Audiolab / Tag amp quandry. Help!
Discussion
Firstly, my set up is as follows
Tag Mclaren 700/7R.
Audiolab 8000m x2 (one currently needing repair)
Kef KHT5005 rears (I think that's the model...)
Tag AV32R processor.
Tag CD20r.
Mission 752 Freedom.
KEF Q400b sub
Recently I my rear speakers suddenly started buzzing. Not a quiet hum, a buzz which could be heard throughout the entire house!
I quickly qualified that it is not the speakers at fault, by wiring up a surplus Denon speaker to the same result.
As mentioned at the beginning of the post one of my 8000m's is faulty (read dead!) awaiting repair. This meant that one of my front speakers wasn't making a sound. Easy I thought, removing the L/R speaker cables in to the 700/7R L/R input.
After ballsing up part of the rewiring I called Nottingham hi-fi, who quickly corrected my mistake, so then I asked about the buzz.
He advised me that the 700/7R is at fault, and it sounds like it may soon have catastrophic failure if not looked at (Audiolab will still service them, he says)
This leaves me with the following questions, if any of you are in a better position than I knowledge wise.
1) What may need looking at/fixing/replacing in the 700/7R, and could it be ruinous money?
2) Firing it up it does sound great. It's been 6 months since one of the 8000m's failed, so my memory is failing me RE how good it sounds against these. Is it worth repairing the 8000m AS WELL as the 700/7R, IE to get greater performance, or will the 700/7R be just as capable with the 752's, in the real world. This would then allow me to sell the two 8000m's, to hopefully offset the work needed on the 700.
Any pointers will be greatly appreciated, and thanks in advance!
Tag Mclaren 700/7R.
Audiolab 8000m x2 (one currently needing repair)
Kef KHT5005 rears (I think that's the model...)
Tag AV32R processor.
Tag CD20r.
Mission 752 Freedom.
KEF Q400b sub
Recently I my rear speakers suddenly started buzzing. Not a quiet hum, a buzz which could be heard throughout the entire house!
I quickly qualified that it is not the speakers at fault, by wiring up a surplus Denon speaker to the same result.
As mentioned at the beginning of the post one of my 8000m's is faulty (read dead!) awaiting repair. This meant that one of my front speakers wasn't making a sound. Easy I thought, removing the L/R speaker cables in to the 700/7R L/R input.
After ballsing up part of the rewiring I called Nottingham hi-fi, who quickly corrected my mistake, so then I asked about the buzz.
He advised me that the 700/7R is at fault, and it sounds like it may soon have catastrophic failure if not looked at (Audiolab will still service them, he says)
This leaves me with the following questions, if any of you are in a better position than I knowledge wise.
1) What may need looking at/fixing/replacing in the 700/7R, and could it be ruinous money?
2) Firing it up it does sound great. It's been 6 months since one of the 8000m's failed, so my memory is failing me RE how good it sounds against these. Is it worth repairing the 8000m AS WELL as the 700/7R, IE to get greater performance, or will the 700/7R be just as capable with the 752's, in the real world. This would then allow me to sell the two 8000m's, to hopefully offset the work needed on the 700.
Any pointers will be greatly appreciated, and thanks in advance!
Edited by Fermit and Sexy Sarah on Saturday 22 August 22:32
FarmyardPants said:
I had a similar amp (8000x7) which failed to power on one day. Took it to Audiolab to be repaired (also took the 8000ap in for firmware upgrade) and the cost was very reasonable. Great service, too.
Really good to know, many thanks. And a very similar amp, IIRC the very SAME amp rebranded after Tag Mc reverted to Audiolab 
Yes I think it’s the same amp 
. I sold it after that as I went to active speakers. It had a guarantee which was nice for the new owner. Well worth getting it repaired, they will test everything and replace any components that don’t make the grade. In fact if they find something below par they will replace other components of that type where they occur in pairs etc. I think it was Steve I dealt with, nice chap.
. I sold it after that as I went to active speakers. It had a guarantee which was nice for the new owner. Well worth getting it repaired, they will test everything and replace any components that don’t make the grade. In fact if they find something below par they will replace other components of that type where they occur in pairs etc. I think it was Steve I dealt with, nice chap.Edited by FarmyardPants on Monday 24th August 13:38
There used to be someone in bicester who serviced tag gear . He serviced my 100x5 and also changed some of the bits improving the sound . He was quite reasonable but did an amazing job
Here is a link discussing him and contact
https://www.avforums.com/threads/kevin-green-of-au...
Here is a link discussing him and contact
https://www.avforums.com/threads/kevin-green-of-au...
laingy said:
There used to be someone in bicester who serviced tag gear . He serviced my 100x5 and also changed some of the bits improving the sound . He was quite reasonable but did an amazing job
Here is a link discussing him and contact
https://www.avforums.com/threads/kevin-green-of-au...
Thanks laingy. As an update, that's actually who I'm taking it to this afternoon, along with my Tag CD player to replace its dead LCD. I did try Audiolab as my first port of call, but they stopped servicing/ repairing tag a few years ago. Interestingly Google took me to the very thread you linked! Here is a link discussing him and contact
https://www.avforums.com/threads/kevin-green-of-au...
To conclude the thread. Home this afternoon having collected my amp, repaired, by Kevin Green at Bicester. He's done a cracking job, which he took payment for in the form of relieving me of my two 8000m's. I'm guessing these will be up on the bay of e's any time soon!
Even better is that I managed to get it successfully set up to the rest of my kit, and it's now up and running, sounding brilliant. That last detail will probably sound small fry, but my recent poor (mental) health didn't half made that a daunting task.
Oh, and he has a rather nice concourse condition E34 M5 to boot!
Thanks for your assistance.
Even better is that I managed to get it successfully set up to the rest of my kit, and it's now up and running, sounding brilliant. That last detail will probably sound small fry, but my recent poor (mental) health didn't half made that a daunting task.
Oh, and he has a rather nice concourse condition E34 M5 to boot!
Thanks for your assistance.
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