02-03-2011, 05:02 PM
Hi Ron
Way to go, you hit the jackpot, it sure is good to have friends like that.
Those big old black square caps is the ones that were all bad on mine. I made the mistake of turning it on and the 1k resister smoked 
so I just replaced all of them. I would like to know what you do about the cartridge, I am debating on just buying the orignal type which is for sale on the internet but they want $71 for it but is is the orignal type where the wire from the weight connects to the cartridge and tilts the cartridge to the correct needle position. But that is a lot to pay for a cartridge. I have found that a ronette to-254-us (which is on another later Magnavox) really sounds good. But I cannot find a new one anywhere 
but they sound good and you can put a .007 needle on it. The orignal cartridge has a output of .35 volts. I tried a 1 volt cart and sounds ok but a little overdrive sound to it. Boy am I windy 
Joe
Way to go, you hit the jackpot, it sure is good to have friends like that.
Those big old black square caps is the ones that were all bad on mine. I made the mistake of turning it on and the 1k resister smoked so I just replaced all of them. I would like to know what you do about the cartridge, I am debating on just buying the orignal type which is for sale on the internet but they want $71 for it but is is the orignal type where the wire from the weight connects to the cartridge and tilts the cartridge to the correct needle position. But that is a lot to pay for a cartridge. I have found that a ronette to-254-us (which is on another later Magnavox) really sounds good. But I cannot find a new one anywhere but they sound good and you can put a .007 needle on it. The orignal cartridge has a output of .35 volts. I tried a 1 volt cart and sounds ok but a little overdrive sound to it. Boy am I windy Joe
Joe Bratcher near Louisville, KY
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