More D'Yquem Problems

Rene! One of the good guys, for sure. Good stuff.


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kev313 said:
Rene! One of the good guys, for sure. Good stuff.


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Absolutely. This experience inspired me to go out today and buy a Fluke multimeter and order spare tubes to have a backup kit. Bought a bunch of fuses as well.

Also going to look around for a good restored tube tester.

Tubes do fail and in future I want to be prepared so down time is minimal.

That said, when tube amps work they are magical, especially Shindo.

Definitely back in business tonight.
 
Well it looks like it is just a faulty tube. Ken built some damn nice amps when he created the D'yquem and I hope to some day own a pair. I have had many glasses of D'yquem form the 60's and I bet the amps are as tasty as the wine.


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Cucumber_jones said:
Well it looks like it is just a faulty tube. Ken built some damn nice amps when he created the D'yquem and I hope to some day own a pair. I have had many glasses of D'yquem form the 60's and I bet the amps are as tasty as the wine.


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The wine is among the best white wines produced. As are the D'Yquem amp's.

Yes, maintenance is required. But like all good things it is worth the effort.

After re-biasing they are better than ever!
 
KeithR said:
You mean like your Krell where you wrote several threads on having the buzzing transformer fixed? You complained about that amp for 2 years dude.
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First of all, I want to say to the OP that I'm glad his problem has been corrected and he's happy again. To Keith, I want to say that you are more than slightly exaggerating what really happened vis-à-vis my Krell KSA-250. I bought the KSA-250 in 2011 and it was built in the 1980s. The amp was sold to me as working and was DOA upon arrival. I sent the amp back to Krell to be repaired and recapped. And as Rob said, packing and shipping an amp that weighs 140 lbs before it's in the crate is no joy. When your listening room is downstairs and you have to carry the amp up a flight of stairs, load it into your car, drive it to Indy and drop it off at a freight hauler (4 hour round trip) and then drive back to Indy to get the amp and reverse the original process to get it back into your room only to discover the amp still has issue is a real pisser. The amp came back to me 'working,' but it had a hum issue. Krell paid to have a truck come to my house and pick the amp up and Krell paid for the shipping both ways which included a truck delivering the amp to my house.

I kept the KSA-250 until 2014 when I sold it because I bought the ARC Ref 75. I had literally years of listening to my KSA-250 and after the last time it came back to me, I never gave it a thought when I hit the power switch and turned it on. I still think it's a fantastic sounding amp and it would still put many an amp to shame.

Back to the Shindo amps under discussion: I'm surprised that these amps have a pair of tubes 'under the hood' and that those tubes are hardwired and soldered instead of being in sockets if I read the problem correctly. Shindo must have planned on those tubes lasting forever because they created an issue by doing it that way.
 
Funny...
This morning one of my CCQs started to make some pop noises.
Power tubes and input ones test strong. Only option is one of those damn 6AL3 !
I'm not competent to replace those so the amp will go to my tech. And I will have the other ones checked too.
Wish I could have a René nearby ! :D




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KeithR said:
You mean like your Krell where you wrote several threads on having the buzzing transformer fixed? You complained about that amp for 2 years dude.
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Luckily I haven't had to deal with issues , but if my shindo caught on fire and burnt the house down ... It would still he sitting in my new house ..some stuff is just worth the hassle ;)
 
AVjim said:
Luckily I haven't had to deal with issues , but if my shindo caught on fire and burnt the house down ... It would still he sitting in my new house ..some stuff is just worth the hassle ;)
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I love my Shindo amps but not at this level !


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