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I don't have to imagine how heavy those sets were, 45 years ago I was delivering them new. For the really big horizontal consoles we used a set of piano movers that strapped on each end, that gave you wheels and handles you could pick them up with. The problem with these was there was really...

Dinah Washington "What a difference a day makes"

While I was looking for something else today I came across the tall automatic spindle for my Dual 1009. Of course it's missing the small rubber pieces that hold up the records while the bottom one drops. Does anyone know a source for these little rubber bits or has anyone successfully made...

"Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like an banana" Groucho Marx I'm 59 for another 4 months. My first "record player" was an RCA 45 changer that was played through a Silvertone 5 tube radio.

These CG's have a set of inputs on the chassis for aux input and they work ok. But if you really want to kick it up with a CD player hook up a selector switch and use the phono inputs for the CD player. The phono input has an extra 12AX7 in the preamp for the ceramic cartridge. If you don't...

Horn Head you're absolutely right, what I was referring to wasn't someone's fascination with the instrument and it's internal workings, I was questioning taking the unit apart for it's internals to build something else without even listening to what a complete working set sounded like. There...

I've used turbine oil for 40 years to oil all types of electric motors. It does not gum up like paraffin based oils do. You can find it in good hardware stores and HVAC supply houses usually under the named Zoom Spout Turbine oil.

Destroying one of these is like finding a Shelby Cobra, pulling the motor and transmission to finish your 85 Mustang street rod. IMHO the Concert Grand is one of the very few console stereos that has a real potential to take off in value. Right now they can usually be found pretty reasonable I...

I eliminated this problem when I built my shop, There are two switches beside the door into my shop, one turns on the lights and the other turns on the outlets that power my bench.

Age 60 is just around the corner and I still have my hair, it started going gray at age 19 and now I'm totally silver.

This is my 1993 Dodge Shadow Convertible, when we were out on vacation. The picture was taken in the badlands. We put about 4000 miles on the car visiting Mt Rushmore, The Badlands, Devils Tower, Yellowstone, Tetons, Jackson Hole along with a lot of side trips. I bought the car from a...

Probably find that Firestone Christmas Album you've always wanted...

I remember seeing a cartoon once that showed a fellow standing in front of St Peter at the Pearly Gates. St Peter looks up from the books at the fellow and says "You colorized Casablanca, how unfortunate"...

I bought my '99 Metro about 3 years ago before the prices went wild, last August some guy pulled out in front of me and I hit him. His insurance company called it a total and gave me $2000 for my car, I spent about $800 and fixed it myself, including a visit to the frame machine. Now I'm...

My 1970 Bulova Accutron Spaceview, just been overhauled by an Accutron specialist, humming along nicely.

Verry nice, I suspect that your knotty pine cabinet is extremely rare, I have a first generation Windsor in Mahogany, it has the three tweeter array and a separate FM tuner.

Just my $0.02 worth, be very careful where you get your output transistors, avoid the 'bay. I got burned on a set of outputs, turned out they were Chinese knockoffs and very poor quality. Luckily something someone said made me curious enough to check them out before I installed them...

ooo eee ooo ah ah ting tang walla walla bing bang...David Seville's Witch Doctor circa 1958, Now! try and get that outa your head...:D:D:D

My Wife can can get on my case incessantly about how many I have in the living room and bedrooms of the house and sometimes how many I have in general, but if someone else makes a less than complimentary remark about my hobby she has been known to tell them where to get off. Sometimes if I'm...

I've seen that particular type of fuse fail like that frequently and nothing be wrong with the unit. If you look close the fuse wire has pulled out of the solder. What happens is the spring is constantly pulling on the solder connection which is weak and eventually just pulls apart. It's...

Wait till your Wife comes home early and finds a Holly 2bbl carburetor in the dishwasher:yikes:

I was wondering through a thrift store yesterday and saw a box for a Marantz SR1000. I thought it deserved a second look and when I opened it up I found a pristine 2215B. Apparently somebody had bought an SR1000 and retired the 2215B in the box the SR1000 came in. This receiver works...

Welcome, we make pilgrimage to Dayton for the Amateur Radio Hamvention at Hara Arena every year. The Motels are already filled up for the week of the 15th of May we're having to stay out in Fairborn.

Congratulations, I retired April 1 of this year after 27+ years with the State of Missouri as a Field Engineer in Communications. It's definately worth the wait. As someone said you'll be busier than ever but it's doing what you want for the most part. A word of warning, if your SO...

It's your's , you can do with it what you want. The 295 series was a rather pedestrian set and there were many built, Lord knows we can't save them all. Now it does cause me a bit of heartache when I see a really pristine Magnavox Concert Grand or Imperial Series broken up for the components...