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<blockquote data-quote="ludo" data-source="post: 75240" data-attributes="member: 691"><p>Yup. Even nature doesn't have as many shades of vivid green as a Marshall amp from a Durban pawn shop :-\</p><p></p><p>Just looking at the pics of the insides of a NAD T747 that Big G mentioned. Looks like the usual AV amp nightmare to repair. Constructed like a hamburger and it has a fan to clog up much like an artery. Compare to their older stereo amps that had a lid on top and a hatch at the bottom and everything except switches and pots could be replaced in situ. Simple. Those oldies are almost never beyond economic surgery. No matter what the shop will tell you. </p><p></p><p>To me it seems very logical to have a processor that does all the DSP and a few good old stereo poweramps that do the heavy lifting. Then just swap out the processors as the format flavours change and the weather takes its toll. Most AV amps have uninspiring poweramp sections, simple to fix, but you can't get to them. If you can, you have to reassemble everything before you can test. So BER when it comes off the production line. The money is in screwing the loyal client, repeatedly, not in making a better product.</p><p></p><p>Aijaijai. Time to get the glucose levels up ludo...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ludo, post: 75240, member: 691"] Yup. Even nature doesn't have as many shades of vivid green as a Marshall amp from a Durban pawn shop :-\ Just looking at the pics of the insides of a NAD T747 that Big G mentioned. Looks like the usual AV amp nightmare to repair. Constructed like a hamburger and it has a fan to clog up much like an artery. Compare to their older stereo amps that had a lid on top and a hatch at the bottom and everything except switches and pots could be replaced in situ. Simple. Those oldies are almost never beyond economic surgery. No matter what the shop will tell you. To me it seems very logical to have a processor that does all the DSP and a few good old stereo poweramps that do the heavy lifting. Then just swap out the processors as the format flavours change and the weather takes its toll. Most AV amps have uninspiring poweramp sections, simple to fix, but you can't get to them. If you can, you have to reassemble everything before you can test. So BER when it comes off the production line. The money is in screwing the loyal client, repeatedly, not in making a better product. Aijaijai. Time to get the glucose levels up ludo... [/QUOTE]
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