I have been gifted a Luxman sq38fd. From original owner bought in the 1970s.
It has some problems and I wanted to know if people think it’s worth going down the rabbit hole of repairs.
1. strong burning smell when turned on and one 50CA10 valve glows like the fires of hell.
2. volume switch crackling
3. Stereo / mono switch just cuts out sound occasionally.
4. it has new preamp valves - woohoo!
so I am asking cause I don’t know the endpoint an amp like this gets to. I want to use it with my Klipsch Forte III speakers. If it’s a magical sound and the right repairs give years of happy listening I will go ahead but I am unlikely to want to spend heaps on average. For example a set of 4 50CA10 tubes can be $900 on the net. That might be US$.
Thanks