{"id":9606,"date":"2021-01-09T13:02:46","date_gmt":"2021-01-09T13:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevepedwards.today\/ElectronicsStuff\/?p=9606"},"modified":"2021-01-18T19:36:26","modified_gmt":"2021-01-18T19:36:26","slug":"technics-su-x840-replaced-svi-3102b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevepedwards.today\/ElectronicsStuff\/technics-su-x840-replaced-svi-3102b\/","title":{"rendered":"Technics SU X840 &#8211; Replaced SVI 3102B"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Outputs not working - this was ONLY an intermittent ground connex fault of the front board metal shield!! - not a blown SVI amp as I thought I had done at full volume on the old SVI unit- it was OK!! Bought\/fitted a replacement anyway, -\u00a35 - the grey type...no need..doh...<\/p>\n<p>I blew my Sondberg speakers at full power, so assumed SVI was blown too - prob was, but the initial fault (no output) still remained after SVI replacement, because it was a shield ground issue in the first place I dodn't check properly for!!<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Don't rush used amp worst case, pessimistic diagnosis!<\/li>\n<li>List all possible fault options and check by most likely\/simplest\/cheapest fixes first<\/li>\n<li>Poke around a bit to see if connections are bad!!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9607\" src=\"https:\/\/stevepedwards.today\/ElectronicsStuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/840pecs-1024x402.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevepedwards.today\/ElectronicsStuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/840pecs-1024x402.png 1024w, https:\/\/stevepedwards.today\/ElectronicsStuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/840pecs-300x118.png 300w, https:\/\/stevepedwards.today\/ElectronicsStuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/840pecs-768x301.png 768w, https:\/\/stevepedwards.today\/ElectronicsStuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/840pecs-1200x471.png 1200w, https:\/\/stevepedwards.today\/ElectronicsStuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/840pecs.png 1387w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tested with new built 1kHz sine gen at 2Vpp CD input:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9659\" src=\"https:\/\/stevepedwards.today\/ElectronicsStuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1kHzGen-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevepedwards.today\/ElectronicsStuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1kHzGen-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stevepedwards.today\/ElectronicsStuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1kHzGen-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stevepedwards.today\/ElectronicsStuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1kHzGen-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stevepedwards.today\/ElectronicsStuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1kHzGen.jpg 1040w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9660\" src=\"https:\/\/stevepedwards.today\/ElectronicsStuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/X840OP2-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevepedwards.today\/ElectronicsStuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/X840OP2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stevepedwards.today\/ElectronicsStuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/X840OP2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stevepedwards.today\/ElectronicsStuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/X840OP2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stevepedwards.today\/ElectronicsStuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/X840OP2.jpg 1040w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/>It's now only capable of -8dB before clipping with a 1V peak input.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9657\" src=\"https:\/\/stevepedwards.today\/ElectronicsStuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/X840OP-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevepedwards.today\/ElectronicsStuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/X840OP-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stevepedwards.today\/ElectronicsStuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/X840OP-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stevepedwards.today\/ElectronicsStuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/X840OP-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stevepedwards.today\/ElectronicsStuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/X840OP.jpg 1040w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>P=IV<\/p>\n<p>16.4V Cyclic RMS = 268.96 \/ 8 ohm = <strong>54 W per channel @ -8dB no clips<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Outputs not working - this was ONLY an intermittent ground connex fault of the front board metal shield!! - not a blown SVI amp as I thought I had done at full volume on the old SVI unit- it was OK!! Bought\/fitted a replacement anyway, -\u00a35 - the grey type...no need..doh... I blew my Sondberg <a href=\"https:\/\/stevepedwards.today\/ElectronicsStuff\/technics-su-x840-replaced-svi-3102b\/\" class=\"more-link\">...<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Technics SU X840 &#8211; Replaced SVI 3102B<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevepedwards.today\/ElectronicsStuff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevepedwards.today\/ElectronicsStuff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevepedwards.today\/ElectronicsStuff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevepedwards.today\/ElectronicsStuff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevepedwards.today\/ElectronicsStuff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9606"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/stevepedwards.today\/ElectronicsStuff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9606\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9663,"href":"https:\/\/stevepedwards.today\/ElectronicsStuff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9606\/revisions\/9663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevepedwards.today\/ElectronicsStuff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevepedwards.today\/ElectronicsStuff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevepedwards.today\/ElectronicsStuff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}