Interesting views. AS usual, the images and vice-over are often way out of sync. I was happy to hear it give credit to Harry Smith, Joe Bussard, and Carl Sagan's golden record project on Voyager, which is now in interstellar space and still reporting back to us.

Chris Campbell

RCA jack ground goes to bottom and right pins on the diagram. Signal (RCA plug center pin)goes to left pin.

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I have the chassis in that model. It was in a huge cabinet from Liberty Music, a chain that Scott had some sort of deal with. Mine had a Lincoln both-sides record changer. That relied on rubber devises that were hardened and cracked, so I donated it to a mechanical music museum. The chassis, tuner &...

On the fuse subject, remember that the initial current inrush is greater than when operating because the tube filaments are cold and because the filter capacitors are charging. It's why the dim-bulb tester goes bright at turn-on then dims (we hope). Somewhere I saw a piece on calculating fuse size t...

By the way, bi-amping is a big thing in ultra-high-end audio circles these days. Magnavox was ahead of the game in that regard. I was always puzzled about why they never offered magnetic cartridges for extended high-frequency response. It would not have cost much and would have added some cred to th...

I'm not familiar with your amp, but I wonder if those pots have got gunky from nonuse. Maybe try rotation back'n'forth repeatedly, and maybe some DeOxit or similar miracle goo.

Chris Campbell

Duke Ellington said, "If it sounds good, it is good." He was talking but music, but it applies pretty well to equipment. I'll bet the original owner burned up the horns by some form of abuse and had them replaced by a dealer. HF speakers are always more vulnerable to amp clipping than woof...

Handsome device!

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Chris always adds: send photos!!

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Your season starts, ours ends. In a couple hours I'll drive the Chevy into storage for the winter. Raised the top for the first time all summer. Added rec gas to have a full tank--$5.75/gallon! The Chevy has been running like a champ.

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Exactly. Nobody’s pulling the chassis to criticize the location of the electrolytic caps. The only good reason to do that is when there’s really limited space under the chassis. The 8601 amp kinda falls in that category but I’m confident I can get a terminal strip and the new caps to fit neatly in ...

Add photos!!

Here's mine. I misremembered about the speakers--they are fixed, not swing-out.
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Is that GE a tube or transistor device? I've got one out in my shop--sans speakers. Mine's tubes. I'm not at home right now so I can't verify model no. I replaced filter caps when I found it but I recall lots of @#&^%!!! because the chassis were hard-wired together--no connectors to separate the...

Curious about the OPTs--did they just need cleaning? And what is your technique?

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The Proms concerts are a famous, long-running summer music festival at the Royal Albert Hall in London. They were intended to be inexpensive and accessible. The last night is a big party, with balloons and beach balls tossed around. They always end raucously with British favorites, their patriotic s...

I've got a Wilcox-Gay "Recordio" with the two-arm system.

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I could not find "classifieds" on ARF.

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Is there a link to the seller?

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Yeah--likely from a glazed pressure roller that lets the tape slip .
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She worked as a maid for the Seeger family (kids included Mike & Pete).

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