HELP! Rescuing Dad's old PL400 S2 (pics)

[NavLinear]

Haha! Mouser wants to charge me $42 for some damn fuses! These fuses are pretty ridiculous. It sure seems appealing swapping out the fuse holders, do you have a writeup on that?

Looks like I also need the 1/8amp fuse for the 2000 series 2 preamp: http://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail...=sGAEpiMZZMtxU2g/1juGqbdCHRI5TALuqmZVzTvy2Cs=

These fuses suck, I don't want to pay $8 for shipping and only get 1 or 2 fuses, blow them possibly and have to double my expenditure later...sigh.

I need all these fuses, and MAN does that price add up, I really hope the preamp works OK when I replace the fuse:

PL400:
AGX 5 fuses (supply)

AGX 8 fuses (supply)
AGC 10 fuses (line)

PL 2000 Ser. 2
.125 AGC fuse

Mouser tends to have fair prices from my experience - I'm not sure where the $42 figure came from though. If you purchased 10 each of the fuses you originally listed the cost would run you $20.74 before shipping. That does not include the .125 amp fuse. Let us know if you find a better price - shipping always sucks but if you bundle it with other items it's not so bad.

 

[lightfall]

The preamp fuse was the expensive one. The preamp actually does appear to have singed the fuse under close observation...so still boot it up when the replacement comes after I deoxit and so forth?

 

[laatsch55]

Yep. Could have been line surge. Nothing much to hurt in that puppy.

 

[lightfall]

Awesome news! Now I can't wait to get everything fixed up and turned on! I feel like early Christmas is on the horizon. Now I am thinking...what do I want to play on the amp first? Do I want to do a direct FLAC file of an album from my computer to my Mark of the Unicorn 828MKII 24/96 Audio Interface (and which album do I pick) or do I want to choose a vinyl with my newly refurbished Luxman turntable for the first go? What do you think?

I remember when I first got my TV/Audive ADC set up and running I watched the bluray of "Baraka" (which was filmed on large format film) to really get a feel for what it could do.

Yep. Could have been line surge. Nothing much to hurt in that puppy.

 

[AngrySailor]

Awesome news! Now I can't wait to get everything fixed up and turned on! I feel like early Christmas is on the horizon. Now I am thinking...what do I want to play on the amp first? Do I want to do a direct FLAC file of an album from my computer to my Mark of the Unicorn 828MKII 24/96 Audio Interface (and which album do I pick) or do I want to choose a vinyl with my newly refurbished Luxman turntable for the first go? What do you think?

I remember when I first got my TV/Audive ADC set up and running I watched the bluray of "Baraka" (which was filmed on large format film) to really get a feel for what it could do.

While I love listening to vinyl, with decent speakers, that amp will probably cause acoustic feed back when you step on the gas!

 

[lightfall]

Haha that is the fun part! We will have to see. I think I will start off with a well mixed album on FLAC

 

[Northwinds]

Awesome news! Now I can't wait to get everything fixed up and turned on! I feel like early Christmas is on the horizon. Now I am thinking...what do I want to play on the amp first? Do I want to do a direct FLAC file of an album from my computer to my Mark of the Unicorn 828MKII 24/96 Audio Interface (and which album do I pick) or do I want to choose a vinyl with my newly refurbished Luxman turntable for the first go? What do you think?

I remember when I first got my TV/Audive ADC set up and running I watched the bluray of "Baraka" (which was filmed on large format film) to really get a feel for what it could do.

Analog all the way 1st time Bro

 

[AngrySailor]

Analog all the way 1st time Bro

Agreed. I have my computer hooked up to my stuff, but a clean record sounds so much better!

 

[gadget73]

While I love listening to vinyl, with decent speakers, that amp will probably cause acoustic feed back when you step on the gas!

Suspended turntables = win. Unless you have shitty flooring like I do, then you need a wall shelf.

 

[laatsch55]

Unless you have a killer set of K-Horns and a WOPL 1000, then nothing is safe in the same room...

 

[laatsch55]

Brad, the 4 outputs and some fuses are packed and will go out in the morning. What you are getting is a laatsch55 care package, and they always have a few extra goodies......

 

[laatsch55]

Fed-Ex tracking number---771810722947

 

[NavLinear]

Brad, the 4 outputs and some fuses are packed and will go out in the morning. What you are getting is a laatsch55 care package, and they always have a few extra goodies......

I can vouch for that - you'll be happy with the package Brad.

 

[lightfall]

I CAN'T WAIT! Someone needs to sneak me his address so I can send a proper thank you! Heh.

To add to this there is a new Pink Floyd album released this week online, as well as a new David Bowie single. I will have plenty of stuff to listen to. I just had a newborn and I want to have a working amp so that I can get her turned on to the classics early and not pop "Aria Grande".

 

[AngrySailor]

I hope you have some good speakers! I had a pair of cheap pyramid subs hooked to my series one once, (for about 5 mins)!!!! They were rated 350rms and I had to reach in with a wet rag and put the fire out. Smoked the VC's right out of them!

 

[laatsch55]

A little optomistic on the rating ?? Or were they 4 ohm speakers?

 

[lightfall]

HA! Well I have some smaller 60w yamaha bookshelf speakers that I have always liked (I have two sets) for quiet listening, a 200w clumsy set of Technics if I want something to just be loud, and a custom tower set of rebuilt infinity speakers for quality sessions. My guess is that I will have to be careful what I put power to...

I hope you have some good speakers! I had a pair of cheap pyramid subs hooked to my series one once, (for about 5 mins)!!!! They were rated 350rms and I had to reach in with a wet rag and put the fire out. Smoked the VC's right out of them!

 

[AngrySailor]

A little optomistic on the rating ?? Or were they 4 ohm speakers?

8 ohm and definitely optimistic on the rating. I think they only had a 2"vc.

 

[laatsch55]

A 400 at clip into an 8 ohm load can vary from 248 to 300 depending on rail voltage...

 

[AngrySailor]

I think I most likely ran into an excursion issue. The cabinets they were in were designed large and efficient, but probably didn't control cone movement enough at those power levels. I think they were only about $70 each driver so not a high quality piece.