Tube Tuner Question

sda2mike
sda2mike Posts: 3,131
edited August 2005 in 2 Channel Audio
Since i'll soon be getting a tube pre, i've dug out of storage (actually display) my repaired and fully functional Scott LT 110...this is a great-sounding tuner! however, it needs a good cleaning...whats the best way to go about this job? i've seen some tuner cleaner destroy old components...this one i believe is from the early 60s. after it's all cleaned, i'll get a new faceplate and wood case. thanks! :D
Post edited by sda2mike on
· Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Comments

  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited August 2005
    www.caig.com
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited August 2005
    It can work but be careful with old PC boards and chemicals. I recommend nothing more than blowing off the boards with canned air.
    madmax
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • sda2mike
    sda2mike Posts: 3,131
    edited August 2005
    madmax wrote:
    It can work but be careful with old PC boards and chemicals. I recommend nothing more than blowing off the boards with canned air.
    madmax

    i hear ya...but there seems to be some sort of grime under all the dust..under the grime, the chassis is shiny..
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited August 2005
    Just test a spot first. My first reciever back in the seventies was cleaned by me. Sprayed the stuff on, used a nice soft brush to gently loosen the grime, another little spray to remove the grime. OH NO! it is still sticky! Got a little more sticky stuff off and found it to be the PCB coming apart. Well, I let it dry and it looked nasty. Worst part is it wouldn't work when I tried it. Oh well...

    madmax
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • sda2mike
    sda2mike Posts: 3,131
    edited August 2005
    scary! the reason i posted this question, i have a scott rcvr i purchased in '83, the last of the heavywieghts. anyway, 1 day i opened it up and went to town with the cleaner..no board breaks, but the tuner no longer tunes :mad: amp still rocks, tho.. maybe i'll just get the wood case for the tube tuner and forget it!
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • PolknPepsi
    PolknPepsi Posts: 781
    edited August 2005
    Hi SDAMike,

    If you are looking for someone to work on your old receiver for you I would recommend Craig at nosvalves.com He works on retro gear and one of these days I would like to buy a nice old integrated or send him one that needs refurbished. My first order of business is to get a tube preamp to go with my S.S. amp just to see what tubes are all about.
    Denon #2900, Denon stereo receiver, Conrad Johnson Sonographe 120 amp, Blue Jeans cables, and Klipsch RF-7's
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • sda2mike
    sda2mike Posts: 3,131
    edited August 2005
    PolknPepsi wrote:
    Hi SDAMike,

    If you are looking for someone to work on your old receiver for you I would recommend Craig at nosvalves.com He works on retro gear and one of these days I would like to buy a nice old integrated or send him one that needs refurbished. My first order of business is to get a tube preamp to go with my S.S. amp just to see what tubes are all about.


    thanks bud!
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter