Fisher 295?

[Thumper]

Buddy of mine is getting back into stereo stuff after 20+ years and dropped off a nice looking Fisher 295 saying it had "static" on FM. I was hoping it was just dirty pots or switches. We plugged it in the other night with my phone into the AUX 1 input and I hear clicks and pops in the left channel that had nothing to do with moving any of the controls - it's obviously got noisy transistors.

I see they're not worth a whole lot, and it will take a lot of work to restore it. I'm thinking full on recap and transistor replacement... Is it even worth fixing? It sure sounded pretty good - even with all the racket - for the couple of minutes that we had it powered up!

 

[Dswankey]

See post #4 1st paragraph, the man knows of what he speaks

https://audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/fisher-295.653750/

 

[Thumper]

Yup, Larry's been to my house to help me with my 400! Ha! I PM'd him as well.

OH - forgot to mention I got a full SAMS folder with skits...

 

[Dswankey]

^ While I personally don't know him based on his input of Fisher knowledge here I would say your in good hands.

 

[larryderouin]

My comments in that post still stand. Having said that, the 295 can benefit greatly from replacement of ALL of the 2sc458's (Low Noise they ain't!) in it. About 15-16 of them (just glancing at the scats on HIFIEngine.). Mainly in the preamp/tone control board AND the MULTIPLEX Board. Otherwise it's a straight recap of lytics, and paper caps. I'd say about $45-50 in parts off the top of my pointy little head.