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[pepperoniparadise]

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[posttexasstressdisorder]

Dynaco Repair Post No. 4

Thursday evening, 12-21-23, later:

As I was saying, just a little careful polishing and the chassis already looks a lot better. And the can cap is almost exactly same height as the original:

A little more of that shine:

Once the new can was twist-locked into place with the four tabs, it was time to make the physical connections to all four of the terminals, and replacing the old resistors with some flameproof resistors I'd bought for another ST70 I redid about 15 years ago:

And here, finally is everything hooked up, crimped, and ready to be soldered:

Again, the 30-watt pencil is the way to go.

And THAT, believe it or not, completes ALL the repairs I needed to make to the Stereo 70! Now, all I need is a fresh quad of EL-34 output tubes...another $100 I don't have.

Tomorrow, I start in on finishing the PAS. The 12X4 got here, and I have work to do on the replacement switch. Dude had stripped the big flat caps wired in there, so I will have to cannibalize off my old one.

And one last "Glamour Shot", this time with the 7199 driver tubes in place, with the chassis and base shined up nicely:

(And yes, I put these awesome big-ass rubber feet on and it is so much better looking cageless, as well as easier to handle! And I can't help thinking it has to help keep the amp cooler than the original almost non-existent flat button feet.)

Friday evening, Dec 22, 2023

Well, I looked at that 3-wafer switch, and my little "fix" of wrapping wire around the broken bits, and decided I really had nothing to lose by putting the tubes in, including the NOS 12X4 rectifier tube, and attaching some improvised wiring up to my ancient (but still absolutely functional) Altec Lansing computer speakers as an amplifier.

I then dug out the wires for the turntable and its ground, and a functioning 1/8"-to-RCA cord to use as a test for all the other inputs.

IT WORKS!!! WE HAVE PHONO! WE HAVE ALL THE OTHER PERTINENT INPUTS AS WELL! Talk about relieved and elated! WooHOO! At least now I can get back to transcribing my vinyl to SSD via this beautiful critter, my Dual 1219, with Shure M91ED cartridge. Test record? My ancient 45 of "Green Eyed Lady" by Sugarloaf! ROCK OUT ON THAT ORGAN, JERRY CORBETTA!

Plugged the other patchcord into my laptop, and put Miss Nina Simone's "Little Girl Blue" (which I had transcribed before this mess all went down)...and it came through excellent on the "Spare", AM/FM (tuner) input. The only one that sounded a bit off was the 'FM MPX", which was actually only supposed to be one channel of the stereo FM, so that was to be expected, actually.

That 12X4 glowin' fine:

BUT: with the Spare and Phono both functional, as are the tape in/out jacks, I have everything I need, since I have a 3-source external selector box that will turn Spare into three separate additional inputs, thus, I can run my TV and DVD player into the tubes as well.

SO, I can call the PAS3X officially back in business again, and I have a spare source switch if I need it. That is big. I will spend the rest of the time this evening on putting the case back together and doing some more polishing on the ST-70.

SO the only thing we are missing for a Totally Tubular Xmas is a quad of EL34/6CA7 tubes!

More tomorrow as I finish up the detailing on both units.

And I will also show off my speakers that fill an empty spot in the Dynaco speaker line: a beast of my own creation, the speaker that never was, "The A-15" (lulz) I used 8" butyl-surround woofers and SEAS tweeters, encased in actual wood veneer Pioneer speaker cabinets.

The A-10 woofers were 6", and the A-25 were 10", these Pioneer boxes are perfectly sized to be infinite-baffle boxes, the woofers have exactly the right amount of room, and they sound amazing when the Stereo 70 is blasting through them.

AND ADDENDUM, 8:27pm: EL-34s ARE BEING MAILED TOMORROW! My bro over on the east coast is shipping them tomorrow...we will have TUBEAGE for XMAS!

