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   From: zekor@comcast.net   
      
   Jack <@noway.com> wrote:   
   > gregz wrote:   
   >> Jack <@noway.com> wrote:   
   >>> After a week of playing with no problems, the right channel went out. It   
   >>> was the left channel previously. I was dismayed until I remembered that,   
   >>> when I reseated the output trannies, I switch them, left for right. I   
   >>> was further heartened when that same trick of switching off the speakers   
   >>> and turning the volume up to max brought the sound back. Since there are   
   >>> a pair of outputs in each channel, switching one of them again and   
   >>> waiting to see which channel goes out next should tell me which tranny   
   >>> is bad.   
   >>   
   >> I have seen small transistors go intermit ant, but never outputs. Sounds   
   >> like you got it.   
   >>   
   >> Greg   
   >   
   > It does sound slam-dunk, doesn't it? Too bad these SX-838s don't command   
   > more money on eBay. I'm selling some stereo stuff that I don't use   
   > anymore. There is a thriving market there for some stuff. I saw an old   
   > McIntosh tube preamp that was being sold for parts go for over $400.   
   >   
   > Well, now I play the waiting game. Sometimes it goes out every 15   
   > minutes, sometimes it takes weeks.   
   >   
   > Jack   
      
   Looking at pictures of it, I don't see anything that would command a high   
   price.   
      
   Greg   
      
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