Posted by Wayne Parham [ 70.234.129.7 ] on February 09, 2009 at 12:39:35:

In Reply to: Looking for pointers on garbled or distorted sound from Philco-Ford S1888WA radio/turntable console posted by Germain on February 09, 2009 at 05:37:30:

When working on old tube radios, I always swap capacitors before doing anything else. After 50 years, often times half that time or more with no power applied, sitting in an attic somewhere, the capacitors are usually worthless. It doesn't cost much to replace them all so it's worth doing. Then I check the active components with a tester. For tubes, I use a dedicated tube tester, for transistors, an ohmmeter is usually all that's required.

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