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Re: Vintage Hi-Fi enthusiasts?
« Reply #225 on: April 14, 2024, 08:23:47 PM »
Nice!

Maybe retitle the thread  , vintage hifi, old audio, and old lofi
Or, is it ...hifi, fi, lofi
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Re: Vintage Hi-Fi enthusiasts?
« Reply #226 on: April 16, 2024, 04:20:43 PM »
I might try to fix it some day, probably needs new tubes.
Very cool.  Probably needs new caps too!  Might try to reform them if you have a variac.   ;)
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Re: Vintage Hi-Fi enthusiasts?
« Reply #227 on: April 17, 2024, 02:08:41 AM »
Definitely could use new Capacitors, anything that old could benefit from them as a start point. Then see what else it might need. I follow a young lady on Instagram who cleans up and repairs old amps for guitars. Her channel could help give you a bit of guidance. She is in Los Angeles. Odds are she would give you some tips if you interact with her a bit with direct questions about troubleshooting such a device. Odds are there are like-minded folks here that can follow along and give you troubleshooting and repair tips.
Create a thread and drop a link here...

Coleen Fazio is the vintage guitar amp repair person I mentioned...
Here's a snapshot of the Instagram info which cross-references her YouTube id and gives her Gmail address for inquires for appraisal and quotes for repair work. She has some interesting repair videos and I am on her YouTube channel as well. I also follow on YouTube a fellow in Australia who does circuit board repair work on old Macs and other devices with and devices, he has interesting work he shares and he has some interesting banter while doing repairs of boards recapping the boards is often a common repair to restore operating on many devices because capacitors simply do not have long life on any electronics. He does a blog or live feed if I watch it is often afterwards and I listen at a speed that compresses the time needed, boosting the sped to a level I can listen and still understand him and I only slow it down or really watch if it is something I hear that interests me. He works under magnification and uses video feed which zooms in to give him the close up to guide his actions repairing boards. The SMD components often are difficult to even read anymore for me without magnification and SMD board work requires specialized tools, some aren't too awful bad price wise, but it is something I am not geared up to do.

Old discrete components like you will be dealing with in that vintage clock and radio are much easier to troubleshoot. Visually some components will be possible to troubleshoot. But replacing capacitors with like values is definitely highly recommended. A lot of old electronics might have potting that will be removed with heat as it is a soft potting to prevent components from moving or shorting from movement and vibration, it often was wax based and if the equipment was stored in a very warm area that potting often gets melted and moves as a result.  I've ran into that...

Some tubes are obtainable and some are not. Don't presume they are bad. A lot of tubes you run across are the tubes as that was a common repair stream. But audio tubes are still being made as are guitar amp tubes. Audio tubes can be very pricey as can be some amp tubes.
Nice thing is tubes are easy to test if you can read the tube printing you often can find the tube specs these days.
 Coleen might give you some guidance or watching some of her YouTube videos can give you repair ideas...
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Re: Vintage Hi-Fi enthusiasts?
« Reply #228 on: April 17, 2024, 05:31:51 AM »
I have a lot of electronic test gear but not a variac.
I did find an old schematic for a similar model.
Maybe I'll look at it someday when I run out of other projects.
Thanks for the advice.
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Re: Vintage Hi-Fi enthusiasts?
« Reply #229 on: April 17, 2024, 02:05:50 PM »
I have a lot of electronic test gear but not a variac.
I did find an old schematic for a similar model.
Maybe I'll look at it someday when I run out of other projects.
Thanks for the advice.

Your very welcome.  I've brought quite a few tube receivers back to life with a variac and a dim bulb tester.  Just remember when working on tube gear, one hand to work on the gear and the other hand in your pocket!
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Re: Vintage Hi-Fi enthusiasts?
« Reply #230 on: April 17, 2024, 09:02:32 PM »
I have a lot of electronic test gear but not a variac.
I did find an old schematic for a similar model.
Maybe I'll look at it someday when I run out of other projects.
Thanks for the advice.

Your very welcome.  I've brought quite a few tube receivers back to life with a variac and a dim bulb tester.  Just remember when working on tube gear, one hand to work on the gear and the other hand in your pocket!

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Re: Vintage Hi-Fi enthusiasts?
« Reply #231 on: October 26, 2024, 09:22:01 AM »
   My old components were pretty toasty, the old technics turntable plays too fast and the Sharp tuner never was much, so I got a new Audio-technics turntable and a Pyle tuner off of ebay. I also grabbed a glass door cabinet to stack it all in, I'm sitting here listening to a Johnny Rivers album this morning,
  I haven't tried the old Sony cassette deck yet but I'm sure it's wired right up to where I ran out of outlets to plug it in to.
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« Reply #232 on: October 26, 2024, 10:04:59 AM »
Great stuff for sure! I pulled down an Alpine pullout from a shelf and my kids couldn’t figger out what the h3ll it was!


