Cal Blacksmith Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 As I posted in the sweet finds thread, I picked up a Yamaha M80 for $175 at a pawn shop[]. It works great and I am using it as a side speaker amp in my HT. I have about 4 hours on it since it came home but I would feel much more comfortable if it gets a good once over by a tech. The binding posts need to be replaced (evidently this is COMMON on the M80) as they mount into a plastic panel. Due to it's age, I am sure it would benifit from a good freshining up of power caps or whatever it needs. I have no hesitation sending it to Craig except for shipping 50 pounds half way across the U.S. can add up a bit.[] Any options or advice on a local tech? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Blacksmith Posted November 30, 2012 Author Share Posted November 30, 2012 NO help huh? Well I really didn't expect that anyone could help but I had to give it a try!!!! [] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennie Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 Hey Cal, you might want to ask this in the "General" section. More Southern California members may see it there. I don't know of any, but wish you luck and hope you don't have to ship it at all. Dennie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Blacksmith Posted November 30, 2012 Author Share Posted November 30, 2012 Good call, I will do that. On a side note, I may be heading up your way between Christmas and Newyears, it seems that some members of a goup that I belong to borrowed something in about April and I need it in Feb. Now they want ME to go get it, it seems they are all too busy to bring it down![:@] They offered to bring it as far south as about Fresno but that was for this weekend and there is no way I can go there this weekend. SO if they can't find a place to store it in Fresno, it will either stay or go back up to Sebastipool (I think that is close to how you spell it) I know that no matter what I do, I am going to wind up being the "bad" guy in all of this [:|] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derrickdj1 Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 When I had my M 70's checked out, I called Yamaha and ask them for a list of authorized repair shops in the area. After getting some phone numbers, I called the repair shops and ask if they could work on the old amp. I live near Chicago, which may have made it easier to find someone to work on my amps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Blacksmith Posted December 3, 2012 Author Share Posted December 3, 2012 DUH! Yamaha factory service (outside contractor, Yamaha does not do their own service, at least not here) just repaired my AVR when the HDMI port broke. Cost me a hundred bucks. I need to contact them and find out what they want for the job, I bet they don't get many people asking for preventaive maint on an amp! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOSValves Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Cal, You better hesitate sending it to me [] Unless I'm mistaken that is a Solid State amp. I only work on tube gear. Those shipping charges would really hurt you since you would get zero results out of them LOL!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Blacksmith Posted December 4, 2012 Author Share Posted December 4, 2012 Craig, Yes it is SS and a phone call would have been made first but it still needs preventaive service for a long for me, life. Thanks for the reply! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeFord Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 Most service places could likely manage repairs, but modifications, parts upgrades to better grade modern caps etc. and you need a place that specializes in that sort of work, and in a direction that you like. It would be no help if the shop was local, deep into mods and did quality work, but insisted on using brands etc. you don't want for price or whatever reasons. That said, come to one of the meetings and ask around I am sure you will get a hat full of suggestions, take them with a grain of salt. http://www.laocas.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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