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[#7664] Leak Club for Leakies or Leak user    
Try to replace the 0.02uF



Gingers
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2005-09-25 15:19
[#7665] Leak Club for Leakies or Leak user    
http://f1.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/8Eo2Qx29TqM9BVkmeUm7_gJ1QhPyKS6tLcNJpi2QCK05jrGGFm0hadXjZgS0llgQjyYqSCYn0dXzEmCqxa0i0znT7gm9XKbfGhIHYQ/Rebuilds%20and%20Restoration/Stereo%2020%20Rebuild/Leak%20Stereo%2020.doc
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Someone share his restoration on Stereo 20 : )


Rebuild process
1. Fit mains on-off switch
2. Replace mains socket with IEC socket
3. Remove and replace resistors
4. Remove and replace capacitors
5. Remove and replace valve bases and replace some wiring between tag board and bases.
6. Replace two phono input sockets and speaker terminals.
7. Switch on with no valves
8. Switch on with rectifier valve and check voltages at marked point on the circuit diagram
9. Insert valves and check voltages again
10. Connect to pre amp, source and speakers and listen.

Problems and errors
1. One poorly connecting valve on pre amp, WD40 and steel wool rectified that.
2. Miss-wired one valve base.
3. Forgot earth point on pre amp input socket, at points one and seven.
4. Poor soldered joint on heater supply to V3L meant that V2L worked intermittently.
5. Tried to use with two wrong power valves as bought with it, caused R14L to melt its casing.
6. The new B9A valve sockets are 2mm larger than the hole they go in so I’ll have to drill the holes out with a 7/8” drill when I can get one, from a car boot sale or s/h shop (20 new)

I check the values of all the passives I had removed. The errors were:
C5 marked on the can as 0.1uF instead on 20nF, someone had replaced the originals with the wrong value; it is the same as C3 so he may have bought them at the same time and replaced them as a cheap rebuild. The brand names of the capacitors are ‘Toc’ ‘metalpack’ and ‘micromite’ are these factory fitted or a later change?
C4 measured at 4nF instead of 1nF and was completely worn out.
R12/R13 should be 1M0 were 470K according to the banding and measured about that although two were unstable.
The others all measured within tolerance on the meter but they may not work in the circuit under real world conditions.

Planned Upgrades
Audionote paper in oil signal caps
Ceramic former wire wound R14/R15 270R
“ “ “ “ R21 100R
Tantalum signal resistors from Audionote
Black gate Cathode bypass caps from Audionote 1.85 each or Elna Starget
Elna cerafine smoothing caps when I have the cash (20 a pair) or Black Gate?
Play around with different valves, Mullards etc. 5751 V1.
Oak Cone feet from Russ Andrews
Possible Modifications
From Classique sounds in Leicester.
Rewire power valves as triodes. Halves the output to 5W per channel but improves the sound.
For each valve base:
1. Cut wire to pin nine and fold back the wire.
2. Link pin nine to pin seven with a 100R/1W resistor.
3. Replace R14/R15 with 540R/2W (if you can find that value) or link the existing 270R/2W in series to give 540R for two valves.
4. Listen with confidence.

Replace all resistors with wire wound 1W and 2W.

From Derek Rocco of Watford Valves
Use 5751 valve in V1 socket, lower gain and better sound.

From Andy Evans (www.artsandmedia.com)
1. Replace V1 with 6N1P
2. Replace V2 with 6922
Required circuit mods were not specified and details are elusive unless you visit him in West London and buy replacement valves from him!

Conclusions
I am hooked on valve amplification and will never return to transistors, I was simply not listening to my classical records and it was the standard hours listening then turn it off due to the tranny sharpness. I was listening through a Nakamichi IA3, 1995 vintage (RRP 350).
Mullard valves sound nicer than Sovtek ECC83s and Chinese EL 84s.
I had a go at replacing some capacitors on the Point one pre amp which have made a large difference, but I am not sure how far to go, I used up some of the caps from the ST20 rebuild.
I have bought a second-hand Croft Micro valve pre amp for 235 to get an idea of the ST20’s limitations; it hasn’t arrived yet so I can’t say.
Information sources
HFW supplement November 1999 letters, TL12+ rebuild. Component types used in rebuild and other info.
Circuit diagrams and other information; www.home.mira.net/~Kiewavly
Component layout schematic and parts list ; Colin Grey, www.geocities.com/groundfish/stereo20
Help from bulletin board at www.hi-fiworld.co.uk
Circuit mods, Classique Sounds, Leicester.
Valves and bases: www.chelmervalves.co.uk and Watford Valves
Resistors and capacitors; rswww.com for most and Maplins for others.
Paper in oil signal caps and tantalum resistors: www.Audionote.co.uk

