Repairing an old Philips record changer, long post (Gezocht)

door 2blue, 25.11.2009, 08:51 (5517 dagen geleden) @ Ouwe Schipper

I see I should have come to this forum before I started restoring this old radio. I bought the gold plated banana plugs because that is the only thing audio shops carry these days. I suppose copper are better conductor than gold, but copper tend to oxidate and has a risk of turning green with time. I bought a package of the lowest priced loudspeaker cable I could find here. It is covered in clear plastic, and I really don't need much. The loudspeaker is built in the wooden cabinet and I will probably use about 75 cm.

For the tonearm wiring and phono input cables I have not found anything simmilar to the original either in shops here or ebay. You guys are probalby the first ones I have talked to who understand what I am trying to replace LOL. I will happily order these cables from you. Gold plated banana plugs looks rather foreign on this radio. The original ones were probably a sort of dark maroon colour, not black and red, but it's really not a big deal to me. I will hardly ever see the plugs and wiring anyway.

I know this old thing is far from modern hifi, but silver plated tonearm wiring are actually standard, most available and cheapest in 2009. If I have to use clips to fasten them, anything that isn't goldplated is hard to find, however I think every thing is soldered on in my radio / record player. This is the nearest I have come to the original red wiring of the tonarm, but this might work too.