And what did we buy today?

People haven’t figured out that those old icky ones are actually the better ones.
Maybe after the switching power supplies start dying, they will wish they hadn’t tossed the old ones!

I keep a couple of those larger Denon units around also, usually have requests from friends/family for basic, decent power amps.

I scored a car leather interior kit for $500 after the company had been bought out by a competitor. Competitor wants $1200 for the same thing.
 
SMPS installed, no clicking from mouse (!), and no muting of sound when anything other than Winamp started. That was a peculiar fault...

Washed with soapy water, dried in sun, lubed fan (oil still wet, so hardly used), replaced a 2200uF/6.3V with a 2200uF/16V, put it back together.
Then replaced in the CPU, worked first time.
 
jj: Look inside the Denon, if something is missing, the transformer seems to be in place if it powers on.
Do lube the internal cooling fan.

And see if your own weight is accurate on the scale.
If not, strip and lube it, the springs slide things on guide ways, and dry grease can cause erratic readings.

It is basically a spring balance, with an indicator, and a way to read the weight on the platform.
 
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