If it's just the speaker that's cracking, you can certainly use it as it is. It's probably either the speaker itself (voicecoil separated from...
If you are sure the rec/pb switch is perfectly cleaned, then the cracke is likely caused by a bad transistor: either a discrete one or one inside...
@MICHAEL MURRAY The symptom you are describing is typical of a servo IC failure. The other thing to be checked is the FG amplifier (on the left of...
Strage phenomenon with the capstan swap. Do both have new rubber ring on them ? About the crackling, I would clean the playback/record switch...
Hello Michel and welcome to the forum ! It's always a good idea to do research before buying vintage equipement, as there is a lot of speculation...
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