Parasound HCA 1000 about to blow

kevhed72
kevhed72 Posts: 5,075
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I think....the left side runs pretty hot to the touch even when not driving speakers, and it recently started a pretty audible buzz. Anyone want to take a crack at fixing it?
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  • kevhed72
    kevhed72 Posts: 5,075
    edited May 2018
    For a price of course. I would also be open to upgrades if that was in your wheelhouse....
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  • mlistens03
    mlistens03 Posts: 2,767
    I don’t want to try, but it sounds like something serious, I’d pop off the hood just to make sure it’s not something easy like a blown cap or resistor
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  • kevhed72
    kevhed72 Posts: 5,075
    Good idea....Ill take some pics. Are you skilled in the SS amplifier arts?
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,739
    It is a bias thing. You tube it
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,350
    pitdogg2 wrote: »
    It is a bias thing. You tube it

    Wouldn't the problem actually be un-biased :p
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,739
    txcoastal1 wrote: »
    pitdogg2 wrote: »
    It is a bias thing. You tube it

    Wouldn't the problem actually be un-biased :p
    Smarty pants
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,350
    pitdogg2 wrote: »
    txcoastal1 wrote: »
    pitdogg2 wrote: »
    It is a bias thing. You tube it

    Wouldn't the problem actually be un-biased :p
    Smarty pants

    Just trying to give a bias perspective on the situation
    2-channel: Modwright KWI-200 Integrated, Dynaudio C1-II Signatures
    Desktop rig: LSi7, Polk 110sub, Dayens Ampino amp, W4S DAC/pre, Sonos, JRiver
    Gear on standby: Melody 101 tube pre, Unison Research Simply Italy Integrated
    Gone to new homes: (Matt Polk's)Threshold Stasis SA12e monoblocks, Pass XA30.5 amp, Usher MD2 speakers, Dynaudio C4 platinum speakers, Modwright LS100 (voltz), Simaudio 780D DAC

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  • Manticore
    Manticore Posts: 408
    Had a similar problem with my para 1500A minus the buzz. An adjustment of the bias pot with a screwdriver & a digital meter solved the heat problem. The bias was considerably off spec. Really was not difficult at all.
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  • mlistens03
    mlistens03 Posts: 2,767
    kevhed72 wrote: »
    Are you skilled in the SS amplifier arts?

    Uh... you could say that... compared to my sister, yes! :tongue:
    Not really I have a fairly basic view of electronics but I am slowly but surely figuring it all out.
    There was a chapter on electricity in my science book and I learned literally nothing. I actually got a B on the test because I put too much information in all the options :lol:
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,220
    If it is the bias, the questions becomes, why did the bias drift so far that it had to be dialed back? Those "pots" don't turn themselves. >:)
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,739
    heiney9 wrote: »
    If it is the bias, the questions becomes, why did the bias drift so far that it had to be dialed back? Those "pots" don't turn themselves. >:)

    correct Brock but they do drift without being turned. Is it cap's of something else in the path I do not know. I have had more than one amp that needed recalibrated and I never turned anything. Once recalibrated they played on for many years.
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