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Originally Posted by Electronic M
When I can't fix something tube I never toss it out, I sell it with not working written on the price tag...If the cosmetics are shot, then sometimes thoroughly I strip it for parts.
Sounds like things will workout for you...Good luck.
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Well what would be the purpose of selling a non working piece of tube equipment, just wondering.
Anyways I do intend to try and stand my ground with the other radios, especially the old Magnavox console I have in the basement (which isn't musty or moldy smelling) it is functioning perfectly it just needs a multiplexer adaptor for FM Stereo audio, and a new pickup and idler tire for the turntable and it will be up and running properly. I was able to find some Old Stock RCA Grey Plate 6BQ5s for the amplifier on the old Magnavox Console of mine so it sings like new again the RCA 6BQ5s had very low hours on them as they seem to be like new yet (I had actually found 3 of the RCA Grey Plate 6BQ5s in an old coffee can of tubes that someone gave me) I also found a couple of GE made Thomas Labeled 6V6GT tubes that were like new (they came out of an old Thomas Organ amplifier.)
I've actually got an old Grundig Console that I can't figure out why there's still a loud hum to it even though I replaced the old filter caps with new ones and the correct wiring of the capacitors were observed and everything, I just can't figure out for the life of me why it still wants to hum like mad even after it was recapped, and currently its kind of taking up space in the basement (its actually one of the consoles my mom is complaining about because she thinks its taking up too much room in my basement) anyways I wish I could get the hum to go away because then I would basically have the radio fixed and could then re-sell it (I'm not going to bother with replacing the coupling caps in the radio because they are way too tricky to replace in those old German radios as its really easy to mess something up in them electronically because of how complicated they are.)