Hello guy's, me again with my home shyte and too cheap to pay someone to fix it for myself. Actualy, it's my bull hardheadedness that gets in the way, something us guy's call "EGO".
I know I did not go to school for this type of stuff, but I have found I learn quick on a dime.
But for some reason, my trust old Denon amplifier won't turn on past stand by mode. I know this is probably a power supply issue, but I thought high end amps like this did not use cheap capacitors and such.
So before I dive into it, I wanted to have some insight from the more knowledgable guys such as Billr, NickD and even the new addition Diesel Don.
The amp is a Denon avr series 1700
I know it is and old amp in the AVR market, but it is heavy and the transformers are quite big and it does produce a great sound. I just don't know why it decided to go into stand by. I never clipped it to my knowledge.
It is probably worth 100$ as is, but I don't care, cuz I like it, it is paired right with the drivers I have.
Should I be looking at output drivers? Diodes like my sisters pionneer amp, or just maybe a fuse?
Amp has a low distortion level that works perfectly with my Merak canadian built speakers. The amp heats up in a new york minute, but it always was like this. I bought a xbox thingy with the kinect thingy so my GF could work out indoors since she doesn't like going out to work out, she thinks everybody has eyes on her judging etc kind of crap that goes on in womens heads. So maybe it heated up when she covered the vent slots. Who knows, All I know is a came back from work one day, no sound, GF shrugging telling me it just quit. Typical response I expect from my children or women in my life.
Everybody here knows me, I fix my own shyte, no matter how much time it takes me to do so, as it is always a learning curve and I am willing to put in the effort and time to follow a schematic, advice and etc. When someone tells me to buy a new thing, I just feel like punching them in the face.
I know I did not go to school for this type of stuff, but I have found I learn quick on a dime.
But for some reason, my trust old Denon amplifier won't turn on past stand by mode. I know this is probably a power supply issue, but I thought high end amps like this did not use cheap capacitors and such.
So before I dive into it, I wanted to have some insight from the more knowledgable guys such as Billr, NickD and even the new addition Diesel Don.
The amp is a Denon avr series 1700
I know it is and old amp in the AVR market, but it is heavy and the transformers are quite big and it does produce a great sound. I just don't know why it decided to go into stand by. I never clipped it to my knowledge.
It is probably worth 100$ as is, but I don't care, cuz I like it, it is paired right with the drivers I have.
Should I be looking at output drivers? Diodes like my sisters pionneer amp, or just maybe a fuse?
Amp has a low distortion level that works perfectly with my Merak canadian built speakers. The amp heats up in a new york minute, but it always was like this. I bought a xbox thingy with the kinect thingy so my GF could work out indoors since she doesn't like going out to work out, she thinks everybody has eyes on her judging etc kind of crap that goes on in womens heads. So maybe it heated up when she covered the vent slots. Who knows, All I know is a came back from work one day, no sound, GF shrugging telling me it just quit. Typical response I expect from my children or women in my life.
Everybody here knows me, I fix my own shyte, no matter how much time it takes me to do so, as it is always a learning curve and I am willing to put in the effort and time to follow a schematic, advice and etc. When someone tells me to buy a new thing, I just feel like punching them in the face.
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