I’ve got way too much vintage hifi equipment. I’m going to start parting with some. First up is a pair of JBL 4430’s. If anyone has a hankering for them, send me a PM.

A Yamaha flag ship setup-C2, M2 and NS1000s
A McIntosh C28
Norman Lab 11’s
Carver C2 with a pair of Carver M200T
Possibly 2 amp pairs, Hitachi HMA8500 MKII (will only sell as a pair because I feel they MUST be bridged to show what they can do) and I have a pair of Epicure amps-I got one and immediately sought out another to replace my McIntosh MC2205s. I’ve never seen an amplifier as impressive as the Epicure (and it has no p channel transistors)-2 ohm stable, 275W into 4 ohm loads. I ran the Epicures with a Threshold SL10 into a pair of Yamaha NS1000s and the JBL 4430s for years.
If the price is right, a Pioneer PL630 with an AT25 cartridge. I have the table box and the cartridge box and can document I’m the second owner.

I’d probably trade hifi gear for pins…

Fuses blown are most likely shorted outputs transistors or a shorted power supply. Adcoms aren’t difficult to repair. Parts are readily available. Schematics are free on hifiengine. Keep it. Fix it. It’s no harder than repairing a WPC power driver board.

Big black is a torroid transformer. Less noise than an iron core transformer. Used commonly in audio applications

This table is gonna need a new home soon if any of y’all are interested. PL-630. I’m the documented 2nd owner (original owner is a friend of mine). I’ve got the original box. Currently sporting an AT-25 cartridge and I have the original wood box for the AT.

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Man, I sold the 3 pair of NS1000’s I had in the past 18 months for relatively cheap (~$750/pair). The tweeters and midranges are amazing thanks to the beryllium!
I used to run them with an Epicure amp and had two more Epicure amps for each of the JBL4430’s the NS1000’s were on. Threshold SL10 preamp. It was deafening! But crystal clear. Check out the Epicure amps…no P channel transistors anywhere in it (maybe two? I can’t remember because I haven’t cracked one open in a long time)

I think they’re just called “Epicure Model 1”? It’s the only amplifier Epicure ever made. I still have them. A friend of mine here locally has two as well. I read on Audiogon there’s maybe 100 know to still be around? Who knows? All I know is when I got the first one, I ran it side by side with an MC2205 that I’d restored. I bought the first Epicure for $200. After 15 minutes of listening to it, I put the MC2205 up for sale. Got enough for it that it covered buying the other two Epicures I later found and still put over $1000 in my pocket. Mac amps are great, I’ll never dog them (and to this day best parts department and customer service anywhere) but those Epicure amps do it for me.

There used to be a fella on eBay making those Marantz faceplates in black and they’re sexy AF