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Working on a philco L-1427-124 no audio orignally.

restored the amplifier circuit, whats wierd, it has power tubes only. no preamp on this amplifier. im guessing its a high gain high impedence crystal pickup?

Anyway... after restoring the amp, verifying all wire connections, the amp works, but its got almost like a ground fault like noise in the speaker, and no audio comming through at all.

Removed the turntable, and hooked the RCA connections to the amp into a CD player. buzz went away, however audio is extremely weak, which is probably normal since theres no pre-amp circuit. just a power stage, thats it.

Anyway, does this mean the pickup is bad? it has 4 wires, stereo pickup, i cant get a reading on any pins between any pins in any direction. so im assuming its bad.

If so, where can i get schematics or a new pickup for this unit? its sentimental. thanks.