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@grumpybear you were spot on! Had a look at the board and it's set up for MC. I think instead of buying components and getting someone to solder them on for me, I will look for a decent entry level MM phono stage. Thanks to all for the input

I did think of this at first, but thought the difference in amplification would be very evident. I'll have a look now...

@JoziNic and @Trompie67 thank you for the suggestion, will contact @fdlsys

My apologies I haven't updated that I'm back in JHB, Bedfordview side.

Hi all, I am very much a newbie to the TT scene. I recently acquired a Garrard 86SB TT in very good nick (to the untrained eye), and has a tedelex (Excel) ES-70S cart. Unfortunately the sound that I'm getting is quite bass heavy and muddied. The only way that I'm getting a crisp sound is at very...

I definitely agree that someone who knows what they're doing needs to have a look. I assumed it was not as simple as replacing the cap and resistor... On visual inspection all the valves seemed ok. I hope it can be repaired (at a reasonable cost)

Thanks a lot for the advice. I did not tinker at all with a live circuit and definitely considered that one or more of the main caps are probably leaking. I will take this to one of the recommended valve amp repairers. I would like to learn more about these amps in general but I suppose it's...

So C35 was the one that went. 50uf 25V. I replaced it (wishful thinking), it popped again. R57 (130ohm 5W) looked fried as well and confirmed zero resistance across it. So I replaced C35 and R57, capacitor went again.

Hi all, I was recently gifted a pioneer SX410 vintage valve amp. Used it for a few days and it drives my monitor audio silver 300s with absolute ease. The other night, the amp made a loud pop, while on but not in use. The valves look fine, and there is still power going through to them but...