Maggie 81-01
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Ok change of plans, think I'll keep the little rs speakers, omg. They scream, I run the turntable thru the mixer , has bass , treble, so a range of sound but incredibly clean. Just played while my guitar gently weeps, frickin incredible. Of course think my wife will be glad when I go back to work, I'm on vacation this wk. ....cheers
Back to servicing, those white tubular caps need replacing like Gadjet73 recommended. They're originals and way past their service life. I'd replace the big multi section electrolytic can capacitor topside too. You can replace that one with separate 'lytics, if a new can cap can't be found.
I've used Mouser in the past. The white caps in mine I replaced with Orange Drops. Not too expensive at all.
Hopefully Gadget'll chime back in here, if not send him a PM.
You're welcome, friend. Lot's of helpful folks hereabouts, just paying it forward as they say.
These old Magnavox amps really punch above their weight class. I went through mine and replaced all the caps and those old carbon composition resistors. They were built in '57 and they'll probably outlast me.
You'd need to match the value of whats in there, and meet or exceed the voltage. Illinois MPW series caps work fine. Those are a fairly no-frills film capacitor that works reliably. If you like orange better than yellow, Cornell-Dublier (CDE) 716P will get you that.
Ok , orange drop caps will be here today or tomorrow, I'll be buying a dmm today at work , either klein, or central electric, c.e. is home depot brand , I know I know. Any way , oh and I bought a magnavox tube preamp, on fleabay, kinda cool looking and very clean.looking, just the amp there's no tuner . I'll post pics, prolly in another thread, .....cheers
Just a general mention, but if you can keep the wire leads as short as practical, it wouldn't be a bad thing. No need to make them tight like banjo strings but that one at the bottom left behind the pilot light doesn't need anywhere near that much lead length.
With an orange drop specifically you don't want to bend the leads right at the body of the cap anyway, it could break the sealing epoxy. Use a small pair of pliers to support the lead and bend it from there.
With an orange drop specifically you don't want to bend the leads right at the body of the cap anyway, it could break the sealing epoxy. Use a small pair of pliers to support the lead and bend it from there.
Ok complete so far, I did Ord. 2 of the wrong ones needed .047 think I Ord.. 0047 rookie mistake I guess, and I haven't tore anything up, it still plays nice music,
That's a shame reorder 2. .80cent caps and pay 7.00 shipping. Oh well, oh and I still need to learn how to read a schematic, so I can figure out that value these brown caps are one says 100 the other says .100 ??
That's a shame reorder 2. .80cent caps and pay 7.00 shipping. Oh well, oh and I still need to learn how to read a schematic, so I can figure out that value these brown caps are one says 100 the other says .100 ??
