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Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Beomaster 8000: Recapping the Filter and Tone Control Board

The last Beomaster 8000 PCB that needed its electrolytic capacitors replaced was the Filter and Tone control board that sits underneath the control panel of the unit. After unsoldering the signal strength meter leads, I removed the board from the control panel. Here are is a photo of the board in its original condition:


And after replacing the capacitors with new 105C types:

And a detail shot (the two AD13 ICs are the 64dB volume attenuators for the right and left channels):

Time to put the Beomaster back together and test the 3D printed control panel latch!


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