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Posted on January 23, 2016 at 16:19:11 | ||
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A younger couple brings in their aunts Philco console to have restored for her as a surprise. It's 1959 stereo, phono only small console with about a three or four tube amp. They are quoted $1500 to restore the cabinet and electronics. That's just too much for this very small console that is only a foot or so tall, maybe thirty inches wide, sitting on four thirty inch legs. When the guy speaks of the electronic side its clear he doesn't know much. He says the wiring needs replacing and the transistors and diodes and that he's not sure if the tubes are available still. He says nothing about the changer. He also does not mention caps and its full of PIO caps. Yikes, there is so much wrong with that! Then the other guy in the shop starts to work on the electronics which are removed from the unit. He plugs it in and quickly shocks himself such that it throws the breaker! It powered up before but not after. They didn't show much more of the electronics repair/restore but they replaced the speakers. They didn't show what they did to the phono if anything. The cabinet restore was good but they substituted a different color and type of grill cloth. Scary ET
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Good Lord, which program was this? (n/t), posted on January 23, 2016 at 16:32:01 | |
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Wasn't that show based in Las Vegas?, posted on January 23, 2016 at 18:21:45 | |
Rick Dale was not involved with stereo restoration, in Atlanta? |
I rest my case... (nt), posted on January 25, 2016 at 11:35:32 | |
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