Rana
pfm Member
I've always wanted to hear this Creek since fellow Nait 2 fan and pfm member Alco once mentioned to me that he rated them as a high vfm amp with some of that Naim magic. So finally I managed to bag one on Ebay for £60 for a cheap but classic setup paired with Wharfedale Diamonds for my desk. I unpacked it last night and it was in nice external condition for a 40'ish year old amp. Unfortunately after I connected it up, the right hand channel was not outputting any sound. After no success changing cables, inputs and speakers, I then measured this channel at with a circa 3V continuous output with music playing, whilst the left hand channel was fine outputting variable voltage at the same time. The seller immediately refunded me which was very noble of him (he wrote that he had tried it at a friend's system as he didn't own any speakers). I can send it back to the seller but would really try and get it fixed. I have no repair skills due to poor hand-eye coordination and slightly shaky hands - soldering has always been problematic for me. So question is - I have now been reading scare stories that there were multiple variants of the early 4040 models with questionable initial engineering design, so is it worth getting it fixed?