I posted this a few days ago.
https://m.facebook.com/groups/606087512820068?view=permalink&id=2638214152940717
Now I’ve replaced the capacitors in another one very similar, a DE LUXE. It’s not quite as complete and in as good a shape as the Encore.
What surprised me was that some of the electrolytic capacitors were bad (measured open) and the symptom was no sound whatsoever – not even a click when turned on – as if the speaker wasn’t connected. After replacing the capacitors, everything was normal. 🤔🤔 I could see this happening if the speaker was driven by an OTL pair with an open coupling capacitor. But this is a regular push-pull transformer output stage.
Thanks, Joe Haupt
