Two questions:

My old Onkyo receiver sometimes needs to be cranked up real loud, and the balance switch fiddled with to initiate sound from one or both channels. Sound like a short? Easy (cheap) to fix? Worth it on a circa 1992 100x2 amp heading for the garage?

Second question:

Anybody tried removing the Axiom badges from the speaker grills? The badge on my VP150 annoys me when light reflects off of it.