Thank you, I hadn't thought of that. I will definitely do that as sometimes it'll get a little distorted.

hermitcrab wrote: ↑Wed Apr 15, 2026 11:07 pm Hey Jim, is the Magnavox still going for you?

It is! Had to have the turn-table serviced recently as I broke the needle cartridge moving it. Thanks again for saving it years ago! Hope all is well!

It appears as though it did the whole trick. At least for the moment, it sounds good on the tuner, turntable, and the Tape input which is connected to a blue tooth receiver so I can also run Spotify through it if I choose. I'm real happy at the moment.

Holy crap what a few minutes and a can of Deoxit can do.....

I don't believe it will be necessary to bypass the speaker switch at this point. Manipulate the switch several times, then see if there is a change. If the record player sounds okay, but the radio sounds distorted, then we may be back to suspecting the function switch. If there has been no capacito...

I don't believe it will be necessary to bypass the speaker switch at this point. Manipulate the switch several times, then see if there is a change. If the record player sounds okay, but the radio sounds distorted, then we may be back to suspecting the function switch. If there has been no capacito...

Do you know what all was done to it? Recapped? New tubes? I realize I am sitting in front of a computer in Arizona and the "patient" is in Michigan, so there is that. All we/I can do is to go from experience to make suggestions on places to start. Since your concern is with both channels,...

Interestingly enough when I got this console a few years ago the turn table wasn't functioning and I don't recall what else. I put it up for sale on FB Market place and a guy came to buy it. I asked what he was going to do with it out of curiosity and he said he enjoyed fixing them. So instead of se...

electra225 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 11, 2026 12:17 am Jim, if you would kindly post your location in your user profile, that would be much appreciated. Welcome aboard!

Sorry, I thought I had done that.

It does have a speaker switch and it is clearly dirty (as are volume, treble etc ) controls so I have ordered a can of DeoxIT contact cleaner.

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Thanks for the quick response! I'll have to check sound again tomorrow, I know for sure it is both channels and I think it's also both treble and bass. I have some experience in electronics, I can read a schematic and I can solder but other than a multimeter I don't have any real troubleshooting too...

I have a Magnavox model 2ST643 with the 8803-00 Amp. I just had the turntable serviced and it's functioning wonderfully, but I am getting a distorted sound coming out of the speakers whether it's on the radio or phono etc. Sure would like to get it fixed up and sounding good. Consoleweb.JPG console_...

Just found this forum yesterday. Have a nice looking console that I'd like to refurbish to function better. Currently everything works, but the sound is distorted.