Morse series 96 console stereo

I found an older console radio for 10$ at a yard sale... the walnut case was in beautiful condition, I couldnt pass it up... i got it home plugged it in it works but the cord for the tuner is broken and the reight speaker only hums... I got the original scematic an part of the owneres manual with it but, I cant find any information on this stereo... I searched high and low onine and nothing... I even talked to my grandparents they vaugely remember the brand but thats about it... I would really like the get this thing working like new again but, not sure where to start. I am familar with solid state electronics but the tubes I am just lost at lol.... I was thinking about replacing all the components on the inside but would that be really necessary? Is there a way to test each component??

[radiotvnut]

The only Morse stereo's I've seen were from the '70's and were badged "Electrophonic". If yours is old enough to have tubes, It probably needs new capacitors and it's controls cleaned with deoxit.

[Old1625]

Ditto about the recapping and deoxit.

Capacitors do not have an infinite shelf life--nor does sitting around for years after years before of use do them any good either. Involved will be filter electrolytics and the blocking and bypass capacitors in the components of the signal path.



Back when I was still a brat I had an old reel-to-reel taperecorder of the Morse brand that a buddy found alongside the street on trash day. He and I cannibalized it--I got the amplifier section and chassis and he got the motor, so we were both happy. The amp sounded pretty good--as compared to the pocket transistor radio I had in the day. That amp and a 12" Utah in a large wooden cabinet kept me happy for a couple of years while I experimented with radio design.

Most of the tubes in the thing bore the name Hitachi, leading me to suppose that this amplifier was Japanese-made. I never have been able to dig up much info on the web about this unit.