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LINKS TO THE PREVIOUS THREE REPAIR POSTS:

[rainingmusic]

sugarloaf - don't call us, we'll call you

[larryneilson37]

What I'm listening to right now

Don't Call Us, We'll Call You by Jerry Corbetta Formerly Of Sugarloaf, on the album: Yacht Rock

[danakarel]

Jerry Corbetta (c. 1947 – September 16, 2016)

[adamostrogoth]

[acab5023]

🇺🇸 Don Ciccone ‎– Forever Begins Today - 1991 In my opinion, the 90's was not a good decade for WestCoast's music, in terms of productivity, however there are emblematic albums like this wonderful "Forever Begins Today" by Don Ciccone. Don Ciccone was a multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter, a faithful collaborator of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons among others and who left us this masterpiece full of excellent songs and first-rate musicians: Buzz Feiten, Bobby Martin, Chuck Findley among others. . Produced by Jerry Corbetta and Steve Madaio for Polydor Japan. Evocative cover of WestCoast records made in Japan. http://labibledelawestcoast.blogspot.com/2018/06/don-ciccone-forever-begins-today-1991.html?m=1 I bought this CD on my trip to Japan in 2012, and since then it has been part of my collection of favorite classics. https://youtu.be/ce2Ex1FvRLQ Don Ciccone left us in 2016. Classic 90s https://www.instagram.com/p/CEYJ8ETJirj/?igshid=o7792ismjwlw

[halroycepromoter]

4th Annual Wild Hog Music Festival & Motorcycle Rally. April 23rd, 24th & 25th, 2004. Downtown Helena, Arkansas. Mark Farner of Grand Funk Railroad. Classic Rock Allstars. Peter Riveria of Rare Earth Jerry Corbetta of Sugar Loaf Mike Pinera of Iron Butterfly Slideshow...

[budaallmusic]

The Eleventh Hour ‎– Hollywood Hot #20centuryrecords 1976 US Bass – #JimFielder Congas – #KingErrisson Drums – #RickShlosser Guitar – #CindyBullens, #ElliottRandell, #TrevorVeitch Keyboards – #DennyRandell, #TranthamWhitley Vocals [Singers] – #BobCrewe, #CindyBullens, #DennisYoung, #DennyRandell, #VincentSims Written-By – Bob Crewe, Cindy Bullens Backing Vocals – Bob Crewe, Cindy Bullens, Jerry Corbetta, Jim Haas, Jon Joyce, Julia Tillman*, Patti Schultz, Polly Cutter Baritone Saxophone – #SteveKravitz Bass – #BobGlaub Bass Trombone – #HaroldGarrett Cello – #MarieFera, #RayKelley, #RayKramer Cello [First Cello] – #FredSeykora Concertmaster – #GerryVinci Congas – #JohnBeale Drums – #RickShlosser Guitar – #CindyBullens, #RickVito Keyboards – #SteveOlitzky Lead Guitar – #TrevorVeitch Lead Vocals – #KennethE.Kerr, #MichaelLee Gra Percussion – John King, #RickShlosser Saxophone – #JoeRoccisano Saxophone, Flute – #JonKip Trombone – #TomJenkins Trumpet – #RonKing Violin – #ArnoldBelnick, #AssaDrory*, #BettyLaMagna*, #DavidMantagu*, #GerryVinci*, #JakeKrachmalnick, #MurrayAdler, #StanPlummer

[rainingmusic]

sugarloaf - green eyed lady

[larryneilson37]

What I'm listening to right now

Don't Call Us, We'll Call You by Jerry Corbetta Formerly Of Sugarloaf, on the album: Yacht Rock

[adamostrogoth]

[acab5023]

🇺🇸Jerry Corbetta ‎– Jerry Corbetta - 1978 Extraordinary work of one of the members of Sugarloaf, oriented to the most sophisticated WestCoast with the best session musicians of the time "Jay Graydon, Michael Omartian, Mike Porcaro..ect" https://labibledelawestcoast.blogspot.com/search?q=Jerry+corbetta+ Album to enjoy from start to finish .. Jerry died in 2016 R.I.P. Masterpiece !! https://www.instagram.com/p/B--hAvzJzj-/?igshid=13qfl5sfih8fb