Realistic STA-2100D MONSTER Receiver - Repairs (Ep. 159)

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  @johnstreet797 · 2 years ago

  I worked at Radio Shack when the STA2200 came out. A guy had just gotten a big tax refund and wanted a top of the line system. I sold him the 2200, a set of Mach 1 speakers and a bunch of other stuff. As we were talking I asked him if he had kids. He had two sons, ages 15 and 17. I grabbed a couple of in line fuse holders and some 5 amp fuses, and told him to put them in the speaker lines. Sure enough he came in a few weeks later and told me while he was out the kids had cranked it up and blown the system. We laughed, he bought some more fuses, and the kids were never to touch his system again.

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• 2P

  @2packs4sure · 3 years ago

  Man when I was 15-16 years old I remember looking at that Radio Shack catalog and drooling over those !!<br>No way could I have ever afforded it back then..<br>In fact my 1st car that I got in 1981 was only a $150 more than that receiver..... &nbsp;lol

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• ST

  @SteveMasonCanada · 3 years ago

  Wow, great job. You really went into detail. Disassembling the wafer switch was over the top. I&apos;d have sprayed it, manipulated it a few times, and called it done.

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• ZX

  @zx8401ztv · 3 years ago

  Smashing repair Trevor, You go to so much trouble to get the best out of that beast.<br>I&apos;ve always liked realistic products, decent and often have a positive bass bias.<br>You remind me of xraytonyb, He goes to so much trouble to make it spot on :-D<br>I hope he isn&apos;t your enemy lol.

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• CH

  @chrisdado · 3 years ago

  I remember seeing these in the Tandy catalogue circa 80/81, and the hefty price tag that accompanied them. Here in the UK they didn&apos;t sell well, the consumer hi-fi market had already shifted to separates and receivers were perceived as old tech. Realistic had also gained a reputation for poor production quality (not just their hi-fi products). A few years later you could walk into a Tandy store and haggle for one of these at a large discount. In the years that followed the Realistic brand faded into obscurity.

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• AG

  @agostinodibella9939 · 3 years ago

  Wow, a very well done detailed video. I have this receiver which I bought new in Feb ‘81. &nbsp;It sat for many years without much use. It still works, sometimes you have to work the controls a little to get the scratchy noise out of it. Years ago the power switch was starting to arc. I looked inside and found a double pole single throw switch with only one set of contacts used. I added the second set of contacts and it improved. I eventually wired in a relay to switch the AC and used the switch to control it .

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• EX

  @excentor · 3 years ago (edited)

  I prefer old-school mica for output transistors. Thanks a lot for your videos, i really enjoy them a lot!! it&apos;s a sort of new age/asmr fo rme =) i watch them when I am going to sleep from bed. Love your work, keep always working like that! thank you again.

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• FO

  @fontasgenave7066 · 3 years ago

  I am watching your videos with great appreciation. Really like how you bring the life back into these epic machines. Keep up the great work and these videos coming ❤️‍🔥

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• PO

  @Poppinwheeeeellllllieeeeez · 3 years ago

  Nice job Trevor. Always a Great video. Love seeing the testing at the end.

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• CH

  @christopherwest5840 · 3 years ago

  Great work as usual. &nbsp;The switch disassembly and the fix for the broken copper traces were great to watch.

• AL

  @alex1520 · 3 years ago

  That thing is built like a tank!!!

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• UN

  @unknownerror542 · 3 years ago (edited)

  Interesting on your comment about there should only be one ground, and for those that don&apos;t understand that comment:<br><br>First hand experience, famous airplane manufacturer, the electricians don&apos;t want to follow that concept - they believe ground is ground, they tie to chassis, it&apos;s ground. &nbsp;While it MAY be ground, what people fail to realize is that all ground is not equal. &nbsp;Whenever you have current running across distances of varying length, you&apos;ll induce varying voltages - so now your ground MAY be ground, but you have a different reference of ground voltage! &nbsp;Bonding all of your ground reference to a single point of reference will mean that all references of ground are then equal.

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