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Old 7th May 2008, 02:11 PM   #1
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Smile Creek CAS 4040 problems and speaker coupling electrolytic query

Hi folks,
I've owned this amp since '84 and recently decided to recap it with Panasonic audio grade electrolytics, on doing so i noticed a slightly cooked 1/2 watt resistor in the driver stage of one channel. The amp seems to sound fine, i can't detect any difference between channels, so for the meantime i upgraded the resistors to 1W metal films and the unit is in daily use. But the supply volts are down about 10 percent in 1 channel because of this so i think it needs to be sorted.The amp could have been this way for years, or even from new! I did lift the outputs off the heatsink and they do not overheat on idle so i think it is the driver stage. I fitted new darlington o/p's and the BC639 drivers but to no avail. I only have a slightly wrong cct kindly sent by Creek, but it is a poor scan and is blurred, hence i cannot give a cct ref for the 1K resistor. Mine is the 2nd version with the phono socket on the phono i/p and not the early one with 5 pin din. Has anyone got a better cct diagramme?
Also i would like to renew the speaker coupling capacitors, they are marked; Rubycon 3300uF, 35V, CEW, what is the best modern equivalents and where to obtain. I have access to CPC and RS components. If anyone has any ideas, they would be most appreciated.
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