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Finally fixed a 15-year-old Sony receiver I picked up for $40 at Goodwill

Last month I found this old STR-DE915 at the local thrift in Austin, and after staring at the schematic for three weeks I finally traced the crackling sound to a cold solder joint on the main amp board. Has anyone else had luck resurrecting those silver-era Sony receivers or am I wasting my time?
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robinl90
robinl907d ago
Same issue with an STR-DE835. Reflowed the main amp board and it works perfect now.
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simonreed
simonreed7d ago
Man, robinl90 is right about those DE series boards being the weak link. Good on you for sticking with it.
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