Overhauling a HUGE Motorola three channel stereo

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• TH

  @TheVCRTimeMachine · 4 years ago

  Anyone who uses the term "hunky dory" is alright in my book. Thanks for rescuing these wonderful pieces.

• VT

  @vtjmproductionsusa2390 · 3 years ago

  They were a great system with a reverberation unit. The sound is <br>phenomenal.

• NE

  @neilmansfield8329 · 4 years ago

  Love these record players

• DO

  @douglashoff95 · 1 year ago

  Always liked the build quality of Motorola products. The TV&apos;s were the best along with the Zenith sets of that era. No printed circuit boards for the tubes to heat up and crack the solder connections or discolor the board.

• TE

  @Teleeddy · 5 years ago

  Nice to see the man behind the repairs..😁 Really nice player..! Robust as you&apos;ve indicated, and great to see very little parts needed replacing after all that time..Top work..Ed..UK..😀

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• ZI

  @Zickcermacity · 5 years ago

  I really admire your methodical, low-key approach to vintage repair &amp; restoration.<br><br>Hey my era of collection corresponds roughly to when I went to high school - mid-1980s. &nbsp;<br><br>If you ever come across any &apos;boomboxes&apos; from about 1979-85, let&apos;s talk. &nbsp;Those for me are my &apos;cathedral&apos; radios, yet are fully capable of driving the sound from a smartphone. &nbsp;Take care!

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• ZI

  @Zickcermacity · 5 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFd3fSJFrT8&amp;t=1790">29:50</a> - Looking better than it probably did in the showroom! &nbsp;:D

• JU

  @juliangerardcascio1111 · 4 years ago

  BEAUTIFUL &nbsp;😍 TOO &nbsp;!!!!

• A5

  @a587g · 5 years ago

  Looks nicely built. &nbsp;Motorola did make some high quality units, though like Crosley and Philco, insisted on using those annoying loctal tubes for a few years in the late 40&apos;s. &nbsp;Only thing I would&apos;ve done additionally was add a fuse if there wasn&apos;t one already. &nbsp;Kind of curious how the vibrasonic sounds, bet it could be kind of interesting!

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• CJ

  @cjmarsh504 · 5 years ago

  The Motorola electronics back then are so clean and simple. High quality work.

• SC

  @scififan68 · 5 years ago

  I agree my friend has one similar and I love it too! It has to be the best sounding tube radio I&apos;ve heard so far. It&apos;s an SK55W which uses 6MB8s for L and R plus two el84 for the 15&quot; woofer with the same 51W output. By 1960 Motorola had switched to mylars film caps that stay in tolerance after 60 years! I tested ones in my Motorola am fm table radio from 1962 and these were even flooded but they were either spot on or within .1. Talk about extremely stable caps.

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• CH

  @channelsixtysix066 · 4 years ago

  It&apos;s a pleasure to see the quality that went into Motorola gear, all modularised and nicely set out. And as you say, Seth, put reliable parts into a product and it won&apos;t need servicing and expensive repairs. That can only add to your company&apos;s reputation. Quite simple really. Ceramic capacitors have probably &nbsp;been one of the cheapest electronic components in any radio or TV set.

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