Restoring vintage radios to play

"What if you restored old radios until they play music again?"

Fun to do

The crackling disappears and suddenly warm jazz flows from the old speaker again. You feel the satisfaction of bringing something presumed dead back to life, sounding exactly like it used to.

Someone who did this

Bert (65), gepensioneerd elektricien, draaide aan de volumeknop van de Philips-radio uit 1967. …

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Three first steps

1Buy broken vintage radio online
2Learn about tubes and capacitors
3Start by cleaning the exterior

Useful websites

RadiomuseumEnglishradiomuseum.orgInternational database with schematics and vintage radio specifications

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