RE: Grundig Majestic model 9088

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In Reply to: RE: Grundig Majestic model 9088 posted by fastdog on July 23, 2015 at 11:46:59:

The record player will chew up your vinyl in short order, so be forewarned.Unless it's been rebuilt, the electronics section will be full of bad wax paper capacitors and power supply electrolytics. The selenium rectifier will be soft, diminishing performance. Controls and switches will be dirty and intermittent. The eye tube will likely be dim or completely dead. Repair of these units is complex and time consuming. Some of these Grundig consoles also had woofers with foam surrounds, and if so on this one, it will be rotted away and replacement surrounds are not available. These usually have small electrostatic tweeters which are also dead after all these years. If working well (a big if) they sound quite good, in a retro sort of way. I wouldn't pay more than $50 for this, even with a perfect cabinet. And then, only if you simply have to have it. I can't tell you how many times I've had one of these Grundig consoles offered to me for nothing.

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