From Andrew Horton Sent Wed, Jun 27th 2018, 15:34
From Andrew Horton Sent Wed, Jun 27th 2018, 15:34
Do you have any tips or guides for how to desolder and replace the old slider? It's my first real repair like this. On Wed, Jun 27, 2018 at 11:32 AM DJ Maytag <xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx> wrote: > > +1 on Syntaur, but make sure to also get replacement slider caps at the s= ame time. My original caps don=E2=80=99t stay on the new sliders very well.= I=E2=80=99m sure there=E2=80=99s an easy solution to that though. > > Anyway, I bought a full set last fall and finally got around to replacing= all of the sliders and pots a few weeks ago. It=E2=80=99s also a VERY good= idea to replace the power inlet and power switch while you are at it. I th= ink there was another part or two I replaced beyond Syntaur=E2=80=99s 101 S= ervice Kit. > > As an improvement, to its sound, Tubbetec recommends adding an extra grou= nd wire from the D/A chip to the power inlet ground. It adds a TON of noise= , and adding an extra heavy ground wire reduces the noise floor significant= ly. > > > > > > On Jun 27, 2018, at 9:54 AM, A. Horton <xxxxxx.xxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx> wrote: > > > > I'm finally getting into servicing my own gear - where's the best > > place to pick vintage spare parts like this? >