IMHO IF alignment at the pro level became a dead issue in the
early 70's. If one worked on both tube & SS after 6 months
getting used to the new ways you saw how stable things became.
I believe Sams did start referring to Sencore in later years.
Also remember Sams couldnt afford to re-invent alignment for
the hundreds of sets it covered. Just use the OEM manual instructions.
As far as eye candy goes we had a shelf above the bench. It
had a row of test eq that included at least 2 generators for alignment.
Had RCA, Hickok, B&K, Eico & others. Only ever used a yoke/FTB
tester. I asked the owner why it was all there when space was very
valuable he said " its to impress the customers, I couldnt use
most of it myself".
73 Zeno
BTW the owner never did an alignment & started in the early 50's.
He opened his shop in 1957 & lasted till abt 2010, he knew his shit.
He made $$ til the end but bowed out on the up-side.
When I started with him he told me within a few days " touch an
IF coil & you WILL be fired !".
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Originally Posted by Kevin Kuehn
Would love to see a video of someone doing a complete visual alignment using a VA-48 or 62. I think those units were primarily marketed as a visual tool for verifying a sets frequency response, however there's quite a bit of mystique surrounding how one would actually proceed to do a full alignment. I'm not suggesting that it cannot be done, but I don't believe it ever caught on as a standard that was suggested in servicing literature of that period? And from a strictly educational point of view, it's not really very applicable to ones better understanding the operation of a set's video response curve. But I can certainly see how these were attractive to a very busy service shop, and even as a tool to show the uneducated customer that their set was in fact performing within spec.
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