs, like ours, and the L11 got the upscale aluminum knobs like Joe's.

Yeah, There are models with your knobs out there, you may be right.

 

[George S.]

Manuals on HiFi Engine. And lots of photos of the boards are around for the looking. I'm eventually going to build a clone board to drop into a PL2000 S2. I have acquired all the NOS Toshiba transistors, just have to find time. Probably years away in retirement.

 

[WOPL Sniffer]

I use these knobs quite often.

https://www.parts-express.com/Alumi...MDeE5TpeN4DRgXpHmCcpXfaRoY141dPsaArNlEALw_wcB

 

[WOPL Sniffer]

Knobs knobs and more knobs

https://www.tubesandmore.com/products/knobs

 

[e30m3mon]

I use these knobs quite often.

https://www.parts-express.com/Alumi...MDeE5TpeN4DRgXpHmCcpXfaRoY141dPsaArNlEALw_wcB

WOW...awesome! Never looked here for knobs - just speaker and other gizmos. Thank you!

Manuals on HiFi Engine. And lots of photos of the boards are around for the looking. I'm eventually going to build a clone board to drop into a PL2000 S2. I have acquired all the NOS Toshiba transistors, just have to find time. Probably years away in retirement.

Yep - that is usually my first stop when buying stuff off da-bay. Thanks

 

[Gepetto]

If you need the larger 44x22 mm knobs, I have only found those on Ebay being billet machined in China. Perhaps there is another source but I have not found it yet.

 

[mlucitt]

Machined from old Alcoa semi truck wheels by 10 year old kids running a 1950's surplus Monarch 32NN lathe auctioned off by the USAF.

 

[Gepetto]

Machined from old Alcoa semi truck wheels by 10 year old kids running a 1950's surplus Monarch 32NN lathe auctioned off by the USAF.

You would be amazed at the equipment that China has equipped themselves with as essential infrastructure for the world's manufacturing task.