I catch some of the same shit for not having all the flash test equipment on my bench in videos. Someone told me the other day something to the effect that I couldn't be a very good tech because of the state of my bench. I kindly reminded them that the repair had been successful in spite of it.
you can have all the latest flashiest gear on your bench sure it looks cool but if you don't know how to use it and fix the simplest repair you might as well not have it !
I fix computers professionally. I can do 90% of my job with nothing more than a screwdriver and my natural abilities. Many times you can find the problem with your eyes and ears... or by finding a hot spot by touch. Hell, I can't remember the last time I used fancy tools.... If it's fixed, it's good. How many technicians does it take to fix an Amplifier??? 10, one to do the repair, and the other 9 to discuss how it should have been done differently. Substitute whatever you want to for that joke. Audio engineers to run sound at a concert, Carpenters to build a table.... opinions are like noses, we all have one and they all smell. Results are the most important thing. Joe Meek's quote on recording sums it up... if it sounds good, then it IS good.
I mentioned in the comments of one of Shango066 videos the other day and I shall say it again, if it wasn't for his and your videos I wouldn't have got back into vintage electronics. I have learnt a lot from the both of you with your brilliant channels. Thank you!
BRAVO! None of us needs negativity in the comments! I mostly get positive feedback, and I always post that. I even allow constructive negative FB. But when someone just wants to bash me or someone else, I don't even finish reading their drivel before clicking the "delete" button. Kudos to you for bringing it up the way you did! I have been a subscriber and a a fan of yours for a long time, and I watch all of your vids. I have enjoyed every last one! I especially love your rants, by the way. I occasionally rant in my vids, but I cannot touch your level of finesse. Keep 'em coming, my friend! Cheers! Michael
I love watching your videos, up here in Canada. I watch you, not only for what you know, but how you do it with a minimum of equipment and maximum of skill. Keep up the good videos. I also watch shango066 ...
The day you stop learning is the day that put your body into a pine box. I've been interested in electronics since about 10 or 11. (I'll be 70 this month.) I've built a ton of Knight, Heathkit and Eico test equipment in kit form as well as amplifiers, etc. In my teens, I serviced radios and b/w tvs for friends and neighbors. When I got married and moved to the San Francisco Bay Area, my dad took over my shop and sold all my test gear. Since I've been retired since I was 65, I've renewed my interest in electronics and have started collecting test gear from e-bay. Now I have some projects to restore the test equipment to its former glory. -- This is my first time commenting. I want to thank you for your interesting and informative videos. I also watch Shango 066 as well as some others. This has rekindled my interest in electronics that never really went away -- it was just placed on hold for about 45 years. Thanks again and please continue the good work!
I have watched shango66 over the last 3-4 years and He is the smartest diagnostic guy especially those dead old T. V. (philco 1952 come to mind). And whe he wings it.
WHO would have left any hateful comments about you & Shango066? IDIOTS! You 2 are my IDOLS! LOL! I spend countless hours watching & learning even though I've been fixing stuff for 40 years! I learn a LOT from you two! Thanks so much for your knowledge & sharing it with those of us that appreciate it!
You will NEVER hear any negative comments from me, I admire your knowledge of electronics. I can not put anyone else down for not having enough knowledge to repair something such as that, I have tried and failed many times. I have done some really good repairs of electronics and failures too. I have a lack of knowledge myself ! I enjoy your videos and wish I had your knowledge.
Those Goodalls I've had fairly good luck with too. I don't find too many of those that are bad. The ceramic encased Pyramids are really durable. I have seen that style with various labels on them, including Pyramid and Mallory. I think those are some of the best vintage caps outside ceramic disk. I think it's because moisture can't get inside them, they are really well sealed.
hell, I wish I had you as an electronics teacher, because I've been learning from you guys on RU-vid. but I still have a ton of things to learn. I'm kind of better on the mechanical end of things than the electronic end, and I still have to learn alot. i just really like learning whatever I can from your videos
My Revere S16 16mm sound movie projector had no sound on the amplifier, but the projector worked fine, but it needs to replace the motor brush springs, because the motor is not running while it’s on, except the lamp light up. I can’t put the film in there. I’m going to check if the amplifier has some problems, but maybe I’ll have to address it. The amp in my Revere S16 did a sloppy work on adding double resistors to the connection and it doesn’t look right, or perhaps a silicone diode, so I did pulled out the old Sprague capacitors, and I’m also going to removed a few bumblebee capacitors with orange drop capacitors to make it work, and this is going to be a project that the amp needs to be rebuild. I can’t find a schematic for the Revere S16 amplifier online. Is there a way that I have to find?
