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Yeah Joe. Even with proper tolerances given, it still comes together awwwefully close! They sure didn't give ya much room to work? The negative meter lug barely clears and that busbar with the new caps sits pretty close to the positive stud. But, it WORKS.

Finished buttoning up the innards. Got the zip ties I needed and cleaned up the amp. Put it back together and Ran a Simple Work-Bench Listening test to a Load. Works great. Sounds great. No explosions. Not even one mistake on power-ups. I have a fist full of printed paperwork from Joe and the...

Yess-Sir! I read a lot about that pesky problematic meter bolt interferrence issue. (Twas in your notes also). Decided to put a stop to that issue before it starts! As far as Sound? We’ll find that out tomorrow. Final button up happens then. Or what do we call it here? The “Burn in Period”? ;)

Yeah I like that don. That's the appropriate stand-off. Mine's just doing well in a pinch. I may have ya send me the pair after all. I'd rather do it right the first time than 'make-do'. :thumbleft:

Alright fella's.........I tinned the Backplane leads; Installed the Driver board, and set the Bias. NO SMOKE!! Dim bulb test passed, smoke test passed, smell test passed, DMM readings passed (from what I read)....I'll let the caps settle down all night and tomorrow; Install the Old REV A light...

Nope! Just got clarification he got rid of all his records about two years ago. He said he used to have a Thorens TD-165 and after that a Technics-something.

I got these and used a nylon spacer with it. The standoffs screwed to the binding posts, and thus make contact with the board via the nuts on the top. It elevated them JUST perfectly. And it's nice and secure. Did a stress test by pushing the board around and was solid. If Don thinks that's a...

No you are looking at the OLD Transistors Don. They are getting TRASHED and going bye-bye!! Besides, I believe I was just following the W.O. instructions per #12. I wouldn't know any different. It's one of the items on the "get" list and in part of the disassembly procedures.....

Will do! Sorry. I guess that got lost in the shuffle. Working on it as we speak. :)

That's EXACTLY why. It's the last test on my list to make sure I didn't mis-wire the meter wires. (Though I don't see how), but hell...you never know. My dad said "Your board is lost". I said "probably", but your Birthday is in March right? Gives me enough time to get a new one from Joe if I...

Just spent the last hour on the phone with my father, giving him the update. He's def interested on hearing how it SOUNDS. His weak link right now is his Pre-amp. He isn't sold on Rotel anymore. He says they've seemed to have taken a nose-dive in recent years. Didn't Marantz buy them out or...

Stand-Offs JUST came in :-)

That's exactly what I have, and almost exactly the same colors. Except I made #7 and #9 Black because either that's what comes with the kit or that's what Joe's instructions say to use. I also prefer to leave the two speaker grounds a different color than DCP ground since they are on the same...

Thanks George! I spoke with my brother yesterday, and told me my father said when he gets this back from me; he's taking it outside in the backyard with an extension cord before applying power. Guess he wants to keep the mushroom cloud within the confines of the outdoors! LOL! :eek:

Nice! did you sorce it from Mouser or have a nice stash of resistors Awesome. I went ahead and ordered the resistors and a bunch of fuses. Gonna be about Jan 12-14th to get everything so I guess Installing transistors will have to wait a while. I don't just have random parts like that lying...

Blame the OCD-ers like me. I could have ignored it. It doesn't affect the amp working in ANY way. It's just a neatness issue. And yeah...the OCD is a problem. I'll probably end up dying on that mountain one day.........

I purchased the optional wiring kit from W.O. and it has all the colors coded for you in a chart and is very convenient to have around. It even graciously includes ground wire if you use Don's DC Protect board. For the price of a burger it was worth it to me to have what I needed. It's gonna be...

Right. I think Joe does just fine with his instructions. I’d put it on ME and my ability to comprehend them when it’s the first time ever I have done this. In fact it’s been 20 years since I’ve even touched a printed circuit board and dealt with anything at the component level. So let’s chalk it...

Yep! All being fixed tommorrow. Had four days to read more instructions but not four days to go back and do the work. The Day Job gets in the way. But needed to get pics up here first since I was waaaaay behind. So it’s the cart before the horse unfortunatly... It’s almost like it’s my first...

No it’s there in the PL400 Backplane Instructions Mark. I have it printed out on the workbench. I remember reading it. See my explanation above.