I have had my mkIII since the 80's. Use them almost every day, never had any problems even with the 6550's in them and (most important) never upgraded the quad cap or selenium rectifier, they bias out fine. Then I read the dangers and got worried.
I bought some new chassis' a long time ago and new boards, caps, quad caps, everything except the transformers just recently from DynaKits.
My thought was to rebuild them, but the only parts I do not have are the transformers and my thought was to use the old transformers.
Then I started thinking again (oh no!), what if I left the old mkIII's in original state and bought new transformers to finish off the new mkIII's.
So, my question after my long diatribe is (what would you do):
1. leave the old mkIII's alone and enjoy listening to them?
2. rip the transformers out of the old mkIII's and use them in the new mkIII's?
3. buy new transformers, finish off new mkIII's and keep the old mkIII's as original and put away?
If I have been using the old mkIII's this long, is there still a high risk of damage?
Thanks, Phil
I bought some new chassis' a long time ago and new boards, caps, quad caps, everything except the transformers just recently from DynaKits.
My thought was to rebuild them, but the only parts I do not have are the transformers and my thought was to use the old transformers.
Then I started thinking again (oh no!), what if I left the old mkIII's in original state and bought new transformers to finish off the new mkIII's.
So, my question after my long diatribe is (what would you do):
1. leave the old mkIII's alone and enjoy listening to them?
2. rip the transformers out of the old mkIII's and use them in the new mkIII's?
3. buy new transformers, finish off new mkIII's and keep the old mkIII's as original and put away?
If I have been using the old mkIII's this long, is there still a high risk of damage?
Thanks, Phil
