Post by EdwardT on 11/28/22 at 13:46:33
It’s not Decware but it is tube gear so I feel safe asking if anyone has a lead toward refurbishing a 50/60s Magnavox console separates system. A young friend wants to energize his Nana's old stereo which looks to have a pair of tube amps we'd call monoblocks today driven by a 'Magic Eye' radio tuner tube preamp. I tested the dual 15” speakers (each cabinet) and they sounded surprisingly good; judging from a quick look the lower 15” is frequency limited which would make sense.
Since the electronics will need to be removed for identification and possible restoration, I plan to sub in a little plate amp to drive the speakers for immediate gratification. Anyone have a trick treatment for really old paper speakers? By all (brief) appearances they’ve lived inside heated and cooled homes most of the time but paper can be fragile after half a century and I’d rather not hurt them.
