Re: Sony STR-DB940 pulled back from the brink

Nice to see this thread still going, well 9 years on, however our trusty DB940 started going into "protector" mode when you switched it on

Not always but enough to be a right old pain in the............

So as I'd picked up another one for £20 about 5yrs ago as a spare which "apparently" had a duff motorised volume motor, which actually turned out to be just the pin broken on the remote door meaning it thought the door was open all the time I swapped it out a few weeks...

Re: Sony STR-DB940 pulled back from the brink

Result

4mins work with the soldering iron and job done, all points can be got at via the removeable panel underneath.
It took longer to disconnect and remove the amp from the AV rack than it did to solder up the relays

So far its been running for about 20mins and hasnt clicked or dropped a channel once so recon its cured, also the centre speaker output quality has improved by 50% at least, I just hadnt realised how bad it had got

Many thanks to Ethan and the others...

Re: Sony STR-DB940 pulled back from the brink

Another 940 with clicking relays and centre speaker cutting out here.

Have already pulled it apart once and randomly touched up the solder joints on the output stages, which made naff all difference, never thought of doing the relays

Was thinking it was new amp time but I just love the sound this one makes, anyhow thanks for the info here I'll break out the Soldering Iron again and wave it over the relay connections

Will report back and if I have anything further to add...