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March 20, 2021

Sales update 2023 Jan

Filed under: Shop — Spencer @ 7:29 am

A. MOSFET: Toshiba 2SK1530-Y/2SJ201-Y pairs :

N-P 1 pair, no match SGD$33;  NN-PP 2 pairs, match NN and PP only SGD$70;  NNN-PPP 3 pairs, match NNN and PPP only SGD$108;  NNNN-PPPP 4 pairs, match NNNN and PPPP only SGD$145.  Note no N to P match.

B. TOSHIBA K170/J74 Jfets:  All match within 0.2mA Idss at Vds 10V :

Toshiba K170BL – only 6.5mA to 9mA (SGD$20 for 4 pcs match), other values SGD$8 each.

Toshiba J74BL – 10mA and above (SGD$20 each pc, SGD$40 per pair match, SGD$80 per quad match).  No Idss below 10mA!  Can ask to see if still have!

Toshiba K170BL / J74BL pair SGD$28 one pair NP; SGD$56 for 2 pairs NNPP; and SGD$112 for 4 pairs NNNNPPPP (Idss 10mA to 11+mA).  SOLD OUT!

a)2SK369BL – higher gain low noise jfet similar to K170BL; b) 2SK363BL / 2SK373BL:  Good for current sources; c) K389/J109 – limited stock with short leads

C. Shipping cost : SGD$11.9 below 250g, $21.10 below 500g (revised 2023) by registered airmail from Singapore.

 
D. Continue to sell WM8804 to CS8412 converter board.  Price is SGD$65 using crystal SGD$70 using TXC XO (new Version 2) with shipping and paypal fee.
Details link: http://www.fetaudio.com/archives/1602
 

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July 17, 2026

Denon AVC-A1D repair (2nd set)

Filed under: Uncategorized — Spencer @ 12:43 am

Problem: cannot powerup.  digital L/R no output.

Cause: Cold solder joint at power amp driver transistors / Digital filter AL24 IC NG.

Actions:

  1. Touch up all solder joint on power amp board (100%).
  2. Add small heatsink onto driver transistors.
  3. Replace digital filter by DF1704 (Denon DXP6001 cannot find).
  4. Cleaning and anti-rust all metal parts.

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Pioneer SA-506 repair and service

Filed under: Other Amplifiers,Uncategorized — Spencer @ 12:26 am

Problem: 

  1. Cracking sound.
  2. Case rusty.

Actions: 

  1. Recap all small size capacitors.
  2. Clean all switches and VRs.
  3. Touch up hot spot solder joints.
  4. Add speaker protection relay.

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Parasound HCA-1200 ii repair

Filed under: Other Amplifiers,Uncategorized — Spencer @ 12:06 am

Problem: Stay at standby LED after power on. Later found output relay poor contact, sound distorted or cutoff.

Cause: Output transistor one shorted.  Negative rail fuse open.

Actions:

  1. Replace one transistors 2SA1386 by 2SA1186 (closest found).
  2. Service relay to ensure good contact (R < 0.1 ohm).
  3. Recap some e-caps on main board.
  4. Replace bias adjust VR to 10 turn 500ohm, one VR shorted.
  5. Rusty frame is painted with silver pen.
  6. Touch up some suspect cold solder joints.
  7. Retune all Bias for L/R channels.
  8. Test for output power and distortion.

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July 16, 2026

Quad Industrial QPM1 / Quad 11L speaker repair

Filed under: Speaker — Tags: — Spencer @ 11:46 pm

The Quad QPM1 ACTIVE speaker is based on the model 11L passive speaker as studio monitor.  

https://www.avmentor.gr/reviews/quad_qpm1_0.htm

Symptom: one speaker burnt fuse and cannot power on.

Cause: The filter cap is dry out and shorted. 4700uF 50V

After replace the fuse and capacitors, the set works again but find another problem on both speaker during listen test.  When RCA connection plug is inserted in RCA jack , large hum noise is heard.  First suggestion is that the RCA wire is not shield well.  After further trial and error for few weeks, identify the issue as below:

  1. RCA socket ground is isolated on back plate but is NOT connected to pcb ground.
  2. The RCA/XLR input pcb ground shield is connected to back panel directly and the same point is connected to the main amp pcb ground near the signal input socket.
  3. The power transformer is not shielded from the input and main pcbs.

Fixs:

  1. Recap all capacitors
  2. Connect the RCA socket ground to input pcb ground at XLR ground point.
  3. Move the ground wire to the main filter capacitor ground.
  4. Connect input pcb ground shield to ground point of the main pcb.

Result: the hum from the tweeter and bass unit reduce at least 3 fold compare to original connection.  Also there is no more noise or oscillation using RCA connection wire.

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March 3, 2025

Pioneer DV-733A repair

Filed under: Others — Spencer @ 12:22 am

I nice gentleman give me this player for free.

The issue is can power up but take 15-20 mins to warm up and then work for CD.  Oh another supply issue for pioneer?  It is.

After open up, check the supply board and it is a little bit sicky and seems like ecap leakage.  Thus take out few and measure and conformed the issue.  Thus change all the caps 100% except the high voltage cap is using Japan brand.  Also touch up all the solder joints and paint the casing at rusty locations besides cleaning.  

Lesson learnt: Pioneer is a good product but many model buy a cheapy power supply from somewhere which use cheapy non Japanese capacitors to make the product to last 5-10 years!

One more problem, the FWD button become STOP button, checked resistors on the control board is fine.  Later found the 5V is a bit low and thus modify one resistors to bring up the voltage to 5.2V, now the FWD button function without issue.  Reason is that the keyboard use resistors to set the input voltage for the MCU ADC to measure and determine what button is pressed. 

Good design product and easy to disassembly for service.

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