Help Sony TA-1055 goes ffttzz ftz crack CRACK!

Simon S · 27th June 2013, 11:24 PM

I bought this Sony TA-1055 (about 40 years old I think) recently and it has been sitting between a Lenco turntable and a pair of Spendor BC1s. Sounding very nice. Unfortunately it went ffttzz ftz crack CRACK. Turned the volume to zero but this made no difference. Turned it off as quickly as I could to avoid damaging the speakers. Can anybody tell me what this might be? Could this be a home repair for me? I can solder competently but I'm no electronics expert. If it is something like replacing capacitors, I could do that. I like this amp and would like to keep it (no money for another anyway!).

Any help welcome.

Simon.

birdyman · 28th June 2013, 12:42 AM

You have problem between volume to speaker

no pun intended. You can start to recap the small electrolytic caps ( not big filter caps) between volume to speaker to see if it addresses problem then you can do rest.

27th June 2013, 11:24 PM	#1
Simon S diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2010	Help Sony TA-1055 goes ffttzz ftz crack CRACK! I bought this Sony TA-1055 (about 40 years old I think) recently and it has been sitting between a Lenco turntable and a pair of Spendor BC1s. Sounding very nice. Unfortunately it went ffttzz ftz crack CRACK. Turned the volume to zero but this made no difference. Turned it off as quickly as I could to avoid damaging the speakers. Can anybody tell me what this might be? Could this be a home repair for me? I can solder competently but I'm no electronics expert. If it is something like replacing capacitors, I could do that. I like this amp and would like to keep it (no money for another anyway!). Any help welcome. Simon.

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28th June 2013, 12:42 AM	#2
birdyman diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2010	You have problem between volume to speaker no pun intended. You can start to recap the small electrolytic caps ( not big filter caps) between volume to speaker to see if it addresses problem then you can do rest.