Gingers
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2005-09-25 15:44
[#7666] Leak Club for Leakies or Leak user    
Here come another Leak Stereo 60 : )

It features the following :

Mullard NOS EL34 in all 4 positions
Mullard NOS ECC83 in all 3 positions
Mullard NOS GZ34 rectifying valve
New Black Gate Electrolytics in 3 positions (reservoir & smoothing capacitors)
Oil in Beeswax specialised coupling capacitors
Tantalum 3 watt resistors in main valve anode loads.
Large 2 watt carbon film resistors in majority of remaining positions
Gold plated phonos for L/R inputs
Input hi/lo switch bypassed to give improved performance, although switch is still there.
Speaker terminals replaced with standard banana or hook teminations
Extra secondary fuse included to protect mains transformer
Bulgin 3 pin mains input plug and socket.
All original Leak transformers, inductor, and wirewound resistors

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I guess the seller did pay a lot for the restoration. The restoration is professionally done...my standard : )



Gingers
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2005-09-25 17:42
[#7667] Leak Club for Leakies or Leak user    
I guess sI is the seller of this Stereo 60. A member of Leak Yahoo eGroup : )

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hjleak/
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What are the bets on final going price then? A rarity, but obviously not completely original. 700?
Glad you said that about 'needing' a heat sheild, my mains transformer gets almost too hot to touch after 6-7 hours on idling, will be investigating again when I dissassemble to clean up chassis, but now believe this to be normal..
Won't be drawn into bidding for this, it can go to someone who's happy with the one, I'm looking for another knackered one of the "small choke-
no-heatsink" ilk. I'm drooling over the idea of bridging a pair of these!!

Si.



---- In hjleak@yahoogroups.com, "Spicer, Stephen S"
wrote:

> I see there is a Stereo 60 on ebay (item number 5811445389 ) that has
a
> heat shield between the rectifier and power transformer. This is the
> first one I have seen fitted with one of these. It looks to be factory
> original (and living in Australia, I can say that the power tranny
would
> benefit from some radiant heat protection, especially with the dark
grey
> paint).

> The same amp also has the taller version of the smoothing choke, and
the
> "Radio Spares" version of the cathode resistors (I think John Leak has
> referred to these on this forum before).

> Steve

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hjleak/message/18897


Gingers
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2005-09-25 21:22
[#7668] Leak Club for Leakies or Leak user    
And a pair of 12.1 will find their new owner : )



Gingers
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2005-09-25 21:24
[#7669] Leak Club for Leakies or Leak user    
A challenge for beauty-specialists : )




Gingers
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2005-09-25 21:26
[#7670] Leak Club for Leakies or Leak user    
This will go to a famous Hong Kong vintage collector : )



Gingers
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2005-09-25 21:29
[#7671] Leak Club for Leakies or Leak user    
And this come to my place : )

Gingers
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2005-09-25 21:31
[#7672] Leak Club for Leakies or Leak user    
May I know who is leak_eico_lover ? : )







Gingers
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2005-09-26 20:27
[#7673] Leak Club for Leakies or Leak user    
hi there
sorry these are the only photos both amps are in same condition.
thanks
_______________________________________________

Seller's reply..^^



dd845
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2005-09-26 20:40
[#7674] Leak Club for Leakies or Leak user    
LEAK TL12 PLUS PAIR MONO BLOCKS VERY CLEAN TUBES

dd845
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2005-09-26 20:41
[#7675] Leak Club for Leakies or Leak user    
My Leak Power Amps collection will be as following:-

TL-12 Point One
ST-50
TL-25 Plus
ST-20
TL-12 Plus

^++++++++^




dd845
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2005-09-26 20:48
[#7676] Leak Club for Leakies or Leak user    
迷人的25+



dd845
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2005-09-26 20:51
[#7677] Leak Club for Leakies or Leak user    
.

dd845
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2005-09-26 20:52
[#7678] Leak Club for Leakies or Leak user    
Before restoration..



dd845
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2005-09-26 20:53
[#7679] Leak Club for Leakies or Leak user    
搭VT-75最好聲...



dd845
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2005-09-26 20:55
[#7680] Leak Club for Leakies or Leak user    
ST-50差點離我而去..



dd845
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2005-09-26 20:56
[#7681] Leak Club for Leakies or Leak user    
My ST-20

dd845
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2005-09-26 21:06
[#7682] Leak Club for Leakies or Leak user    
My TL-12 Point One..

^++++++^



dd845
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2005-09-26 21:08
[#7683] Leak Club for Leakies or Leak user    
My Leak Power Amps collection will be as following:-

TL-12 Point One
ST-50
TL-25 Plus
ST-20
TL-12 Plus
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And suddenly many TL/12 Plus users turned up : )

Gingers
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2005-09-26 21:21
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