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In Reply to: RE: 1958 Harman Kardon TA230 find posted by Eli Duttman on September 17, 2016 at 13:06:21
Now it's up to you to decide if you want to keep this piece.
I use my Sherwood every day. It's nice to have a little tubed stereo around the house.
You got it for $50. So the restoration would be about what the unit would cost. Mike is obviously a fair guy. It ain't cheap but it will out last the both of us if restored. It takes a lot of hours and years of experience to bring these babies back up. And I'm sure it's going to need some tubes.
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Unfortunately, this HK is not in the same ballpark as the Sherwood and never will be even with professional restoration.
I doubt anyone would even rank this in the top 10 of vintage tube receivers. IIRC, the tuner section on these is actually mono with a provision to hook up an external multiplex.
And if you don't really need a tuner the list of better integrated amps is even longer.
If I was going to spend hundreds of dollars to have something restored I'd suggest starting with something that had more potential.
"IIRC, the tuner section on these is actually mono with a provision to hook up an external multiplex."
That is easy enough. DIYer extraordinaire S. Bench to the rescue.
Eli D.
No, not a problem. It's easy enough to add a multiplex but it is an additional expense. I just wanted to let the OP know that just because the amp is stereo that the tuner sections on some of these early receivers were sometimes mono.
Personally, I like mono. When I listen to radio it's usually with my Sherwood S-3000 mono tuner connected to a mono SE 6V6 Zenith console amp driving an Altec corner cabinet loaded with a 604C driver. Unfortunately, I can't find much worth listening to around here.
You'll Laugh but I have that chip kicking around the house.
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