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Originally Posted by ke4jhj
The cabinet is absolutely beautiful. You have a candidate for restoration. I would recap the tuner/amp, restore the turntable.
In my opinion, to part it out, or even think of it, would be downright criminal.  |
From the initial photos I thought so as well. After getting it home however it's not in as great shape as those led me to believe. The TT seems to have some parts missing. The 6X4 rectifier is broken (the stump was found in the cabinet) and there was another tube which was found removed with bent pins that may need replacing as well. A lot of the caps are showing signs of deterioration and it looks as if someone performed some sloppy mods/repair on some of the wiring. I'm going to order the tubes and the caps as they aren't particularly expensive, and see what I can do about getting the receiver working again. I don't know if the TT will be worth pursuing however. It came from a funeral home and looks like it has some playing time on it.
I've got a couple of others in line for restoration before it, but I'll pick away it it over the next few months and see how it goes.
It stays as a unit for now at least.