Dead on arrival, as expected
No. 1 · 28 August 2025Chassis is intact, dial glass is cracked but readable. Every visible capacitor has the telltale bulge of a unit that gave up decades ago.
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First replaced capacitor, first sign of life
No. 2 · 2 September 2025Swapped the largest electrolytic. Tubes now glow on power-up, though nothing comes through the speaker yet.