Reclaiming Audio Equipment with Cliff Schecht

January 9, 2019 Hosted by Parker Dillmann, Stephen Kraig

Cliff Schecht of Reclaimed Audio discusses what it takes to repair and restore vintage audio gear.

  • 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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Hosts: Parker Dillmann, Stephen Kraig

Special thanks to whixr over at Tymkrs for the intro and outro!