Aaron, There was no smoke, just a loud pop and very high pitch static from the left channel. Thanks!
> Aaron Blair Wrote:
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> Hey Larry, post a picture of the back of the receiver. Marrantz had two
> iterations of the 2230, I just want to know if it's the one I'm familiar
> with before I offer to help.
>
> Gosh I don't even know if that's a good idea....I'd repair it for free
> but shipping would be brutal, I live in Washington...
>
> When you say that you blew it, what EXACTLY, happened? Did you hear a
> loud pop? Or it just quit working? Smoke? Smoke is good! Where's the
> problem..
>
> ....right there!
>
> I mostly work on tube equipment and only get solid state gear every once
> and a while.... but man these marrantz recievers must have flooded the
> Seattle market because I've worked on at least 10 in the past 5 years.
>
> It is certainly reparable if it's giving you sound outta one
> channel...main failure rate on these In my experience is the main power
> transformer..pretty much unobtainium to find a replacement without
> exceeding the cost of a new recoever..and I'm not designing a switch
> mode for one of these lol.