Feb
20
Who to seek for diagnosing & repairing vintage stereo unit’s sound?
February 20, 2008 | 2 Comments
[Kat] **nothing else matters. asked:
2 months ago, I inherited the system stereo Grundig Fleetwood, made around the time in advance to the met? 60s in Germany by my great - grandmother? passed away in December. It has a radio to AM / FM, a turntable for 78s, 45s, & 33s, as well as many buttons to set healthy (including options for stereo sound) and speakers lined up the bottom dell'unit?. The unit? physics itself? in fact and not wonder? been used in the past 25 + years for anything except a decoration / of the table. I was surprised to see that the radio still works in stereo, producing very clear reception. However, the sound is sbiadice in and out during the game, starts strong, free and strong, then slowly sbiadice out, only to slowly reach even the original volume after several seconds. We do not succeed in convincing the turntable to work, but most my concern is with the sound. Who you think should try to examine this problem for me and potentially fix it so that the stereo can yet to be enjoyed.
2 months ago, I inherited the system stereo Grundig Fleetwood, made around the time in advance to the met? 60s in Germany by my great - grandmother? passed away in December. It has a radio to AM / FM, a turntable for 78s, 45s, & 33s, as well as many buttons to set healthy (including options for stereo sound) and speakers lined up the bottom dell'unit?. The unit? physics itself? in fact and not wonder? been used in the past 25 + years for anything except a decoration / of the table. I was surprised to see that the radio still works in stereo, producing very clear reception. However, the sound is sbiadice in and out during the game, starts strong, free and strong, then slowly sbiadice out, only to slowly reach even the original volume after several seconds. We do not succeed in convincing the turntable to work, but most my concern is with the sound. Who you think should try to examine this problem for me and potentially fix it so that the stereo can yet to be enjoyed.
Comments
2 Comments so far
Any decent audio repair shop should be able to help you. If the unit hasn’t been on for over 25 years some of the capacitors may have dried out or the electrolytic may have deformed. It’s probably a tube unit and some of the tubes could be showing their age. Switch contacts could have oxidized over the years and need cleaning. The turntable has rubber drive parts that have probably deteriorated.
If it is a scratching fade in and out (with a popping noise perhaps) what you have is a dirty volume control potentiometer. Any decent electronics technician could clean this with component cleaner designed for such work. You might try your local high school or college electronics department to see if they can do it. Or just take it to an qualified electronics technician who services stereo equipmemt.