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Selenium replacement..first mod that actually did not help the sound...

I replaced the volume control with the 100K pot from Radio Shack. Excellent results. Blasting was gone and tracking was improved. Disabled the loudness and tone controls, again an improvement in sonics.

Replaced the quad cap with an exact NOS replacement. Significant reduction in hum, specially in the line stage.

The selenium replacement regrettably has made my PAS sound slow, dark and with limited resolution. Perhaps this is the way the PAS should sound. The fleshed out midrange and increased clarity was an abnormal mode of operation caused by the old parts. Incredible!



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