The gear is here! Picked up the unit and a set of Beovox S30's for $80. As an added bonus, I got a very old Rogers Magestic tube radio that actually works and even has a working lightbulb for $20!! I'm going to create a separate thread for the radio to post pics, but I'll link it later. For now, PICS of the 7000 and speakers.
Upon inspection, the unit is fully operational except for the tape player. Also, the silver lid that covers the tape deck was skewed and would not close without shimmying the lid. My guess is the unit was dropped from a small height and the cover was skewed. I think it's fixable, so I've disassembled it and my hope is some epoxy is going to repair a few loose parts where I can see the glue has separated. The cartridge and needle looked fine, I used a small stylus brush to gently clean the needle, hoping it's fairly clean. Looks and sounds great, so we'll leave that for now. All of these pictures are pre-cleaning, but I've managed to clean most of the grunge off the surfaces (looks like someone spilled cola on it or something :sigh
. TT lid is a little scratched up but still has plenty of resistance in the hinge :yes:.
As for the speakers, I believe the tweeter in one is non-functioning, sadly. I haven't taken a close look, but I unscrewed the tweeter and noticed the solders were fine. I figure it's the tweeter because when i switch the balance from left to right, the speaker with the suspect tweeter sounds like an AM radio station compared to the crisp sound in the other. Am I right in the diagnosis?
The unit was pulling in pretty good FM signal without an antenna which makes me feel comfortable. Remote is functioning... screw it, let's just let the pictures talk:
I'm not sure if you can tell, but these speakers look mint! The surrounds look untouched. When I asked to remove the grills, the owner said he wasn't sure they even came off. That would explain the untouched look. The grills also had quite a bit of resistance in getting them off which may mean they were never taken off before.
