this guy spent 23 years on the bench for texas star and hes doing his own thing now . i asked him about upgrading my texas star 500v when i had it and he suggest bypassing the fuses and upgrading the power lines to 8 gauge . heres a quote where he introduced himself on sparkys store forum .
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"notice techs and hobbiests,
I am Mike from Texas Star.
23 years at their bench and free lancing now.
I offer free tech support on the internet.
e-mail questions to TexasStarRepair@cox.net
I do like a digital picture of top of amp so I can see modifications.
check out my troubleshooting page
at Home Page
this is kept real basic
also check out Texas Star Amp Repair on youtube
I am going to try to give out some basics
so as to save you from frying your new replacement transistors after completing a repair. Always check the bias. It only takes 1 minute. "