TECH---NICS
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totally agree with u , but why in other cases , after 40 years vfd is bright like first day? to be honest , technics is only brand which has this problem i never saw a dead vfd on pioneer,kenwood,sony,akai ..........i also have 2 sets of technics 1060 mini systems , and both of them had issues with vfd on preamp/tuner, more curiously , this vfd problem never occure on cd players from sets..........its like they used bad vfd for tuner/preamp and good vfd for cd's..........this is what im talking aboutThe VFDs wear out over time; recapping won't help. There's a few tricks one can try to re-establish the brightness in the displays, one of which includes slightly overvolting the anode for a few minutes. However, it could also go wrong, so I'd be careful with it. Here's some more info (in German; sorry).
all minisistem , look at tuner/preamp and cd player , bottom left-right
preamp/tuner bad vfd, u can see , some dots begining to fade
cd vfd , bright and clear