Repair strategy.

[picker]

Can anyone recommend a comprehensive book/site outlining the process of
fault finding regarding audio electronics/amplification? I refer to
*individual* component problems.

I presently employ the - "valve/tube/transistor popper technique" sic.

It would be far more satisfying (and cheaper) to be able to isolate the
problem/s and replace fewer parts!

Thanks in advance.

 

[Mark D. Zacharias]

There is a sci.electronics.repair FAQ but I'm not sure if they give general
troubleshooting tips.
Using a "divide and conquer" initial approach, and using an oscilloscope and
DMM , and comparing to that other stereo channel has bailed out many a tech.
Often a DC voltage reading will be wrong on the bad channel, for example,
and with reference to a schematic, one may be able to tell why - a bad cap,
resistor, open B-E junction of a transistor, etc.

Mark Z.

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"picker" <patriciabaylis@mmmmmmmmarches.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
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Can anyone recommend a comprehensive book/site outlining the process of
fault finding regarding audio electronics/amplification? I refer to
*individual* component problems.

I presently employ the - "valve/tube/transistor popper technique" sic.

It would be far more satisfying (and cheaper) to be able to isolate the
problem/s and replace fewer parts!

Thanks in advance.