I recently bought some PL amps at an estate sale. One of which is what I believe to be 400 series 1 (4 fins). It works perfectly with the exception of dim lighting on the VUs. Of course after doing some reading I'm a little concerned for my speakers. It's very clean inside and may have new caps and a new looking board. Could you please identify the board and tell me if this amp has been upgraded sufficiently to trust to run my speakers without burning up the drivers that are no longer available?
PL 400 series 1
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I have a 4 fin 400 which has darkly tinted meter lenses. Dark enough so that without directly viewing the original incandescent bulb filaments, I could not tell that they were lit. Bright white LEDs on a White Oak lightboard overcame the dark tint.
Is that a date stamp on the top left corner of your board?
Is that a date stamp on the top left corner of your board?
You are in dangerous original/unmodified equipment territory. The board and the amplifier are very clean, but are all original and likely 45 years old.
At a minimum, you should add a DC Protection Relay/Delay Board to protect your speakers. It is cheap insurance. You can install it yourself if you are handy with a soldering iron. Or, some of the techs on this Forum can do it for you.
Where are you?
At a minimum, you should add a DC Protection Relay/Delay Board to protect your speakers. It is cheap insurance. You can install it yourself if you are handy with a soldering iron. Or, some of the techs on this Forum can do it for you.
Where are you?
I'm in Western Washington. I have a guy that can fix anything and he's affordable. I was thinking of getting the Dual Mono board kit from White Oak as that's supposed to be the cure all so I think I'll probably order that and a light kit and leave it unplugged until it's installed. Thanks for the ID on that board.
The DCP is not a White Oak product. It is from wattsabundant, a user on this forum. You can message him on the platform or go here > WELCOME TO WATTS ABUNDANT
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