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Electron Kinetics Eagle 2 Repair Help

Hi All,

I just purchased an obviously used Electron Kinetics Eagle 2 amp serial number 774 and I am super psyched to finally own a John Iverson design.

Before plugging it in I opened it up. It looks nasty in there! Looks like both capacitors (both 80000MFD) are leaking, and that there was a serious short at the RCA outs. Also it looks like the top lid has been bent in enough to make contact with the terminals of the capacitors.

www.eagle-audio.com seems to be out of commission. Does anyone out there know of a dependable repair guru for these amps? Does anyone have schematics or a list of parts that I can purchase and try to fix this thing myself?

Does anyone know more about these amps and John Iverson.

Please be in touch!

Best,
Brett
www.brettmc.com
858.334.5229


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atmasphere
11,841 posts
 
Years ago I fixed one of those that the owner managed to blow up.

If its just filter caps and the like then its probably not that hard to sort out. Any independent shop (i.e. not Best Buy or the like) that can fix consumer electronics should be able to handle it (but don't expect them to be cheap about it)- if they can get the semiconductors! Some of those have gotten rare.
clio09
3,355 posts
 
From your area code I am assuming you are in CA. Roger Modjeski at Music Reference in Northern CA can fix it. You can contact him at tubeaudiostore@yahoo.com. If you are in SoCal then I would recommend the service department at Brooks Berdan.
mrdecibel
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Just my opinion. I owned 2 different Eagle 2s and found them to be excellent subwoofer amplifiers, but were just ok running them full range. They were both quite bullet proof, and I was proud to have owned them, but, unless you can repair them at a reasonable cost, and you paid little for your particular unit, I caution to do it. It's power supply was the finer part of it, so maybe a complete rebuild, rather than a repair, is in order. You will never get your investment back if you ever resell it. This, again, is jmo. Enjoy ! MrD.
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brettmcee OP
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Thanks clio09. Those are great suggestions!
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