These may be reusable if you clean them up. You can see the insulating mica sheet and shoulder washer in your picture. Whats your oppinion Thanks in advance Jordan. Here is a clean comparison between a PMR purple hempopotamus cone remanufactured Vintage Jensen C8R speaker and a stock Vox Pathfinder 15R Chinese yellow bul. one reviewer said it sounded simular to a vox ac30 which I know to be a good amp thanks to Mr. And, the 15 is so over-hyped that I dont think it really lives up to its reputation. Its better than the Marshall MG10, IMO, but you can do a lot better with a Boss Katana Mini or Blackstar Debut 15 for 100. i'v heard some good reviews about it and for the price its a niffty little thing i also like the tremolo and reverb settings it has. The 10 is good for what it is, an 80 amp. The metal tab needs to be insulated from the aluminum part. 1 Hi guys I'v been looking at buying a vox pathfinder 15r. One more thing: Make sure you mount the new power amp chip properly. If they drop ~0.6V when forward biased, they're probably fine.Įverything else in the circuit comes after the regulators, so as long as the zeners didn't fail open everything else should be fine. Oh and its VOX Any ideas Doesnt look like a modern ac15 or 30 to me, namely because of the boost switch, and the brown control panel. Only thing I know for sure is it has a tremolo, reverb and a boost switch. The fuse probably blew before they got too hot, but you can test these with a multimeter. 1 Edit: the amp has been IDd by drewcp Limited amount of pictures to go by. ZD1 and ZD2 are used as shunt regulators. You can replace them if you want they're very inexpensive.
They're rated for 100V and are just there for protection.Ĭ24 and C25 are probably fine. It might be worth the extra couple dollars to replace them just in case though.ĭ2 and D3 are fine. If you don't see any indication of failure, they're probably fine. If you put too much voltage across an electrolytic cap, it will often leak (or explode). The TDA2030A has an absolute maximum supply voltage rating of ☒5V and you (theoretically) fed it ±46V. You would have exceeded their voltage rating with your 230V mistake, but they may have been protected somewhat from the overvoltage when IC4 failed. All Pathfinder 15R manufactured since mid 2008 had brown Vox grill.Īn 8" special design Vox speaker was mounted inside the open backed cabinet.Not definitely, but possibly. I'd like to tame a little crispiness in the treble freqs and tighten the bass. But it seems a little TOO full-frequency.
Vox pathfinder 15r bullnose vs c8r mod#
I did the LED mod last year and was happy with the increased clean (er) output. A Boost switch dramatically increases gain and overdrive.īlack Vox grill cloth was used on the Pathfinder 15R from 2002 through 2008, but a change made was by the factory to brown Vox grill cloth in mid 2008. 1 dinomike77 Tele-Meister Joined Posts 370 I recently dragged my Pathfinder 15R outta the closet. In addition to Gain, Volume, Treble, and Bass Controls, the P15R even includes Tremolo and spring based Reverb. Later Vox models in the low to mid price range would drop the use of gold string.Īlthough solid state, this amp had an amazing tube like tone. It has all the vintage style Vox cosmetics right, including gold string in the cabinet sides, top, and bottom. This was one of my favorite amps from Vox. After more than twelve years of production, Vox finally retired the P15R Pathfinder Reverb in January 2013.
That amp disappeared shortly after the Pathfinder 15R was introduced. This amp was an updated version of the Pathfinder without reverb that was originally introduced by Vox in 1999. The Pathfinder 15R was a small solid state 1x8" 15 watt combo amp that was introduced by Vox in 2000.
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