Is this a Sankyo cassette deck you’re using? I’ve never seen that one before. And the cassette you’re using is a vintage Maxell LN 60-minute cassette from the 1970’s that assorted jazz music on there. Very neat indeed.
Oh yeah, one more thing. I use Chemtronics "Soder-Wick" brand, and I use size #6, which is 0.21" wide. I found that it works better with the giant globs of solder we find in these old sets.
Good Video as normal. Used to be an Electronic Tech (A/V Tech in a local school system). The person who did the job before me was a "TV Repair man" (I don't mean that all repair men are bad...... but he was. He didn't care if the repair held, he just wanted it out of his shop). I could always tell if he had worked on the unit before, you could just tell. I remember the had left this PA unit in the shop when he left. Said he couldn't get it to work in the school but worked fine on the bench. There was a XSTER taped to cabinet. I assumed this was the problem with the unit........ it was. The XSTER had a "SK" number on it (RCA parts) , I used "ECG" parts so I looked it up. The part was an "RF amp". WTF!? Why an RF amp in a AF unit? So...... I decided to call him. At that time I lost all respect I had for him (which was not much I may add). When I asked why he tried to use an RF amp (thinking he had miss-read number) he told me in a matter of fact voice "MAN!! I've doing this stuff for over 30 years . Theres no telling what I may use to get it working." I thanked him for his time and hung up. I used a AF amp in the unit and it worked just fine.
I don’t know where you live, but you sound like you’re from the south like myself. I wish I could come and apprentice with you. I find these vintage stereos/turntables fascinating. I’ve started refurbishing them, V-M primarily as a hobby. I really want to dive into the electronics, but I’m apprehensive. I’ve only ever replaced a capacitor in a TV. All of the diodes, capacitors, tubes etc seem very daunting. However I’d really love to learn. It’s sad that there aren’t more folks like you willing to pass on knowledge to others. Thank you for your videos, and if you’d ever like to tutor me in basic electronics that would be fantastic.
First lesson I learned, as a kid... Never unplug an old console color TV, and put the plug in your mouth! Stop laughing already... I was trying not, to drop the plug behind the TV, and thought I could hold it in my mouth, while I helped my Dad push the TV out of the corner... Dam that hurt! I know now, the filter capacitors, were still charged up... Thanks for your great videos! And please keep them coming.
You wouldn't happen to have a photo-fax of a Sears Silvertone Model 62 amp chassis #528-58700 would you? Restoring my grandparents old console stereo and cannot find any schematics on this unit.
As far as test equipment, personally I use a dim bulb set up with an isolation transformer for power control. The rest is a small amp for a signal tracer and a cheap vom that wasn't even digital. We all start somewhere. The good thing is at least we got started
Why would anyone leave negative comments? I think you do a fantastic job. I enjoy watching and listening to your videos. Of course I won't put down other repair attempts. I have little experience myself. I like your videos and Shango's too! Don't let the naysayers bring you down. To me, you are one of the best! I wish I had your knowledge and experience!
the only that I can "bitch" about and to a degree you Sango66 is not showing how to do it, how to properly solder after hoby around with electronics I never realized I was not soldering correctly till I watch some videos from Bigclivedotcom & glasslinger
Anything I have fixed I owe it to the techs on you tube,I watch all the videos I can find,I watch them again and again .I have much to learn ,and I thankful to the tech that have taken the time.to email me.Or from there videos thanks guys.
Great video, very detailed and informative. When I worked at my first job, i worked on many VM amps like this. Truthfully, I've never seen this many factory errors. Someone at the q.c."switch" was asleep that day!
well we all have to start somewhere when I made something I put my name to on the pcb and the date when I looked at it many years later I couldn't believe that I had made it in the first place ! that's how you learn how to do better in the future
I appreciate you sharing your COMPETENT EXTENSIVE KNOWLEDGE...I am just starting out..and I'm female, which I never see women fixing vintage electronics on YT!! I feel very confident in my 1st attempt at servicing (my own) a VM 1297 auto record changer/player..thank you again
As far as I'm concerned, the most important things to teach are not about the specific thing you're using for an example or lesson but the steps and procedures that go into the fixing. Better and fancier tools make it easier, but only if you know WHY you're using them. I like the electronic repair videos for a couple of reasons. I like seeing the old electronics, and I just like watching how other people attack a problem. Electronics has been my hobby for 45+ years, and there's always something new to learn.
