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Old 18th Mar 2018, 6:25 pm   #4
PaulR
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Default Re: Armstrong 625 receiver

I was saving up to buy the amp only version of this as a teenager (I couldn't afford the receiver). When I had done so I went off into Liverpool to buy one only to be told that there had been so many returns of faulty ones that the shop had sent their stock back to Armstrong and the supplier couldn't say when fresh stock would be available.

I now have a 625 in regular use. It came to me as not working and I found that one of the earth leads to the circuit boards had come away. I have since had to re solder several bad joints which suggests that poor build quality was the cause of the problems back in the early 70s. Another case of a good design let down by poor workmanship.

It looks and sounds great but will not, of course, fit into a standard 19" space.

As a matter of interest I bought a Rotel RX400A receiver with the same money and it has worked well ever since.
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