http://vintage-audio-gear.com/who-to-seek-for-diagnosing-repairing-vintage-stereo-units-sound We provide information and product listings for vintage audio equipment. Sat, 29 Oct 2011 11:49:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://vintage-audio-gear.com/who-to-seek-for-diagnosing-repairing-vintage-stereo-units-sound/comment-page-1#comment-445 Ken In Cocoa, FL Fri, 22 Feb 2008 07:30:15 +0000 http://vintage-audio-gear.com/who-to-seek-for-diagnosing-repairing-vintage-stereo-units-sound#comment-445 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. 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.

]]> http://vintage-audio-gear.com/who-to-seek-for-diagnosing-repairing-vintage-stereo-units-sound/comment-page-1#comment-444 wires Fri, 22 Feb 2008 02:31:34 +0000 http://vintage-audio-gear.com/who-to-seek-for-diagnosing-repairing-vintage-stereo-units-sound#comment-444 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. 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.

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