I like your videos and always learn something from them. I do not leave negative comments about anyone's work, we are all humans and anyone can make a mistake ! I Agree with you 100 percent ! I love what you do and hope you are able and willing to keep sharing your information and experience to us newbies ! Thanks for what you do ! D. in Mich, aka KC8YOX
Good call on going with a schematic----it's really the only way to figure something like that out. Very interesting about the voltage doubler---I've never seen that used in an ac/dc phono amp before.
Your just awesome your work is knowledge I learn a lot from your video's - Thank You so much I look up to,you and audbuon5425 I'm always willing to learning more when it comes to vintage electronics
dear sir, please could you advise me. I have a have a old sony television which I am restoring and the part of the circuit I am working on should run at 480 volts. the eletrolytic capacitor running across it is a 1uf at 500v. I want to replace the capacitor but the highest value nowadays has operational voltage of only 450v. Can you suggest a safe solution to my problem .
Peter Alsford hook two 250 volt caps together with their negative leads hooked together, make sure they each add up to the uf of the old capacitor. See 7:40 of the video
I remember the first thing that I worked on was my parents' stereo system. There was one side that was distorted and low. I found the correct transistors and put them in. I ended up smoking the power supply because I didn't put the insulators on the TO-92 transistors between collector and ground. Needless to say, that stereo never did work again after that. However, by that mistake, I have learned to repair amplifiers, TVs, musical keyboards, guitars and their electronics, switching power supplies, and other things. I've been doing it a long time, too and I still get a little nervous tearing something apart. There was only one other thing that I wasn't able to repair. I remember an electronics store had asked me to come in and repair a Kenwood stereo receiver. The output transistors checked shorted. I replaced them, turned it on, it worked for a couple minutes, and then flames came off of the resistors in the driver section. I replaced them a second time and it would play a couple minutes, and then I'd hear a crack, and then really thick smoke pouring off of the board. I replaced every resistor and capacitor on that board and it would still do the same thing. The only thing I could figure, and it has been years since I thought about it, is maybe the transistor sockets may have been breaking down or something like that. I did play it without the power transistors and it played indefinitely like that. Anyway, thank you for sharing.
I agree that practice makes perfect and things happen and no one is perfect . you are always leaning and building on what you know . no matter how much you know there is always something to learn . great video as always and thank you for your great knowledge and for sharing as always
I love your vintage electronics repair videos.They are very educational.They also bring back a lot of great memories.I can watch them all day and never get bored.
I remember when I first started working on tv's, I used aluminum foil to short out the fuse, because I didn't know any better, and blew up the circuit board. I learned from that mistake!
like you said no one knows everything and you learn every single day and I am new to vintage audio I have been doing it for only 3 years and taught myself due to financial issues and that is a long story and so I am always learning I read a great deal and watch guys like you and shango066 and learn so much and I am grateful for all of you who make learning easy and fun . and wishing you a great week and night and thank you for all the information and videos they are great
Thanks for another great video! I agree completely about not making fun of beginners or of work done by people starting out. Anything I've ever gotten fairly good at, the first time I did it was a disaster. The most humorous memory of such is the first time I dealt with a 16mm film projector in fall 1980, the autoload mechanism pulled the film incorrectly and it jammed so badly that the machine had to be partially taken apart to get the film out. I am currently at a coffee shop and a friend and I were watching this new video and my friend also appreciates your videos and referred to you as a "National Treasure!"! You're absolutely correct about education never ceasing. I've been a computer programmer since the mid 1980s and still make mistakes in pretty much everything I write, as well as encounter new changing paradigms that require changes in approaches to problems. I think of you ever time I see the old 1946 Sears Silvertone console AM radio/phone combo that was our family radio growing up and still plays to this day (the radio does with all original tubes -- the phono has never been used at least since 1972 when we acquired it). I bought a new turntable weekend before last, the first totally new one I've had since January 1983, and people would be much better off paying $300 for one of those models rather than $100 to $150 on a Crosley piece of junk. Audio Technica makes one (AT-LP120) that seems to be heavy and fairly well made and has counterweight, anti-skate, and ability to use head shells. I doubt it will last over 30 years like the older Sears one but pickings these days are kinda slim.
