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Nice site you've got here BTW, very informative.

PT looks OK. You worried about the brown puddles? That's just solder flux. No problem. That's what I thought, just wasn't sure cause I'm a fud when it comes to the inside of amps :D Still way back at the start I'm afraid. I would reflow them and clean properly. Isopropyl alcohol does the job. I'm g...

To clarify: I don't like the way Engl "packaged" a very good circuit design. These amps are great sounding for the sounds they are designed to deliver. But on a repair bench the only sounds you'll hear will be me swearing in several languages. From schematic to packaged product, that job must have ...

I dunno mate, would the schematics be any good?

Engl don't like providing the right schematics for some reason, but the pic I've attached (from the SloClone forums) is verified as correct.

Clear enough. Thanks mate

VacuumVoodoo wrote:and continue to dissect this piece of crap down to last electron.

Are you talking about my new amp? If you are, and I seriously hope you're not, do you not think that's a wee bit strong? They can't be that bad...

Cheers for the info guys. Some interesting reading there.

Sorry roberto, I thought you were being funny. I agree that the holes look strange (there's another two in front of the preamp tubes), but I don't have the balls, the skills or the knowledge to take the amp apart to check the pcbs :oops: Even worse someone repaired the amp with caps that were too ta...

Sorry? WTF do you mean by that comment?

Hi, I recently bought a used Engl Powerball and noticed a load of gloop on a few caps that protrude above the top of the chassis. I'm a bit worried that something is wrong/on the way out, or that sloppy repair work has been carried out at some point? I'm new to tube amps, so hopefully I'm just barki...