Motorola 9T1 Restoration

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Originally Posted by Jon F

I do have sound. No idea where to go from here. Unfortunately I don't own a tube tester so I have no idea the state of the tubes in the set.

Any ideas before I order some tubes to swap out?

Thanks!

For the price it would cost you to order a single compliment of tubes to swap out, most of which you aren't going to need, you can just buy a decent used tube tester. The main thing to think about with a tube tester is what era is going to be the focus of your interests. Reason being, a tester from say the 50s obviously would not have the capabilities to test tubes from equipment made/designed in the 60s or 70s. Inversely, a later tester will not have the capability more than likely to test old "big pin" tubes from 20s-30s radios and such. I keep a couple just for these reasons and finally some test C.R.T.s and others don't, so that's something to think about as well.