Aesthetix Io Users Group

[Lagonda]

The only thing that helps is to turn off the power to the device and remove the cover and take a photo of the problem. But I would guess that the actual problem lies in the power supply. Perhaps you can see burnt components, e.g. resistors or regulators.

That is a old picture, he has had it repaired since, probably several times.

 

[thekong]

The smoke appears to be coming from the control unit and not the power supply. Did you figure out what happened? Does the unit have stock or other tubes? It looks great in black. How old is the unit?

Yes, this time the smoke came out from the main unit, apparently one of the caps in there blew! At the time, all the tubes in the PS were stock, but the 12ax7 in the first 2 gain stages (ie 8 tubes) were Tele, and the 6SN7 were Ken Rad.

I bought it not long after they introduced the Eclipse version, so may be around 2012 or so !

Actually, our group bought 3 units at the same time, and had a party! Happy time before all 3 units went bad within 40 hours of operation Apparently, Aesthetix got a bad batch of caps then！

 

[Lagonda]

Yes, this time the smoke came out from the main unit, apparently one of the caps in there blew! At the time, all the tubes in the PS were stock, but the 12ax7 in the first 2 gain stages (ie 8 tubes) were Tele, and the 6SN7 were Ken Rad.

I bought it not long after they introduced the Eclipse version, so may be around 2012 or so !

Actually, our group bought 3 units at the same time, and had a party! Happy time before all 3 units went bad within 40 hours of operation Apparently, Aesthetix got a bad batch of caps then！

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Cool pictures !

 

[Argonaut]

Actually, our group bought 3 units at the same time, and had a party! Happy time before all 3 units went bad within 40 hours of operation Apparently, Aesthetix got a bad batch of caps then！

Are you sure that there was no user error involved , due to high levels of Whiskey in the blood stream ;0}

 

[bonzo75]

Again, I am no engineer, but that’s not what I was told! Years ago I wanted to buy a second hand unit from the US, and I asked Aesthetix whether they could convert it to 220V operation by simply changing the taps, and they replied that the transformers had to be changed, so quite expensive for the conversion!

Maybe this is the issue. They probably due more QC with the US transformer and the EU transformer and related changes is experiencing failures

 

[bonzo75]

Too much money, i don't mind spending €50 K - € 100 K on a large speaker system, but € 50 K on a phonostage, no way ! Probably only a little better than the Legato Legacy, and you can occasionally pick those up for € 10K. I have no kids and no mortgage but i find some prices ridiculous and refuse to pay that much.

Maybe if you get a couple of kids and a mortgage you will be less tempted by these ridiculous prices in hifi