Wow... well done Ray, what a beautiful radio. It's a pity the electrostatic speakers couldn't be revived, I hope the online replacements work OK. Manuel's rectifier boards worked well 👍🙂
Thank you Dave, electrostatic tweeters not working you say ? Hmm maybe I'll get them to work after all. Stay tune for part 5 you might be surprised... Again thanks for braving through this whole series, you're my #1 supporter, heck almost the only one lol
I just finished watching all 4 videos and will now watch the update or part 5 lol. You are unbelievable. Your attention to detail should be commended. The work is meticulous and done with complete attention to detail. Excellent job
Geez Rob thank you so much, it takes almost as much patience sitting through one of my entire series, with my babbling and French Canadian accent, than it does to restore one of these old radios. I do like to be meticulous, i got that from my previous profession; I was a photographer in a past life and my college teachers really hammered the attention to details into my brains, but i try not to get to ''Anal'' with getting every little part nobody will see 100% original. Sure it's fun when it's possible to re-stuff the original can or find the exact grill cloth, but my priority is always safety, followed by efficiency and aesthetics come after all that. Again thank you, i really appreciate it.. Be well, God bless.
I don’t mind the accent. I live in Florida and half the people here are French Canadian lol. I purchased a pretty rough condition Grundig 2220 on eBay yesterday and will be purchasing a second one locally on Saturday morning. I have only done one radio before and I’m looking forward to trying my hand at another. I will go for a different route than you took. I will make it operational and safe, clean and functional but with some character. Something that says I’m old and well used but still work fantastic. That’s the plan. We shall see. God bless my friend.
@@robbo6460 Yeah, true, you must be getting ready for the snowbirds right about now :-) Really 2 x 2220 hey ?, well i'm curious to see how you're going to restore them, if you. make videos lemme know, i want to see :-)
Merci Richard, j'ai vraiment eu beaucoup de chance avec cette radio, pour une fois je n'ai pas eu à passer des semaines à restaurer le cabinet. Merci d'être passé Richard :-)
I wasn't able to identify one single problem with the FM. At first the original ECC85 might have been a little weak, although it was testing fine on my tube tester, but it also went a little crokked in it's socket. I tested everything i could think of, related to the FM circuit and everything was ''Normal''. In the end i just concluded the FM on this model played softer than the AM band. So i need to turn up the colume knob about 20 to 25% more to get the same output, but it tunes just as well as the AM. So i stopped there and am still very happy with the end result. If your question about C50 was because the continuity on the video didn't make sense because i was talking about C56 just before this scene of the chassis. It is simply because my cell phone didn't activate when i started recording the C56 replacement. I didn't have the courage to unsolder and re-solder it just for the camera, sorry.
Wow... well done Ray, what a beautiful radio. It's a pity the electrostatic speakers couldn't be revived, I hope the online replacements work OK. Manuel's rectifier boards worked well 👍🙂
Thank you Dave, electrostatic tweeters not working you say ? Hmm maybe I'll get them to work after all. Stay tune for part 5 you might be surprised...
Again thanks for braving through this whole series, you're my #1 supporter, heck almost the only one lol
I just finished watching all 4 videos and will now watch the update or part 5 lol. You are unbelievable. Your attention to detail should be commended. The work is meticulous and done with complete attention to detail. Excellent job
Geez Rob thank you so much, it takes almost as much patience sitting through one of my entire series, with my babbling and French Canadian accent, than it does to restore one of these old radios. I do like to be meticulous, i got that from my previous profession; I was a photographer in a past life and my college teachers really hammered the attention to details into my brains, but i try not to get to ''Anal'' with getting every little part nobody will see 100% original. Sure it's fun when it's possible to re-stuff the original can or find the exact grill cloth, but my priority is always safety, followed by efficiency and aesthetics come after all that. Again thank you, i really appreciate it.. Be well, God bless.
I don’t mind the accent. I live in Florida and half the people here are French Canadian lol. I purchased a pretty rough condition Grundig 2220 on eBay yesterday and will be purchasing a second one locally on Saturday morning. I have only done one radio before and I’m looking forward to trying my hand at another. I will go for a different route than you took. I will make it operational and safe, clean and functional but with some character. Something that says I’m old and well used but still work fantastic. That’s the plan. We shall see. God bless my friend.
@@robbo6460 Yeah, true, you must be getting ready for the snowbirds right about now :-) Really 2 x 2220 hey ?, well i'm curious to see how you're going to restore them, if you. make videos lemme know, i want to see :-)
Superbe restauration good work Ray 😊
Merci Richard, j'ai vraiment eu beaucoup de chance avec cette radio, pour une fois je n'ai pas eu à passer des semaines à restaurer le cabinet. Merci d'être passé Richard :-)
what was the problem with the FM section? if you found one? merci.
I wasn't able to identify one single problem with the FM. At first the original ECC85 might have been a little weak, although it was testing fine on my tube tester, but it also went a little crokked in it's socket. I tested everything i could think of, related to the FM circuit and everything was ''Normal''. In the end i just concluded the FM on this model played softer than the AM band. So i need to turn up the colume knob about 20 to 25% more to get the same output, but it tunes just as well as the AM. So i stopped there and am still very happy with the end result. If your question about C50 was because the continuity on the video didn't make sense because i was talking about C56 just before this scene of the chassis. It is simply because my cell phone didn't activate when i started recording the C56 replacement. I didn't have the courage to unsolder and re-solder it just for the camera, sorry.