Subj : When everything is di
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Ogg
Date : Thu Mar 02 2023 20:49:00

Hello pF!

 pF>  Technics? Pah! My Harmon Kardon 330b would have something to say about
 pF>  that.

 pF>  I was given it when my mom moved out of the house I grew up in, I even
 pF>  have all of the documentation from when they bought it in the 1970s.

 pF> https://classicreceivers.com/harman-kardon-330b

No problem with the pots and switches after all these years?

My folks acquired a Clairtone + Gerrard turnable cabinet.

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clairtone

I can't find the actual photo of the receiver, but it was  
loaded with all kinds of special options such as bass-boost,  
treble boost, flipping L-R audio channels, re-directing the  
phono output to one channel and having the radio on the other,  
etc.

I think it was around 1962 when I was still pre-school age when  
was allowed to operate it. The unit still served well into the  
late 70's.  But by then, some of the switches started to not  
cooperate, and the tuner was having issues.

The first issue it developed was a grounding hum. A couple of
large capacitors had dried up. With the help of an
electronics/shop highschool teacher, the capacitors were
replaced successfully.

But the switches deteriorated soon after.


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