Congratulations! 🙂

That could give me the motivation to start work on mine as well. It sounds pretty decent as is so I've never even looked inside, but it sometimes makes "pop" sounds while warming up, so I'm sure there are at least some bad solders somewhere.

I'm far too cheap for a Frede job and I wouldn't enjoy it half as much if I hadn't restored it myself, so... now only to find some desk space somewhere 😂

Great!

Let's share this little project, shall we?

Yes - I'm sure it would be good to have another pair of eyes, so to speak!

I still have the set in storage at work though, and the weather seems like I'm not going to start my car until next week... I might start over there and bring it home later, though 🙂

I will be watching you😐, I'm saving my pocket money to buy one. So, Jacques and Mika please make a thread like Sonavor 😂

And congrats Jacques, I'm dreaming about one of these with the reciever

I recently experienced one of these wonderful amps Jacques, and they are gorgeous! Really punchy low end is how the owner described it and he was right! We compared against a Beomaster 3000-2 on phono and the 5000 was clearerin the top end too! The potentiometers are easy to pull apart and clean, just watch out for those little springs and make sure they go back together the same way!

Hmm, there wasn't really anything I could do to the one I saw apart from replace the amp trimmers and give it a checkup. The caps I spot checked were fine.

Oh I am not sure if there is some asbestos inside these units between the main PSU cap and the transformer though so please be cautious there!

I am sure Martin will have the lamps (not to mention lots of invaluable advice as usual!) which are not exactly common - 60v 5w MES types! I got mine from a lamp specialist in the UK.

Lovely amps which I myself have overlooked in the past. I will probably be on the lookout for one myself now :)

I have one in the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" category, but I look forward to this thread! 🤒

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And congrats Jacques, I'm dreaming about one of these with the reciever

Your can fulfill your dreams Soren👍

[quote user="Leslie"]Your can fulfill your dreams Soren👍[/quote]

I know Leslie, but the Fabric Selector is he one who gives me the pocket money, but one day soon I will get there

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Oh I am not sure if there is some asbestos inside these units between the main PSU cap and the transformer though so please be cautious there!

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You're scaring me Olly! [:'(]