bill7621

OR, you can go all the way down the rabbit hole, and mkII your M500 for about $275 in parts...:-) I probably will in due time. I don't think I'd have too much trouble changing the caps out, but as was said, If I ran into trouble I'd be up that creek without paddles because I would be clueless as to how to find the problem short of ripping everything out and starting over. @ Kingman....love the hat! You guys are really making me feel good about coming here. I'm glad I joined! There is so much to read here and obviously a lot of great people. .

Is this a hard project? Expensive? Or should I just consider a new preamp. Personally, I prefer vintage equipment, but I'm always open to suggestions. I'm thinking the amp will need some attention also, but I'll cross that bridge when the time comes. I got lucky with my receiver. When I pulled it out from the attic, other than noisy controls, it worked fine. But it could probably use new caps also. But when I examined it, I saw no bulging or leaky caps or anything else other than the normal amount of dust. I did find a couple of resistors that were so hot you couldn't touch them and they had discolored the power supply board. I searched and came across an article on another forum about this being a design flaw and it showed a picture of exactly what I was seeing in my receiver. The fix was to just replace the two resistors with one of higher wattage. It still gets warm, but not hot and the job gets done. This is in a Kenwood KR7400. Funny I never noticed it after all the years I had it. I always smelled something that smelled like hot wax, but never had issues, so I never looked! And the discoloration from the heat didn't happen over night. I've always been of the mind of "If it ain't broke don't fix it" but because my receiver was OK I think I'm having a false sense of security. Actually I'm hoping to plug it in and it will be fine until I can invest in the upgrades. But whatever will be, will be. I have zero electronic skills. I wouldn't have the first idea of how to troubleshoot a circuit. But I can solder and if it's just a matter of swapping out parts, I could maybe handle that, but again I'm not sure what I'd be getting into.

Well at least I took the right pill! Seems like a great bunch of people here. I'm sure I'll be happy. I like the fact I haven't seen any snipping or rude remarks made as I look things over. I don't see how to do multiple quotes, so I'll answer whatever questions as I go. Zumbini...I don't know what to say! That's just plain awesome. And I see a lot of vinyl, too! That's wonderful. My collection is somewhat meager. I switched to cd when I had around 350 albums and I still have them. 98% of them are in what I would call VG+ condition. I was very anal about the cleaning ritual and very few people touched them. I prefer a Watts Parastat to a Discwasher, although I still use both. And I do the zerostat thing in dry weather when the air is full of static. Many times I thought of selling them, but just couldn't part with that part of my life. I'm glad I listened to my inner self. Blues Pwr... I like, well, anything that has talent in it. My collection is mostly 70's & 80's rock. Right now I am listening to Alan Parson's I, Robot album. I can't stand hip-hop or that other stuff that rhymes, I forget what it's called because I fail to see the talent involved. But that's me! I'm not to fond of opera either. I also avoid most heavy metal, but there are exceptions to everything.Jim Coash... Back when I was auditioning speakers, I kept coming back to the Interface speakers no matter what I listened to. That was one hard process. I passed on some really desirable speakers of the day because I preferred the sound of these... the size was also a plus as they didn't have a large footprint. Yes, I still use the little equalizer that goes with these. I've since had other speakers, the last of which was a set of Infinity RS IIIb's. I had trouble finding emit tweeters, so I traded them off for a cement driveway! The rest of you...Thank you for the warm welcome and kind words of encouragement. I look forward to the conversations and knowing that help is only a question away.I did just realize as soon as funds allow I'll be needing a preamp. I have a proton I can press into service, but that's not what I want to use for this. Maybe a C-1, I don't know. Something will turn up.

Oh God! I think I just had an accident!!!

Don't laugh...Electrovoice Interface A's series 1 for now. They're a good sounding speaker for their size. At least I feel so. I seem to be hung up on vintage equipment. I bought these and the Kenwood new in 1975 and felt they were both worth keeping all these years. I know I'll have to watch how much power they get fed, but I should be OK.

Hello, my name is Gary and my user name is bill7621. I live in northeast Ohio and I'm the new owner of an M500t (when it arrives). I'm sure I'll have questions and hopefully it'll be a good unit. I'm hoping if I have any issues with it there will be some kind souls to show me the way to get it back to the way it should be. Recently I dug out my old Kenwood receiver and after a good de-oxit bath it sounds great, but I want something a little more. I used to have a Phase Linear 700 Series Two, but due to a misunderstanding (a big misunderstanding), instead of being repaired it was discarded. I'm still upset and that was 5 years ago. But what's done is done and maybe that was someone's way of letting me know it was time to move on. Anyhow, That's my little tale and hopefully I'll be accepted in this fine community.