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« Reply #233 on: October 26, 2024, 04:01:56 PM »
 L0L!  I was putting the records in the new cabinet and noticed a pair of chewed Beatles album covers that were eaten by my dog, 4 dogs ago. That was around 1974, he lived to be 13 and made it to where we live now. He did get a couple of our records, these two survived the dog attack.
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« Reply #234 on: October 28, 2024, 05:26:06 AM »
Do any of you guys also work on your vintage electronic equipment?  It took me a bit of a learning curve, but it's fun and rewarding to bring back to proper working order an old tube receiver or something similar.
Just had my Denon POA-2400 amp recapped and the crappy binding posts replaced with quality pieces. Wasn't cheap.....though the recap kit from Poland was very reasonable....and took about 4 months to get done. It is a great amp.....powerful with a great slew rate. Next is getting the Thorens 165 serviced. A dying art repairing vintage hi-fi.
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« Reply #235 on: October 29, 2024, 01:41:03 AM »
L0L!  I was putting the records in the new cabinet and noticed a pair of chewed Beatles album covers that were eaten by my dog, 4 dogs ago. That was around 1974, he lived to be 13 and made it to where we live now. He did get a couple of our records, these two survived the dog attack.


Ha,my old long gone staffy chewed only one of mine,it was my stray cats record no #$%*!!

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Re: Vintage Hi-Fi enthusiasts?
« Reply #236 on: October 29, 2024, 08:22:10 AM »
Not vintage -- but most of the records I'll play on it are.





There's a guy here in Mexico City who goes by Dr. Tornamesa ("Dr. Turntables," 'natch) who makes custom ordered turntable setups for DJs and whoever else wants them. I DJed a ton in the US before I moved and here and there here pre-pandemic, but have only spun a few times in the last couple years. But I'm booking some gigs again, and instead of dragging around two Technics 1200, mixer, cables and cords, etc., now I can just take this. I ordered it small so it's only for 7"s (maybe 10"s too?) but that's mostly what I play anyway.

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« Reply #237 on: October 29, 2024, 12:55:00 PM »
L0L!  I was putting the records in the new cabinet and noticed a pair of chewed Beatles album covers that were eaten by my dog, 4 dogs ago. That was around 1974, he lived to be 13 and made it to where we live now. He did get a couple of our records, these two survived the dog attack.


Ha,my old long gone staffy chewed only one of mine,it was my stray cats record no #$%*!!

 HA! That made me laugh out loud.
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« Reply #238 on: November 03, 2024, 11:03:03 PM »
 The old Sony cassette deck apparently died during its 10 years off work.
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« Reply #239 on: November 04, 2024, 01:19:36 AM »
The old Sony cassette deck apparently died during its 10 years off work.

+1  They certainly don't like to sit around unused.  The higher end decks are well worth the effort to get going again though.  I've got more cassette decks than motorbikes!  LOL
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« Reply #240 on: November 04, 2024, 08:21:09 AM »
Ha ha me too!...well no not really...but I do love cassettes and do stock good working spare decks for when one konks out.  And interesting, it's the same rubber part degradation that usually plays havoc with both old cassette decks and old motorcycles.
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« Reply #241 on: November 04, 2024, 08:22:55 AM »
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« Reply #242 on: November 04, 2024, 02:16:02 PM »
Ha ha me too!...well no not really...but I do love cassettes and do stock good working spare decks for when one konks out.  And interesting, it's the same rubber part degradation that usually plays havoc with both old cassette decks and old motorcycles.

The old rubber capstan roller/tire  :D
The Chinese ones to replace them..  ::) are just not the same quality as Japanese,including belts.
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« Reply #243 on: November 08, 2024, 06:15:27 AM »
How to repair a gear...
Should be useful for anyone with broken gear in say cassette or other simple drive gears...

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« Reply #244 on: November 08, 2024, 10:42:22 AM »
 My oldest daughter brought back a few albums she borrowed a long time ago. I'm listening to Brownsville Station right now it's mostly old 50's and 60's rock and roll covers.
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« Reply #245 on: November 19, 2024, 12:46:39 PM »
   Out dual Sony cassette deck is belt drive, there are two rubber belts each and I just got new ones off of ebay. There's a youtube video on how to change them, it looks like a challenge so I'm going to give it a try.
   I hope they last long enough to be worth the effort.
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« Reply #246 on: November 19, 2024, 04:00:18 PM »
   Out dual Sony cassette deck is belt drive, there are two rubber belts each and I just got new ones off of ebay. There's a youtube video on how to change them, it looks like a challenge so I'm going to give it a try.
   I hope they last long enough to be worth the effort.
Yeah, my dual deck Sony had the same issue. The belts dried up. I replaced the belts on both decks. It was a bit of a pain since both drive mechanisms had to come completely out to access the belts. Be careful with the ribbon cables and connectors.
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« Reply #247 on: November 19, 2024, 06:30:22 PM »
My oldest daughter brought back a few albums she borrowed a long time ago. I'm listening to Brownsville Station right now it's mostly old 50's and 60's rock and roll covers.

I haven't heard of Brownsville Station in a loooong time
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« Reply #248 on: November 20, 2024, 07:23:17 AM »
My oldest daughter brought back a few albums she borrowed a long time ago. I'm listening to Brownsville Station right now it's mostly old 50's and 60's rock and roll covers.

I haven't heard of Brownsville Station in a loooong time

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« Reply #249 on: November 20, 2024, 08:01:30 AM »
Saw them when they and Black Oak Arkansas opened for Johnny Winter in the old Seattle Colosseum.  I remember the sound was terrible for those two bands (something the Colosseum was famous for, bad echos)  and was prepared for the same when Johnny came out.  Johnny sounded decent, they had it figured out somehow.  Brownsville Station's set was very short, Black Oak's was longer but I couldn't stand Jim Dandy.  So I left until their set was over.  Holy #$%* that was a long time ago.
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