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#1 WAD 300b completely kaput - advice please

Posted: Thu Nov 07, 2019 3:03 pm
by adrian
Hi all
my 300b had the usual slight transformer hum but had been fine till very recently. Colin Wonfor (IncaTech) came round recently and noted loss of bass on left channel. I had a look inside and a buzz appeared on the right. Now there is nothing from either channel! I have a number of options:

1. give it away (or sell it for parts only) to someone who knows what they are doing!
2. strip it back and rebuild from scratch, with no guarantee that I am not putting faulty parts back together
3. pay yet more (this thing has cost me an arm and a leg) to have someone fix it (I was told today by a professional friend of a friend that it will cost at least £200 to fix - details to follow)
4. drive it to someone on this forum who would like to play around with it, and agree a price for repair or sale once the full scale of the problem is known
5. drop it down the front steps or pour a cup of tea on it and claim the insurance (red-faced smiley)

Any suggestions?

Cheers

Adrian

#2 Re: WAD 300b completely kaput - advice please

Posted: Thu Nov 07, 2019 4:03 pm
by ed
advice?
If you don't have the knowledge or confidence to investigate then email/pm John Caswell and ask his advice...he is not far from London.
I am surprised you haven't got this sorted via the WAD forum

#3 Re: WAD 300b completely kaput - advice please

Posted: Thu Nov 07, 2019 4:19 pm
by adrian
Cheers. It's on the WAD forum, but not much traffic on there as far as I can see nowadays. WIll email John

#4 Re: WAD 300b completely kaput - advice please

Posted: Thu Nov 07, 2019 6:26 pm
by Nick
Last time I spoke to John earlier in the year he was trying to retire, but I am sure he will offer some help and advice.

#5 Re: WAD 300b completely kaput - advice please

Posted: Thu Nov 07, 2019 7:00 pm
by Thermionic Idler
Hi Adrian

Is this the 300B push-pull or something else?

#6 Re: WAD 300b completely kaput - advice please

Posted: Thu Nov 07, 2019 9:37 pm
by Greg
Thermionic Idler wrote: Thu Nov 07, 2019 7:00 pm Hi Adrian

Is this the 300B push-pull or something else?
Just in case Adrian is slow to reply, an original circa 1995 WAD 300B PP, which I believe has been upgraded. Originally 28W per channel.

#7 Re: WAD 300b completely kaput - advice please

Posted: Thu Nov 07, 2019 10:09 pm
by adrian
Greg is spot-on. John has responded on the other forum and I plan to drive over at some stage
Thans
Adrian

#8 Re: WAD 300b completely kaput - advice please

Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2019 9:36 am
by Thermionic Idler
adrian wrote: Thu Nov 07, 2019 10:09 pm Greg is spot-on. John has responded on the other forum and I plan to drive over at some stage
Thans
Adrian
Ohh nice! Definitely repair it if you can, I remember it being a lovely sounding bit of kit.