Picked up a "As is untested" Fisher X-101B in a convoluted trade a good while ago.
When tested by me there be silence. No humming just plain nothing at all.
Chassis and front panel in great shape. Tested all the tubes to find pretty much all the tubes were bad. The were mostly Fisher tubes loaded.
Replaced with good ones and still no sound.
Really wanting it to sing again and knowing a very qualified nationally known local tube guy give it a look see. Prior to taking it to "Doc" I ordered the cans from Hayseed beforehand.
Well he informed me that BOTH output transformers and the power are bad!
No joy in hearing this. Figured someone powered it on and forgot....
So my question is,
What are my options?
What other models use the same parts?
Look for a donor X-101B?
Give up and sell the parts? This would be the last resort as to the cans are installed along with recapped signal path.....
I will be picking up the unit on Saturday.
Barney
When tested by me there be silence. No humming just plain nothing at all.
Chassis and front panel in great shape. Tested all the tubes to find pretty much all the tubes were bad. The were mostly Fisher tubes loaded.
Replaced with good ones and still no sound.
Really wanting it to sing again and knowing a very qualified nationally known local tube guy give it a look see. Prior to taking it to "Doc" I ordered the cans from Hayseed beforehand.
Well he informed me that BOTH output transformers and the power are bad!
No joy in hearing this. Figured someone powered it on and forgot....
So my question is,
What are my options?
What other models use the same parts?
Look for a donor X-101B?
Give up and sell the parts? This would be the last resort as to the cans are installed along with recapped signal path.....
I will be picking up the unit on Saturday.
Barney