Back in the 1970's I bought a Lecson AC1 /AP1 from a friend. Surely one of the most beautiful amplifiers of all time and it sounded fantastic - completely blowing away my Quad 33 / 303. Unfortunately, it proved very unreliable (prone to 'exploding' electrolytics I was told). It was then stored in the loft for many years until I saw an advert offering Lecson repairs. I remember sending it off to somewhere in Ossett, Yorkshire and it came back working fine....for a few months when the same thing happened again!
Gave up on it then and dumped it. Does anyone else have any experience of Lecson amps?
Unreliable amps
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Dr Bunsen Honeydew
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Re: Unreliable amps
The case design interfered with the electronic design. Unreliability killed them off.
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Re: Unreliable amps
In those days I also had a very unreliable car: a Triumph TR7. What a disaster; all TR7s were notoriously unreliable, but mine was a Friday afternoon job! A poor design made worse by constant strikes at the Speke factory. Wasn't even that quick.
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Re: Unreliable amps
Had a Musical Fidelity A1000.
http://www.thevintageknob.org/musical_f ... A1000.html
When working it was a bit special, that was when you could smell it....
But the thing would shut down (probably just before melting) and wouldnt play again till it was cold.....
http://www.thevintageknob.org/musical_f ... A1000.html
When working it was a bit special, that was when you could smell it....
But the thing would shut down (probably just before melting) and wouldnt play again till it was cold.....