Nikko alpha iii amplifier repair series#

Once I bought my Sansui Quad QX4500, the 'sickness' hit me and I've spent the last few years building a monster cool, midrange quad system with the intension of having surround for movies and plenty of balls to push my big Fisher (15' woofers) and my system of eight speakers and sub when I want to shake the rafters. I'm a 'fledgling' audiophile at best who has taken a liking to older 70's and 80's gear. Its descrete amplification so if a channel blows you should be able to replace the blown bits with off the shelf components.ДЇirstly, I'm absolutely no expert. The HK blew me away but I thought my amp was at least an audio match to all of these amps. Will keep it to run a third or fourth zone.Дuring my saerch for HT systems, I've listened to Denon, Yamaha, Onkyo, Marantz and HK. I'm looking at replaceing it with a HT amp. Circuit diagrams are available from or It's good for turntables as the phono pre amp can do MC or MM catridges. The Volume and Loudness are tied together so as the volume goes above 5, the loudness drops off to protect your speakers. The only gripe that I've had is with the volume control. Sounds good to me, and it's been reliable. I listen to most forms of Rock music (loudly) and the occasional classical piece.

Nikko alpha iii amplifier repair series#

It happily runs a set of Series 2 Bose 601's and a Thorens turntable. Fisher and Sanyo merged at one point for goodness sake, does that tell you anything? By the way I have over 28 years of audio recording, audio sales, and general hi-fi neurosis to my credit.Дon't think that I agree with adrianbacon2. It always pays to visit your local long-established Audio Store if you have one and ask the techs about what they think of the equipment's reliability. Some of the brands I have seen touted on the Internet from this era were highly unreliable. I owned an Alpha/Beta/Gamma stack in the late 70's and I got what I paid for. Sound is so subjective anyway (if so-called audiophiles had any idea how the original signal gets mangled by even the best recording consoles, they would not be so condescending and snobbish). For what I've seen on ebay (with a few exceptions) the Nikkos are a bargain when you can find them.

To expect the 'absolute sound' from these pieces would be ludicrous, they were never marketed that way.

The 70's Nikko home audio stuff was pretty decent.