Recent content by Jeff W.

I purchased a Harman Kardon Citation II from Waxwaves advertised on Bartertown that was honestly represented, packed well and shipped promptly. There was great communication from the beginning until I had the unit up and running. Waxwaves has a wide knowledge and enthusiasm for vintage gear...

A "thank you" and shout out to Truck for offering a nice Technics headshell and an AT cartridge in Bartertown Parts & Accessories that I purchased. The communication was clear and the transaction was easy. He shipped right away and packed the items very well. I was very pleased with what I...

Do they come with the stands? Maybe stating the obvious here, but I see no mention of them. Of course, this would be the most typical major consideration for price aside from cabinet condition. Do they come with the meters, have their badges, any crossover boards? All good advice above for...

Hey Jim, Excellent job! I gave you a little foreshadowing in my opening post and am glad to see and hear of your success. Will you produce some of these parts for sale or? Was your part made on a "3-D Printer" or, possibly, a Stereo Lithography machine? It would be fun if it were made on a...

Thanks for your input Bob. I'll look in the direction you have given me. I've already completed the recap. That is S.O.P. for me on these old units.

I'm recapping and refurbishing this receiver and wanted to confirm correct and possibly improved substitutions for the six rectification diodes on the power supply board. Here is the board: The six diodes at the right are in question. The top four are what make up the bridge and are described...

You guys are more than welcome. It had been a while since I had made a contribution here on AK, so I am pleased if it has helped! Hopefully web searches will land others here and they'll be able to do the repair.

I’m glad this has inspired you to fix yours Dave. That was the main purpose of the thread. I wanted to unshroud the mystery of this switch, show that it is repairable and stop the senseless destruction of faceplates by drilling holes and adding an auxiliary switch. I think repairing the original...

My apologies all. I just lost an hour and a half of typing by hitting the wrong button accidentally on my wife's laptop. I'm mad at myself because it has happened before and I should know better than to write my copy directly into AK, but that's water under the bridge now! I'm sorry to postpone...

Now we will separate the back of the housing from the front to access the broken switch actuating pin (as shown in the bottom photo in the post above). This is the side view of the assembly: The back is retained to the front by four metal tangs (fingers) similar to the three that held the red...

I've seen many posts here and on other forums about the combination Power Switch/Volume Potentiometer used on most Sherwood receivers from the 70's failing. I've repaired several over the years and thought I would share the solution I have found to work. It is possible to repair the switch...

Thanks for responding Rich and thank you for the well wishes. I agree, it's rarely a bad idea to keep old parts for many reasons and I should have held on to mine until the project was over at least. I could have measured mine and known the answer. I did toss them, but I don't think is the same...

I realize there is much information available on this little guy, but there are couple questions about this early model for which I have not seen the answer or a definitive one. For those that may be curious, mine is serial number 1399 and has a silver (or natural aluminum) engraved faceplate...

Bump. Anyone attempted repair of scratches in a Sony SBMC turntable plinth/base? Thanks

Have any of you attempted this with good results? I have a PS-X75 that has many light hairline scratches in the base. Have any of you attempted sanding and polishing a Sony plinth made of "Super Bulk Molding Compound"? I have a chance to buy another Sony with an SBMC base, but it has someone's...