Vladimir said:From that Pio series, aim at the ones with dual mono design. Example Pioneer A-717 MkII.
If you feel the sound is too dry, you can up the biasing a tad (from 20mV to 50mV) and get that Pio A400 mod roar going on.
Gaz37 said:Vladimir said:From that Pio series, aim at the ones with dual mono design. Example Pioneer A-717 MkII.
If you feel the sound is too dry, you can up the biasing a tad (from 20mV to 50mV) and get that Pio A400 mod roar going on.
How do you adjust the bias?
If it can't be done with a screwdriver, spanner, or better still a hammer, it's beyond me 🙂
Gaz37 said:Moving a chair I can do.
I can solder after a fashion but wouldn't be confident doing so on a crowded circuit board.
Are you absolutely certain it can't be adjusted with a hammer?
Vladimir said:You can have big sound quality gain from cleaning pots, switches, relays and tarnished RCA connectors. They don't have to be scratchy to be in need of good cleaning.
Sadly this is also hammerless.
Vladimir said:- Switches
- Potentiometers
- Speaker Relays*
- Tarnished RCA connectors
*To clean a relay you need to take the relay plastic cover off (most older types are removable). You don't just squirt on the relay, you need to clean the contact tips that get oxidized from sparking.
Needless to say, you do this with no power cord plugged in the mains. No squirting anything in transformer, mains switch or especially the big electrolytic capacitors (they keep charged up for days). Ease of doing this shouldn't be an issue for you since the 656 is beautifully layed out and sensitive circuitry is away from PSU in its own Faraday cage enclosure. Lots of instructional videos on Youtube to checkout.
The biggest sound improvement I got when modding my ex Pio A400 by Tom Evans mods was actually cleaning the damn volume pot and selector switch.
Gaz37 said:Where are the speaker relays and what do they look like?
Actually that's two questions
Thanks
Vladimir said:Feels good keeping kit in shape and running well after years.