Another ebay texas star 400

[psycho]

Look at the wire nuts.......why didn't they just replace the wire and solder it on? Some moron still paid $230 for it.

 

[Decoder]

Lets see 4 original 2879's matched (not DEI's). Everything else looks good in there. If the only thing that has to be done is some new wire. For $230 who's the moron?

 

[psycho]

Lets see 4 original 2879's matched (not DEI's). Everything else looks good in there. If the only thing that has to be done is some new wire. For $230 who's the moron?

1) First of all that amp is 25+ years old and that's more than what it sold for new.
2) It is a Texas Star.....that speaks volumes. LOL
3) It is equipped with 2sc2290s, not 2879s........25+ year old 2290s though.
4) How did you come up with the matched 2879s part...the numbers are not even visible?
5) People who half ass ultra simple entry level repairs generally don't take care of equipment.

 

[222DBFL]

Look closely at the positive wire where the wire nut is. There's a large burnt trace there. Looks as if the wire nut is cracked as well. Burnt trace is right under the blue wire. Or am I just seeing things?? Wouldn't touch it with a 10ft Pole!!

 

[space cowboy]

1) First of all that amp is 25+ years old and that's more than what it sold for new.

Yes it's more than it sold for new in 1980 dollars. Try sticking the "then" sales price in this calculator and see how much that price would equal today.

http://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm

Heck of a lot more than "todays" $230.

Convert that $230 to 1980 dollars and they bought that amp for less than 80$...

 

[543_Dallas]

Anyone that buys a used CB amp with unknown history and expects it to have good matched pills is dreaming. Just because they still work doesn't mean they are still good.

It doesn't matter what the lot numbers on the transistors are, if they were matched when the amp was built, red dots or no dots. That all goes out the window after after its been abused for any amount of time.