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Posted on February 3, 2018

Crosley 10-136E Radio Restoration

My wife’s aunt recently asked me to repair an antique radio she was using for decoration in her house. The radio is a Crosley 10-136E, a standard AA5 tube radio which was produced in Cincinnati, OH, in 1950. I plugged her into my variac and slowly brought her back to life but she wouldn’t play … Continue reading Crosley 10-136E Radio Restoration

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It’s been over a year since I bought this Technics SA-300 receiver as is and not producing any sound. I finally got it back up and running with some new outputs and a couple transistors in the phono stage. It’s all cleaned up now and ready to go to my new fave fellow record nerd @ethanluck !

The definition of empathy is simply “the ability to understand and share the feelings of others”. We need empathy from our leaders not domination. Humans aren’t weak, humans are troubled. Humans don’t want to be dominated, humans want to be heard. A leader should be able to feel those troubles and want to heal them, not stir up more anger. I made this collage last year during a rough time personally but it means even more now. Let’s stop basing our votes on hard sided political policies and instead base them on who has the empathy required to heal a nation devastated by major issues. Please vote in November.

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Took a drive to the country after work yesterday to pick up this Yamaha CR-420 and a pair of Bose 2.2 bookshelf speakers from a family moving to Missouri. So far a good Deoxit cleaning has brought sound back to both channels. Fingers crossed that is all she needs. The front face and knobs are filthy and the lights are all out so that will be my next task. I recall not enjoying removing those rectangular knobs on a previous Yamaha. Also, the wood case is sticky in some areas so it will get a good cleaning and maybe even a Howards coat.

Made this collage months ago but it feels especially relevant now.

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