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    ADVICE - Turn this Magnavox Astro Sonic into a Guitar Amp or Studio Monitors

    That's a hybrid. Tube preamp and probably tuner, with a Solid state amp. The amplifiernis most likely the chassis in the lower right hand corner on the drawing. It has a row of output transistors it looks like right in the middle of the chassis. More than likely those transistors are early...
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    Marantz Model 112 with various faceplate

    If thats true my guess would be the one with the 25us is European, or Canadian. I've run across several 112's and they didn't have the 25us printed on them. The asiest way to tell is the European versions may have a voltage selector on the back, or screw terminals inside to change it. I saw a...
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    Speakers with questionable "upgrades"... post your findings here.

    If I had the patients, I would go through the whole thread and count the "upgraded Advent's. Then, when someone posted another, a number could be added to the post.
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    Polk model 7 fans

    I like mine a lot. I have a pair of 10's that I rebuilt the crossovers in, glued the magnets, put dynamat on the spokes, and replaced the SL-2000 tweeters with RDO-194's. I like them also. The pair of 5jr's I have still have the SL-2000 tweeters, but th2y still sound good also. I have another...
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    Polk model 7 fans

    Mine didn't come with grills I had to make some using P.E. grill kits. I left the original pegs in case I ever run across any of the originals.
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    Polk model 7 fans

    Those must be really early. Nothing like mine with peerless tweeters. And I agree, it's too bad the serial number is missing.
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    Polk model 7 fans

    +1
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    Has anyone seen this happen? Degraded output tube base.

    Was that tube close to the side of the chassis, or a transformer bell? Maybe there wasn't enough air space to disapate enough heat?
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    Newer Dynakit PA-060 power transformer question

    Or just ditch the socket all together. My VTA ST-70 has a bias trimmers for each output tube. So I added gest jacks where the sockets were. Including a ground socket. There are several ready to go test sockets I've seen for the Dynaco ST-70 that have just two test jacks that replace each socket.
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    Building Again--Marblewood 6V6 SEUL

    Nice clean build. I was thi king of building one of these amps since I have a bag full of 6v6's and a few 6SN7's. But I'm going to build the 6L6 amp. It's more versatile when it comes to driver and power tubes. I built the Cascade universal preamp. It sounds a lot better than you think k it...
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    Preamp build no channel separation.

    Put in backwards? I just don't understand why they load them the way they do to start with. I've seen 62k and 64k loading for MM carteidges in Chinese offerings of both tube and SS phono preamps. Why is it so difficult to just load them 47K?
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    OL Advent questions, please

    I've done several woofers, a couple paper cone tweeters, and a few old 12" guitar speakers with Alinco magnets. It seems some.of those guitar speakers are well thought of. Over time the paper surrounds develope cracks. Once all these drivers were repaired, they worked fine and sounded great. It...
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    Speakers with questionable "upgrades"... post your findings here.

    It's a dual purpose trunk. You can use it to move a dead body too!! :thumbsup: :music:
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    OL Advent questions, please

    I had a pair of OLA's. I never had to take them apart though. Is the metal grill removable? If so, those rips are repairable if it still works.
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    A full crossover for the Realistic Nova 7B....I did it.

    I unscrewed the grill from the lattice frame. I think I may put new grill cloth on it and use it without the lattice frame. The factory cloth is faded, dirty and has a little missing at the bottom of the grill baffle. Plus it has a bunch of dimples in it from the lattice frame.
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