lucky5115 Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 HiYaAll, Looking to recap my Mcintosh MX-110. Does anyone have parts listings for that, whats the best caps to do so, tips, tricks, ideas, suggestions or links? I'm aware I can send this to Terry and will do so after I'm done. However, I'd like to attempt it myself- caps, cleaning. Of course I'll need it adjusted when I'm done. thanks in advance ronnie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groomlakearea51 Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 Terry's the best bet on that. It is a very valuable vintage item; I'd have Terry or someone as Mc recommends to have it gone through. Just a thought.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryO Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 I like the Mundorf Silver Oil caps in my MX-110. Not cheap though. There's not a lot of room in that pre for some of the cap replacements. I don't know if this is your first attempt but the 110 isn't one I'd lose my cherry to. A good cheap cap that matches well with the Macs is the Nichicon Audio grade caps. Good luck, Harry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seti Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 I got to babysit my brothers MX110 for a couple months. My favorite feature of the 110 is the phono stage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucky5115 Posted January 30, 2010 Author Share Posted January 30, 2010 lol.. I lost my cherry a long time ago .. guess I'll build a box to send to Terry. Audioclassic wants $60 for that. It does look like you need an elf for some of those caps, ronnie btw, just went over the chassis with some wax, Q tips/ mirco cloth. looks fantastic. Those letters will stay but you have to be very carefull, mines 100% still so I did something right tofay lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryO Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 The size issue on some of the replacement caps was my major headache. IF you find a qualified Elf tech send him/her my way as I've still got one needing done eventually. My apologies, it's as "politically correct" as I get. Good units when done right. Harry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hklinker Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 The size issue on some of the replacement caps was my major headache. IF you find a qualified Elf tech send him/her my way as I've still got one needing done eventually. My apologies, it's as "politically correct" as I get. Good units when done right. Harry I agree with Harry. I bought some Solen caps to replace the ones in the phono section. Then I opened the bottom and realized why Terry gets so much work. There was no way I was going to get those caps into that tight spot. Boxed it up and off it went to Terry. Four weeks later I went to Knoxville and picked it up, along with a bag of about 25 resistors and caps he replaced.Terry is the man! Herb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hklinker Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 One other point of information. Terry told me that the most expensive jobs he does are when someone tries a DIY job and he has to clean up the collateral damage. Just a thought... Herb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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