Nakamichi stuck in speakers A all the time.

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Speakers AB

Q274 collector base .527 V
Q272 collector base -.627V

This was a moment just before death of q272. Would thsee values indicate anything

One more thing.. amp works the same way with q272 blown.. same exact behavior as before. Speakers A on all the time
 
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It's a hair) my eyes brows have been over the amp for a very long time now..
Ordering replacement 2sa970BL x2 and 2sc2240bl x2 frombdenterprises. Bdent.com

What about these transistors on radiators.. are they identical on your amp?
 

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Oh dear 🙁 New ones needed, and there should be plenty of generics that will fit the bill.

You said above 'negative meter lead to base'. The negative meter lead should go to chassis (ground) unless we are doing a specific check of voltage between or across two points.
 
What about a1017.
Specs side by side. They seem to have same equivalent t092. But people said t092 is not the best substitute for a970

Only thing a1017 has very low ic max. Collector current .05 instead of .1
 

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My measurements (With the disclaimer that they might be wrong.).

Speaker A off

Q274

B-C 65V
B-E 0V
C-E 65V

Q272

B-C 60V
B-E 0V
C-E 5V

Speaker A on

Q274

B-C 0,53V
B-E 0,59V
C-E 0,07V

Q272

B-C 0,50V
B-E 0,75V
C-E 0,02V


Wow thanks a lot. I did not measure correctly. Need to measure the proper way. With black or negative multimeter terminal touching the chasis. I hope I read it right. That's what Mooly mentioned.

But if u measured voltage same way I did I am sure these will be very helpful once I replace blown q272
 
As for transistor substitutes, for 2SC2240/2SA970 I've used KSC1845/KSA992 before, but never as relay drivers.

If you remove Q272 and Q274, the relay shouldn't engage any more.

If it still does, there must be a solder bridge along the way or some kind of modification.
 
Wow thanks a lot. I did not measure correctly. Need to measure the proper way. With black or negative multimeter terminal touching the chasis. I hope I read it right. That's what Mooly mentioned.

But if u measured voltage same way I did I am sure these will be very helpful once I replace blown q272

I measured as you did (with the paranoid caution of not doing it directly at the transistor legs), but swapped red and black probe.
 
Unsoldered q272 q274. Same behavior. Left channel a little quieter..I'll take few pics of the board. But don't see anything obvious.. like some one worked on it before.
Maim board relay stil clicks when switching between options
 

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Only thing there is a pair of 2 pin jumpers That don't have anything attached to them. .what are these for?
Here is a pic of one. It's white housing and 2 pins. There are 2 of them. One on each channel. Right by output transistors of left and right channels. Can be seen without removing much
 

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Those could be test points for setting bias current... highly likely given their location.

With Q272/274 removed then the relay that they control should not operate. You need to confirm that by observation and making sure that the relay does not now have any voltage across the coil.

You still have the other pair of transistors and the relay that they control.

If you are not sure what goes where then you need to trace the speaker feed that isn't behaving correctly back to the relay. That is the only sure way you will identify it. You can then see if that relay is behaving or not. When a relay opens the circuit is broken and the speaker should go silent.
 
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