My Yamaha A-S701 sits on a low stand under a TV table. I decided that after years the floor and amp could use a dusting. I disconnected all cords and speaker wires, removed the Yamaha and wiped all surfaces with a micro fibre cloth. After dusting under the table I replaced and reconnected the Yamaha, powered on and holy excrement; a really strange sizzling type sound came out of my speaker or speakers and the power light indicator was flickering. Turning it off and turning it back on no weird noises, but the power light flickers and all the source indicator lights start rapidly flashing on and off, then stop flashing and the power light goes to normal. At very low volume it was fine but increasing to moderate volume it shuts down with a flickering power light. I checked and double checked all connections, finally I switched the Yamaha into a bedroom system and installed an Onkyo TX8511 where the Yamaha had been.
Miracle, they both worked fine. So watched some football and this morning switched the amps back to their original systems and the Yamaha failed exactly the same way again. OK,
I put the Yamaha back where it had been working fine just an hour ago and now it fails completely, just a flickering light.
So should I give it a decent burial, or???????????????
Miracle, they both worked fine. So watched some football and this morning switched the amps back to their original systems and the Yamaha failed exactly the same way again. OK,
I put the Yamaha back where it had been working fine just an hour ago and now it fails completely, just a flickering light.
So should I give it a decent burial, or???????????????