Topic: goodwill outlet store find. (Rotel)

[78 k550]

Hey All,
Just scored a Rotel RB956AX amp and a RC980BX pre amp and a Yamaha tuner TX-540
All for 18.00

Paul

[Duke McDukiedook]

Sweet, Rotel made good equipment back in the day.

And we need pictures of course or else it never happened.

[78 k550]

ok, here is one.

Paul

[Duke McDukiedook]

Noice.
You need to get one of those brute matching two channel amplifiers to really rock the house.
What speakers do you plan on rocking with those?

[mark]

dammit I'm getting sick of hearing about all the great effing deals at the Good Swill Outlet Store.

All they have here is retail stores where everything is priced like they're proud of it.

Dammit gimme an Outlet Store already.

Aargh.

/rant

[78 k550]

Noice.
You need to get one of those brute matching two channel amplifiers to really rock the house.
What speakers do you plan on rocking with those?

I made some in 86 like Klipsch 12 pyle driver with mid horn and horn tweets. I run a NAD 2200 now only a 2 channel amp and can also be a mono block.
I picked up some bookshelf B&W's years ago I might be dusting them off.
Starting to look like a great garage/workshop system.

Paul

[dave500]

I pulled a pioneer A-109 the other day from a dumster that works fine,i still have the sanyo DCA-411 I bought new in about 1980,works great.

[78 k550]

I pulled a pioneer A-109 the other day from a dumster that works fine,i still have the sanyo DCA-411 I bought new in about 1980,works great.

Nice find Dave. The older stuff is cool to have.

Paul

[grcamna2]

I have never bought a 'new and improved' anything ! I like the older good quality things that're made to Last and I DON'T believe in making everything that's 'older than 10-15 years' obsolete !   

[dave500]

I still use the speakers and turntable I bought with that dca 411,all sounds great,replaced the belt and needles of course over time,the volume pot sounds a bit scratchy when its turned through the speakers.

[78 k550]

I still use the speakers and turntable I bought with that dca 411,all sounds great,replaced the belt and needles of course over time,the volume pot sounds a bit scratchy when its turned through the speakers.

I still use the speakers and turntable I bought with that dca 411,all sounds great,replaced the belt and needles of course over time,the volume pot sounds a bit scratchy when its turned through the speakers.

can some electrixcal contact cleaner fix it from scratching?



Paul

[dave500]

yeah I think thatll solve it,do them all and blow out dust etc maybe?you know the saying though leave well enough alone?

[mark]

I still use the speakers and turntable I bought with that dca 411,all sounds great,replaced the belt and needles of course over time,the volume pot sounds a bit scratchy when its turned through the speakers.

I still use the speakers and turntable I bought with that dca 411,all sounds great,replaced the belt and needles of course over time,the volume pot sounds a bit scratchy when its turned through the speakers.

can some electrixcal contact cleaner fix it from scratching?
Paul

The shop sounds come from a Sherwood receiver that I got at a yard sale ages ago. There was a piece of toothpick that had to be stuck in the Muting switch just so or you got no FM. Volume and balance pots extra scratchy and right channel would drop out unless the knobs were set just so....

Found a tiny can of DEOXIT and gave all the controls a squirt. Worked the buttons and knobs some and another squirt.

Let stuff dry for a few and hooked back up....

No more scratchy. No right speaker dropping out. NO MORE TOOTHPICK!

(the stuff works)

 

[Duke McDukiedook]

For balance and volume controls you would be better off using a product called faderlube that does not wash out the protecting lube they put on those controls. Deoxit clears all that stuff out and takes away the original feel and can screw them up sometimes.
 

[grcamna2]

I still use the speakers and turntable I bought with that dca 411,all sounds great,replaced the belt and needles of course over time,the volume pot sounds a bit scratchy when its turned through the speakers.

I still use the speakers and turntable I bought with that dca 411,all sounds great,replaced the belt and needles of course over time,the volume pot sounds a bit scratchy when its turned through the speakers.

can some electrixcal contact cleaner fix it from scratching?



Paul

if they're a little scratchy then spray just a tiny amount of de-oxit into there and that'll clean it up, w/ a lot of knob-turning to get it nice. 

[mark]

For balance and volume controls you would be better off using a product called faderlube that does not wash out the protecting lube they put on those controls. Deoxit clears all that stuff out and takes away the original feel and can screw them up sometimes.

If I had a big can then we'd be in trouble.

As the Deoxit can was the 7 gram size, and I had to divvy it up between a whole mess of knobs and buttons, i wasn't going to squirt enough to wash out anything.

It seems to have softened the 40 year old grease in the switches as they don't feel as crunchy as they did and thankfully no more bits of broken toothpick to hold the switch just so.

If I screwed something up then I'm out a $10 yard sale brick. oops.

I'll keep that in mind next time around though.

[grcamna2]

Hey Dukie, Faderlube? is it available locally or only online ? I know what you mean about washing out the original factory special lube they put into the rotary knobs,I like that original 'feel' also.

[Duke McDukiedook]

It is made by the company that makes deoxit. Probably easiest to get it online.