Packard Bell RPC 13 Record Player Radio Amp Repair Stereo

[@mohinderkaur6671]

The power transformer in that electroboom is a useful part

[@justsumguy2u]

Previous tenant stops by while you're working; "Hey, I left my stereo in the garage, have you seen it?"

[@plinkleton]

perfect summation of the year 2013 for me !

[@SaderStel]

Ahhhh... such a revenge on that STK*** such a pain "one" place, I was spending late night hours opening them up and soldering on top new output transistors, since new STK is just beyond $$$ for what it is. The only good part in such things is the volume control combo with motor, mostly it was Alps made. And as a tip for those who like STK IC's, keep in mind they are only for 6 Ohm + speakers, 4 Ohms = STK go boom. You can run it on 4 ohms, but then you need lower the voltage and amps for it.

[@radiotvphononut]

Nice touch with the EOL part. I find the high power claim on that cheap POS comical - that PB would blow that cheap stereo out of the water in terms of power and overall audio quality.

[@yelawolf269extras4]

I'd choose the PB over any cheap micro system like that one

[@hightechstuff2]

8:50 "And if you are following along, you are doing so at your own risk."

[@RODALCO2007]

One set of output tubes was glowing a lot brighter too. ( left hand side )

[@anthonymokelkie9360]

12ax7s and push pull 6BQ5s nice amp nice blond cabinet too and speakers nice unit for sure ! tuning eye tube too in tuner. so awesome, real nice piece

[@raymondleggs5508]

i always found those types of shelf stereo to be butt ugly anyway glad you smashed it.

[@ibrahimkocaalioglu]

The Dark Side of The Moon was amazing ❤

[@RODALCO2007]

Good stress relief, that golf club v. plastic stereom is about all that it was good for. Surprising to see that it had a transformer instead of a SMPS.

[@HDXFH]

You get great deals on console units, here they're expensive, when ya come across 1, Great repair!!

[@blackvinylgrooves]

Same here.Not only do the thrift stores and estate sale prices start at $200 and go from there,but they never work.I have a few tube consoles I lucked out on a few years ago,but they are all dead,and there is nobody here in Albuquerque to repair or restore them.The record changer in there is a Glaser-Steers.I have a component version,sold by Heathkit.It's not working right,and they are notoriously hard to work on.

[@tomcarlson3913]

I'm surprised you don't want to fix the changer. That changer is a Glasser Steers (looks to be a GS77) which is arguably the best American-made changer. They stop the platter fully each time before they drop a record then restart it after the pickup has landed on the lead-in of the next record. Gentle enough that I trust my GS77 on even my best records. Maybe records aren't the best when painting a house*, but I'd make a unit like that a main living room stereo any day....Heck, I wish my Packard Bell Roundy color combo had a GS77 instead of the Garrard AT6 it came with. *The average 12" 3RPM LP is ~15min per side and a GS77 can hold around 15 LPs so every ~3.75 Hours you'd have to turn the stack over or swap the stack...Taking a 5-15 min break every 3-4 hours to wash the paint off your hands and swap a stack of LPs doesn't sound that bad to me...Heck, I painted one of the bathrooms at my house with all 5 of The Police's albums on one of my changers blasting from a room down the hall. That 'this asbestos needs a high-speed grinder and a cocaine straw' is IMO the most quotable joke I've seen in your videos so far.

[@gerryroberts662]

I didnt realize this video was taken around, Dec 3, 2013.. just watching this 01.13,2024,, Nice packard bell..I have a older packard bell... that cuts disks,, its prob also a dead format. but its something i enjoy experimenting off of the radio..with..

[@RODALCO2007]

Great diagnostic and repair. This unit has a great sound quality.

[@HiFiasco]

The changer in this combo is a very interesting one. It is manufactured by Philco, and has an independent mechanism to drive the changer separately from the turntable. During the change cycle, the turntable pauses as the record drops.

[@marqishlasley2851]

damn that stereo is loud 😎🔊🕪🎶🎶🎶🎶

[@ned8880]

LOL When you ask "Do you think that's open or do you think that disc cap is shorted"?, My bet the question is flying right over the heads of the "replace all the caps., that'll fix it" crowd. And the comment about the asbestos pad was hilarious. You're sense of humor is priceless Shango. Better entertainment than the vast wasteland of what passes for television these days. I hope you never tire of posting video's.

[@leannvlewis]

1984 was a year of wonders.

[@tectalabyss]

Thank you for sharing Shango

[@orange70383]

I remember distinctly seeing Van Halen's 1984 album tour, it was good but they were better in '81. With you being in the LA area I'm sure people were familiar with them from their club days. I worked with a guy who was raised in LA and was some sort of early VH groupie, his dad was a B sci-fi movie star in the 60's. Oh I'm rambling.

[@Trance88]

That Packard Bell is killer! Nice EOL of that late 90's era Aiwa BPC shelf thing. I think it's still a little early to call CD's a "dead format". They've fallen out of preference as a medium but they're still a completely viable physical format.

