> Why not fix it? JM Technical Arts in Tennessee will do so at a quite
> reasonable price. What are the symptoms?
>
> But: I also keep a B251 that threatened to "give up" - turned out to
> be the rear switch was wonky in addition to a sticky relay. Cleaned
> them both (MY GOODNESS, what a PITA!) and it reverted to its usual
> good nature. Also, there are four fuses underneath behind a small
> plate - have you checked those? Unless you have let the magic smoke
> out, it is unlikely that your unit needs anything massively
> expensive.
I am sorry Peter to disappoint you, but there WAS a magic smoke since
a capacitor exploded (the explosion sounded also a very impressive :-)
and spread several parts making shortcuts on the printplate. It looks
I need to exchange the power part for one channel and this is not in
it. I will sell it on Ebay and hopefully somebody has another working
channel and can give my old amplifier a new life. Revox B251 is really
an excellent device if you do not look at stability when driving
difficult speakers and complexity of its construction.
NAD and only few other names which a mortal being can afford are
sounding comparable.
I also decided to buy Dynaudio Confidence 5 speakers (although people
say it is a tough task to find a right amplifier to drive it).
That is why I was wondering if NAD 208 THX can do this job. Dynaudio
does not want to give any advice (???- probably they do not want to
give any preference, but leaving me without answer - is also not nice)
Drazen
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