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Linn LK-1 preamp and LK-2 power amp full service

9 June 2024 (reading time 2 minutes)

Customer said their LK-1 “wasn’t behaving right” (pops/clicks between channels) so asked me to take a look. Several faults found (including some not noticed/mentioned by customer) on preamp board, including dead BC212L transistor shorted in the MC input (LH channel dead/buzzing), a faulty analogue switch IC DG309CJ causing popping switching to/from tuner input amongst other […]

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Another Linn Kairn battery leak

I didn’t get such a good vibe when seeing the corrosion presented around the externals: And naturally the insides didn’t look too optimistic… (but this hasn’t been enough to decline repair in the past) However despite being one of the worst examples (with corroded broken tracks under the 10 way IDC socket too!), neutralised all