23-04-2012, 12:58 PM
Hello Mark that was an interesting post regarding your Uncle and DC coupled amps, I used to do a lot of DC coupled stuff years ago...many years.
I worked for Sony of Canada as head tech. at their main sevice dept. in Vancouver, Sony made a lot of stuff in them days (wide product range) TC & IC this and TA that, to be honest as a radio/tv sevice engineer I have to say they were the best company I ever worked for (no tight fisted spares dept) any spares, any bench test gear was no problem, I had six techs under me there, If they could not fix it then it ended up on my bench, same went for most of the other Sony service depts in Cananda if they could not fix it the offending unit ended up with me also, used to get stuff sent from all over..Halifax to Yellowknife, those were the days.
As you say, if you are familiar with DC coupled audio then servicing that stuff is not usually a problem in a service dept. context but at home it can be more frustrating as transistors usually cost us money. Good luck to Joe anyways, I'm sure he will get it working ok.
Lawrence.
I worked for Sony of Canada as head tech. at their main sevice dept. in Vancouver, Sony made a lot of stuff in them days (wide product range) TC & IC this and TA that, to be honest as a radio/tv sevice engineer I have to say they were the best company I ever worked for (no tight fisted spares dept) any spares, any bench test gear was no problem, I had six techs under me there, If they could not fix it then it ended up on my bench, same went for most of the other Sony service depts in Cananda if they could not fix it the offending unit ended up with me also, used to get stuff sent from all over..Halifax to Yellowknife, those were the days.
As you say, if you are familiar with DC coupled audio then servicing that stuff is not usually a problem in a service dept. context but at home it can be more frustrating as transistors usually cost us money. Good luck to Joe anyways, I'm sure he will get it working ok.
Lawrence.
