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Old 22nd Sep 2017, 9:46 pm   #7
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Default Re: Quad 303

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Originally Posted by Tim View Post
I have done a couple of these(and 405's) and the faults have nearly always been caused by those red "Bakelite" electrolytic capacitors going low value/open.
Yep, that was my experience as well.

I bought a tatty example off ebay and one channel was low and distorted. A recap sorted it out nicely - the large smoothers measured out fine ESR wise so they stayed in.
It has been working perfectly as a sound system on my PC for years.
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