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vintage_8bit · 10th Oct 2021, 11:18 pm

Thanks for the great input gents.

We now have more volume, I found......

C6 & C8 leaky. All capacitors are now changed anyway.
R4 4.7K was high by about 20%. (Top end of tolerance)
The earth terminal for R4,C1, & R12 was lose.

When I get a new cartridge & a better record ill let you know what it sounds like. Probably try a known good records first. All the ones I have here are in bad condition. Off to the record shop tomorrow for some mono bargains! Colin.

10th Oct 2021, 11:18 pm	#27
vintage_8bit Heptode Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Rainham, Kent, UK. Posts: 525	Re: Pye, Black Box Mk1 1954, cartridge. Thanks for the great input gents. We now have more volume, I found...... C6 & C8 leaky. All capacitors are now changed anyway. R4 4.7K was high by about 20%. (Top end of tolerance) The earth terminal for R4,C1, & R12 was lose. When I get a new cartridge & a better record ill let you know what it sounds like. Probably try a known good records first. All the ones I have here are in bad condition. Off to the record shop tomorrow for some mono bargains! Colin.