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Old 15th Mar 2019, 8:37 am   #20
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Default Re: Cambridge Audio A500

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Originally Posted by rockinmark View Post
I am wondering why it has 2 diffarant bias pots makes me think that it has been touched before.
I agree.
I have never worked on one and only have the internet for pictures, but the blue trimmer looks like a replacement. All the internet pictures show black pots... (By the way, both output Darlingtons are blown, if you look carefully at the picture the other is cracked.)

I'm not even sure it would be a good 'learning' experience to fix it, you really do have to just re-build it part by part and then hope. (We've all been there.) And then would you trust it with your speakers?

Personally, I would sell it as 'faulty for spares or repairs' along with the other faulty Cambridge amplifiers.

Sorry for the negatives, Alan
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