Your welcome , and yes , it IS a nice lookin cabinet and I'll bet if you do a bit of restoration on it you'll get some decent sound out of it . First things , after a good cleanup and repair of any questionable wiring , will be to replace the capacitors in the amp . At this point in time they have "aged out" of their predicted safe operating lifespan and could short and ruin the transformer in the amp . After the amp has been "recapped" the turntable itself will need a proper cleaning and lube , best done by someone with a bit of experience . The pick up in the tone arm is highly likely to need rebuilding or replacing , since these don't age well either . When your all done with all that you may consider installing a newer , larger , more modern speaker since the one installed in there now looks kinda small to be expecting any big "room filling sound" out of . The great thing here is that since you want it just for a cool old piece , and not some mint condition original valuable antique , ya can have some fun with it and set it up the way that best suits your intended use of it .
PS , with very little electronic alteration , a jack could also be added to play your Ipod or similar through it , giving you yet another option for pushing sound through it
04-22-2013, 08:51 AM
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