Hi
Intro: As a desktop worker I like to use my hands in my sparetime. Mostly in terms of woodworking projects as I haven't been near a soldering iron my entire life. No technical education. But I'm very keen on learning how to repair and upgrade components of my hifi-system as I've come to really like my current setup.
I have recently acquired a used Rotel RB 1572 power amp (yet to receive it though). I've read that it has two Icepower 500A modules. The unit was in production from 2009-2016 so it is safe to assume that the unit does not have the latest generation of Icepower's 500a module.
As a way of upgrading the amp and trying for the first time to mess with the internals of a poweramp I was wondering whether it would be feasible for someone like me to replace the old 500A modeule with the latest gen 500A module? And would this be a relatively "easy" task for a firsttimer? As I understand it, the newer modules of 500A series (and other Icepower series) are made to be compatible/similar with the original module so as to avoid a complete redesign of the amplifier if integrating a newer generation module
For reference, you can see a picture of the Rotel RB 1572's internals on Rotel's website here: https://www.rotel.com/product/rb-1572 .
Any help and guidance would be much appreciated.
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Intro: As a desktop worker I like to use my hands in my sparetime. Mostly in terms of woodworking projects as I haven't been near a soldering iron my entire life. No technical education. But I'm very keen on learning how to repair and upgrade components of my hifi-system as I've come to really like my current setup.
I have recently acquired a used Rotel RB 1572 power amp (yet to receive it though). I've read that it has two Icepower 500A modules. The unit was in production from 2009-2016 so it is safe to assume that the unit does not have the latest generation of Icepower's 500a module.
As a way of upgrading the amp and trying for the first time to mess with the internals of a poweramp I was wondering whether it would be feasible for someone like me to replace the old 500A modeule with the latest gen 500A module? And would this be a relatively "easy" task for a firsttimer? As I understand it, the newer modules of 500A series (and other Icepower series) are made to be compatible/similar with the original module so as to avoid a complete redesign of the amplifier if integrating a newer generation module
For reference, you can see a picture of the Rotel RB 1572's internals on Rotel's website here: https://www.rotel.com/product/rb-1572 .
Any help and guidance would be much appreciated.
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