I agree with edcyn. NAD needs to know about this.
Beware of NAD M3 Fire Hazard
My $3k NAD M3 started shooting sparks out the top and burned the shelf that was 8" above. Luckily I was home and not sleeping or the house would have burned down. If anyone has one of these I advise them to unplug it when not in use. I took it to two different repair shops and they said it would be about $800 to just get it running and there may be board issues. They advised not to take the gamble. Anyone have any suggestions on what to do with it?
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My old tech friends refer to the dead NAD as a boat anchor. We use to play golf with am/fm Delcoes in the late 70's, you will need a good sludge hammer. Very sad to hear of your plight, glad you were home. I always consider NAD as a really good brand-I have no experience with their equipment. My good buddy Chrisopher Coffin, superb audio tech, had this to say about fuses. A 200 picture tube will blow and save the life of a 25 cent fuse(1979). Not quite his original saying, but you get the drift. |
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https://ibb.co/T1VBM5G I’ve never seen the top vent of an electrolytic cap blown off like the one in the photo. That’s just plain scary! heaudio123 Said: Could be anything, but a shorted diode in the bridge passing AC and cooking the capacitor would be my guess. Wouldn’t that cause a high current load on the secondary winding of the toroid power transformer causing the primary winding to overload and cause the 5 amp (I assume a slow blow) fuse to blow? . |
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