refurb

Hi guys, I recently acquired by dads old Altec and see that one of the woofers is original (or at least it seems to be without removing it, plus he doesn't recall ever messing with it), but the other has been re-coned with a different kind of cone, it has ridges and its shiny. I would like to...

I have a 2000X that has been in the family for 50 years. I had it redone by a local guy and it sounds better than I remember from my childhood. I bought a Sansui 4000 to go through myself. I have not researched any mods to incorporate into the design, but plan to do any upgrades that I can. I...

Are all the knobs on a Sansui 1000a interchangeable? (i.e. the underlying shaft of each knob fits the other knobs) A 1000a on its way to me, in working condition but missing two knobs: the volume and mode knobs. These ones seem to be smaller and without the metal “fin” of the other knobs (Bass...

Hey all! This is my first recap job, be nice, lol. Attached is a document guiding those who need help with their KLH 5 Recap. GD70 recommended that I take photos and share my with everyone, but since this community has been so helpful to me I decided to make a detailed doc for those who are...

Hi Chaps, I've got 2 Sansui 331's that I'm currently refurbing. I am fairly inexperieed but not a total newb. I have put new vinyl on both and replaced the lamps with LEDs, cleaned the pots etc. Both sound great, however one of the lamps do not light up at all when switched on, everything else...

Hey guys! I stumbled upon a pair of JBL L300 speakers. They were posted as a "curb alert" on a local Facebook group. I offered the poster some money to purchase them and hold them for pickup, but they insisted the speakers were trash. I came to get the beasts, and they have definitely seen...

I opened myHV1's to use some Deoxit F5 on the fader and discovered issues. A) - The thin piece of brown foam around the fader turns to dust if touched. B) - The driver magnets in the nylon housing seems to be plastic "welded" in place. C) - There is some sort of white debris on the opposite...

Hi guys, managed to score a Yammie A-1 stereo amplifier for the not so hefty sum of 110,- dollars. It was a bit of a gamble, the seller didn't have any information regarding the state of the amp nor did he post any photo's. His asking price was very reasonable so i made the jump. When it got...

I have a 2270 that's in good condition— all features work and the unit sounds great— but will probably need a refurb considering the age. It has been around humidity as there are small spots of rust on the faceplate screws. I’ve heard shipping horror stories so I would like to get it worked on...

I had Mike at Austin Stereo do a full refurbish of my C28. He recapped it, fixed the grounding issues, and got both phono stages working again. Some fresh bulbs and a little elbow grease and it's looking sharp, too. Wow! I had no idea it could sound this good. Considering there are so many...

Picked up one of these with a few problems. Had some bad crackle on one channel which i think i have tracked down to the outputs. I pulled out the outputs and the crackling has gone from my scope. On the left channel, i had a dc offset of 80mv and 20mv on the right. I started working the left...

Hi everyone, I've just imported a Pioneer A-400 over to the USA from the UK. I mainly bought it out of curiosity and wanted to compare to a NAD 3020. After listening for a couple of weeks my impressions are that this is a fun amp. I don't want to get into a big debate about how good it was or...