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I remembered that replacing the bulbs was not a small issue and haven't done it in about 30+ years. You have to take apart the amp down to its bones in order to get to them. I'm still waiting for the bulbs to get here, then I'll replace them, reassemble the amp and give it a shot. So I went on eBay and found them (along with alot of other Dynaco related products) for $1.99, Thats alot for a little #53, 14.4V lamp but I figured where else am I going to find them. Radio Shack didn't have them, and I am finding they don't have alot of things lately, but they will sell you all the 4G phones and plans you want. Anyway, there was a link to the side of the page where I found the bulbs that said #53 bulbs, .31 cents apiece. So I bought 12 of them; the amp takes 4 so I'll have some for when they burn out. When I said earlier that Dynaco equipment was still in high demand, there was a guy selling just the Owner's Manual for the ST150 for $25. Damn.
You should be thankfull OneCall even answered the phone. All I can say is the best of luck with all that. We usually recommend only buying components from authorized dealers (but you may have one or two of them in there someplace) to protect the warranty but truth be told, I've bought new items from ebay/amazon resellers and so far I've been lucky. Everything has worked out pretty well. I also buy quite a bit from craigslist and Audiogon and again I've been pretty lucky. You hear horror stories about CL but so far I've only met real decent people just looking to get rid of some no longer needed equipment. My latest purchase was a Pioneer Elite 35-SC for $649 (+ tax) from BestBuys Magnolia section. It's last years display model but looks good as new and retailed for $1800. Now I've got to sell something else. Are we having fun yet . Two receivers gone belly-up is pretty unusual. Hopefully things will get better from here on out.
BTW, do you work in this business? Best Regards
but in any event, if you're not happy with the sound quality it's either the automatic setup eq (they don't work well for everyone) or the quality of the speakers. You could try and set the speakers up yourself by double-checking the settings the auto program came up with, Speaker size, Crossover setting, etc, and trying to set the eq yourself (if the Sony allows you to. The Onkyo will). Setting equilizers can be tricky and usually things sound even worse at first. But keep trying. Can't be too much worse than what you already had. I run the Pioneer's MCACC and then make any changes to the speaker settings that I feel are needed and tweak the eq to my liking. The thing I like about Pioneer is the 6 MCACC presets. You can run the MCACC, then copy it to another preset and change whatever you want. If you don't like the results you can copy it again and keep trying till you get it right. You can also setup one preset for 5.1, one for late night viewing, one for critical Stereo listening, etc Then, just a push of a button on the remote to change from one preset to another. Brilliant! And no, I'm not in the business. I'm just a single guy with way too much time on his hands and apparently not as much money as I thought I had . Gotta sell some more stuff to support my habit! I like to buy/sell stuff on the net so I can say first-hand what I think is good and what's not good about it. I usually lose a little money here and there but sometimes make a buck or two. I also like helping people 
, if I can. It looks like I've decided to stick with Pioneer Elite for my two systems, mostly for ease of use, 6 MCACC presets and basic continuity between the two systems. It just makes things easier to have all things from the same brand. I still have a foundness for all things marantz and H/K though. As for buying a Harmany, I like to use one or two of the shopping services like PriceGrabber.com and Shopping.com to help me find the best prices. But stick to a well Known etailer or big-box-store when buying. Just to be safe.
