Amp Internal Wire

Interesting side part of the story, I noticed a main filter cap leg not soldered on the main board - totally missed by the assembly! I’ve seen a lot, that was a first for me. The leg was snipped, but no solder.

@rickysnit Oops! Something like that may well have blown your comments out of the water! Power supply bypass (filter capacitors) are far more important than internal wire; if one was not hooked up right there is no way the amp was sounding right.

To test this the cap would have to be disconnected and the amp played again...

Nice Work

Great pictures , one suggestion replace the glass fuses with ceramic ones .

That is a great suggestion, thanks mate. I was looking at the photos more too, and wondering if I should look into replacing the power lead too - not sure of any audible impact though. Thanks for having a look!

Something like that may well have blown your comments out of the water!

Man, I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw it. Like double take, think, look again, then realize. It had to have been making contact, the leg was tightly up against the through hole/pad - but wow. I took a photo of that too, I should have posted. If I remember correctly, since I was mainly looking at the underside of the board, it was a negative lead - the positive was soldered properly.

If you replace the AC power wiring use a larger gauge .

Also you have 2@  5 x 20 fuses in your IEC connector that are probably glass ,

you should replace them also with ceramics , Bussmann or Littelfuse .