Newbie intrested in repair and tweaking

[kmfdm_mdfmk]

Hi all,

I am intrested in learning to repair vintage solid state amps and recivers. I am looking for some sugestions on books and equipment to get me started. ANY help would be great
I dabbled in electronics as a kid I know a few basics. not mutch

[EnvisionAudio]

Well, if you just want to play around with a few to "get the ropes" you can always scout some garage and yard sales for old receivers. A lot of what you'll run into isn't covered in most how-to books and is best learned by experience or training AND experience...especially when it comes to vintage stuff. Many of the original parts aren't available and subsitution becomes necessary, but you need to fully understand the circuitry to accurately determine the suitable replacement. Otherwise, you'll keep working on the set over and over and....

[kmfdm_mdfmk]

Originally posted by EnvisionAudio
Well, if you just want to play around with a few to "get the ropes" you can always scout some garage and yard sales for old receivers. A lot of what you'll run into isn't covered in most how-to books and is best learned by experience or training AND experience...especially when it comes to vintage stuff. Many of the original parts aren't available and subsitution becomes necessary, but you need to fully understand the circuitry to accurately determine the suitable replacement. Otherwise, you'll keep working on the set over and over and....

LMAO
I am a garage sale junkie I found the best deal last summer a david halfer DH-500 I picked it up for $4.00 US yup thats $4.00 US. the guy who sold it did not know what was wrong with it, I brought it home removed the cover and pluged it in and noticed smoke rolling from the rocker switch I spent around $10.00 on the thing and it works great.

So how did you get started Envision ?

[EnvisionAudio]

Originally posted by kmfdm_mdfmk


I spent around $10.00 on the thing and it works great.

So how did you get started Envision ?

There you go! That's a heck of a deal!!

I got started "fixing" stuff when I was about 8...bascially taking stuff apart to analyze the guts and usually breaking something in the process. 11 years after that I received an AA in Electronics Maintenance at a community college which wasn't half bad - I was trying to formalize what I already had learned, except they taught television repair which I STILL hate. (I was showing the class AND the instructor how to repair a Pioneer car amplifier!). Now, at 25, I own my own business that's soon to move out of my house into a retail location.

I also enjoy designing audio equipment - amplifiers and signal processors are my favorite, along with specialized test equipment. Usually I brainstorm with other folks on project ideas and pursue them independantly - sometimes successfully and sometimes not.

I was referred to this site by Digi, whom I've met on the partsexpress.com tech board, so I'm relatively new here...