I was looking for an inexpensive point to point wired EL84 amp to potentially recap/modify as A: I've learned enough through this forum and recapping my Fisher 400 to finally feel confident enough to take this on and...B: I've never heard an EL84 amp So I've been looking for a beater Fisher SA-16 for cheap to test my skills on. It's got nice big output transformers, indicating pretty good bandwidth. Apparently internet buzz has made this console amp a hot commodity, trading for up to $600. Long story short, I finally located one but it's already been recapped. I picked it up for $360 including a pair of Telefunken 12AX7's, a pair of Mullard 6CA4's and a brand new quad of 6p14EV's. I figured it's fair considering this thing's turnkey, ready to go....But, alas no resto opportunity for me. I don't even have it in my hand yet, as it's halfway between Washington State and me in Pennsylvania. I'll post some photos when I get it, but in the mean time does anybody see anything of note in this low res picture of the wiring? Anything glaring? The gentlemen I bought it from didn't do the work and knows less than I do about what's been done to it.
http://s302.photobucket.com/albums/nn11 ... er%20SA-16
It looks to my untrained eye that the quad cap is at least partially still wired in. I know that an uprated version is available. There's a downloadable .pdf of a slightly modified schemo here, it's the only one I've seen:
http://www.quadesl.com/refurb/refurb_fisherSA16.html