MEP EP#154

Published: Jan. 9, 2019, 11:20 p.m.

Reclaiming Audio Equipment with Cliff Schecht

  • Cliff Schecht
    • An electrical engineer with a masters degree
    • Spends his days rescuing vintage gear
    • Is the CEO and operates Reclaimed Audio
    • Reclaimed Audio offers repair and restoration services on audio, radio, and test equipment from the turn of the century through current state of the art
  • Restoring Vintage Audio Equipment
    • How to restore equipment and keep it true to original design, but get it ready for another 20 years run time
    • Rebuilding power supplies on tube units for example, but not changing the audio path topology much
    • Tips and tricks with test gear
    • Properly evaluating a piece of unknown gear
    • How to restore vintage electronics
      • How old is old enough to consider restoration/recapping
      • When is it ok to power up? How do you power up vintage gear?
    • Any myths you have debunked?

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Tags:  Audio Repair, Capacitors, Cliff Schecht, electronics podcast, MacroFab, macrofab engineering podcast, Reclaimed Audio