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Blown Threshold S/300 Stasis II

I over drove it tonight and it went quiet without warning.The on/off light works.
I was really pushing it but I heard no distortion or clipping.I've never played it this loud,but I feel I still had head room.
Im using a re-built Dynaco ST-70 on top.
The Dyna seems fine.
The Threshold has a breaker for a on/off switch but I didnt notice if it had tripped.
One thing I did notice,is the left channel heat sinks were considerably warmer (not hot) than the right channel heat sinks.
Anyway,the amp is dead quiet.
Could it be the breaker/on/off switch 'burned' and a simple replacement may cure the problem?
Or am I in trouble?
Thank you for any advice.
dave

david99
unsound
7,329 posts
 
Hi David,
Sorry to hear of your dilemna. Did you check the fuse(s)? Is the Dyna ST-70 a tube unit? If so, maybe there was some DC leakage. I don't know first hand, but, I've heard that the Thresholds can be sensitive about that sort of thing. Best of luck sorting it out. Do you have a back up amp?
david99 OP
1,467 posts
 
Thanks Unsound for the fuse tip.
The two 5 amp fast blow fuses on the negative rail blew.
Problem fixed.
shiva
181 posts
 
I used to have a forte amp that I believe was made by threshold. Inside that amp each channel had 2 fuses.
Try taking the top off and see if they are blown. If so, you might find replacements at radio shack.
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jpainter236
115 posts
 
Email Jon Soderberg at Vintage Amp Repair. vintageamp@earthlink.net
safeharbor4cdf
4 posts
 
Perhaps you should listen to music without blasting out your eardrums and your masterpiece Threshold amp? Even so, I can't imagine driving this amp to failure. Check fuses and/or preamp.
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