60's RCA radio muddy audio

[tom.j.fla]

Your radio is listed as SAMS 832-7. Since the problem is on both bands, most likely in the audio stages,bad cap or transistor. All the best, Tom.J

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by tom.j.fla

Your radio is listed as SAMS 832-7. Since the problem is on both bands, most likely in the audio stages,bad cap or transistor. All the best, Tom.J

I have a couple of that model. RCA out did themselves with that model!
I found, years ago that the output transistors needed resoldering, as they ran rather hot. It's the ones with the heatsinks. Just hit the PC board connections with a little fresh solder an you should good to go.

[TUD1]

Originally Posted by dieseljeep

I have a couple of that model. RCA out did themselves with that model!
I found, years ago that the output transistors needed resoldering, as they ran rather hot. It's the ones with the heatsinks. Just hit the PC board connections with a little fresh solder an you should good to go.

Thanks, mate! That's two things I can do next Saturday, the other one is change out those two big blue filters. I found an old thread where those capacitors failed and caused problems. What do you mean RCA outdid themselves? When I saw this radio down in the storage basement where members can buy stuff, I fell in love, and did not set it down until I owned it. I even pulled the money out of my wallet with one hand.

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by TUD1

Thanks, mate! That's two things I can do next Saturday, the other one is change out those two big blue filters. I found an old thread where those capacitors failed and caused problems. What do you mean RCA outdid themselves? When I saw this radio down in the storage basement where members can buy stuff, I fell in love, and did not set it down until I owned it. I even pulled the money out of my wallet with one hand.

When I said they outdid themselves, I meant that I was impressed by the performance.

[Captainclock]

I repaired that same exact model radio for a friend of mine who had gotten her radio from her grandfather, all it needed was a pilot bulb replaced (it was a screw-base type bulb) anyways I thought it was a really nice model I believe it dates to the mid 1960s right around the time RCA, Zenith, Magnavox and some of the others started going Solid State, Magnavox had a similar model to this radio from the same time period.