Technics SU-3500 powers up but no output

This lovely example of 70’s Japanese workmanship came in with no output. Turns out +57V and -57V rail rectifiers (double-diodes D501 and D502) one had gone short circuit, and taken out both 2.2 ohm R501/R502 1/8W fusible resistors. As these were now unobtainium (CO8P-1 and CO8P-1R) they were temporarily replaced with 1/8W and couple of […]

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