[@VegasCyclingFreak]

I was a sr in hs when that vh album came out, loved it

[@LyonsArcade]

“Get a high speed grinder and a cocaine straw”

[@wrnchhead76]

9:00 LMMFAO!!!!!!!!

[@HamJamming]

Packard Bell operated a non-union plant in the L.A. area, and since virtually all of its competitors were back East, were unionized, and had to ship to California, P-B had quite a cost advantage and therefore their units sold for somewhat lower prices than the other brands did. Also, P-B really liked to simplify all of their circuits as much as possible in order to keep costs down. The performance was just OK. I don't think their sets used retrace suppression.

[@kevmichael2064]

Does that reverb work?.... echo is great... with movies 🎥🍿

[@Mark5W8Comer]

Hold on to that record changer! It's a Glaser-Steers GS-77 T, The "T" version had an 11" platter, don't see many of those. There's also a rabid following for those changers- you may wanna get that running and hawk it on eBay!

[@derekkerr7053]

Would love to hear the turntable.

[@OlegKostoglatov]

Less government, more 80's music. More wood, less particleboard and plastic.

[@wayneheigl5549]

shango were did you learn your golf swing. i though you were tiger woods . i bet you could get that cheep E.O.L. unit at least 350 yards out. great shots . you the man .

[@drewleclair1281]

Like to see that you're using MG Nu-Trol. That's great stuff.

[@SpeakerFreak95]

What is the song at 22:43?

[@shango066]

Debbie Deb - When I Hear Music

[@MsCori76]

shango066 Thankyou, I was going to ask the same question as it's a cool song. :)

[@MsCori76]

Love 80's music.

[@XtremeKremaTor]

Thanks God for Shazam

[@whatif9858]

Oh hi speaker freak95

[@kevmichael2064]

That looks like a lite weight tonearm?

[@mannycazz8018]

What is I side those speaker cabinets?

[@roberthorseman7432]

Speakers🤣🤣😂😂.

[@tunemixerman]

Shango066. RPC. RECORD PLAYER CONSOLE,. FROM WHEN I SOLD PACKARD BELL FROM MY DEALERSHIP. CHEERS !

[@danmackintosh6325]

Best round of golf I think I've ever witnessed. radiotvphononut was on the money with the comical power ratings. RMS or get the f* out. Just had this discussion lately with someone who wanted to know if you can "still get speakers that small" (WRT a radio with rated output of 4w)...

[@maincalandar7434]

Thats a Putter, what you need is a 1 Wood to get some real distance on that Aiwa!

[@markcovington8159]

Hey shango066. Along with radios, TV's & record players, do you also work on any tape decks (8-track, cassette, reel to reel)? If so, which ones? Have you ever tried working on any 8-track tapes? If so, which ones?

[@shango066]

Mark Covington Not really

[@davidcarper314]

Would you sale an output transformer from one of the amps?

[@williefleete]

That 160 watts is probably square wave going into a dead short, you probably only get 10% of that as clean audio

[@blackvinylgrooves]

If that Van Halen is a first issue pressed in Germany,I think,it may have some collector value.They are called "target CDs".because of the colored centers.The early CDs,from the 80s,before the loudness wars kicked in,are hot collectibles now.

[@johnnytacokleinschmidt515]

30.08 "Replace the electrolytics! It will work again." Wasn't there a class action lawsuit on those units? I think it was a power amplifier issue. Failure prone. I can't remember if there was an associated safety concern such as fire. God Bless

[@james42519]

not all new stuff is bad now. i have aiwa nsxaj80 which was made by sony at that point i think and it can get loud. 250 watts. has 2 connections each speaker 1 for low and one for mid and high. panorama satellite speakers and can hook up a sub and surround speakers if want too. computer hooked to it and stuff. more power then i would ever need where i live. reviews.cnet.com/audio-shelf-systems/aiwa-nsx-aj80-mini/4507-6721_7-30099671.html

[@force311999]

that would be a nice unit if restored the reverb is just like on the hi end Motorola Drexel sets

[@kevmichael2064]

I remember Magnavox Magnificent series... my family had one....the sad thing is it was mono... Only...i was wondering if that was a table....?... Be careful with Asbestos... Please

[@johnferguson4989]

I hate audio systems using I.C.s. It shows a lack of inventiveness on the part of the company by using something off the shelf instead of doing good old fashioned design work.

[@johnstark5324]

BPC swinging!

[@kg4yhr]

seems as thou there is a lot of spanish stations where u live that would drive me crazy

[@XtremeKremaTor]

That Aiwa must have been OK sounding unit considering. Look at the rather beefy transformer and 4 rectifier capacitors. I say not bad for such compact little shit.

[@blackvinylgrooves]

Wow.It has an eye tube.

[@canuhonk7433]

That AFC was remarkable. Regarding that golfing related EOL of the STK. You swing like a tour player! But you score like a dog! 🙃

[@johnnytacokleinschmidt515]

Club Shango 12:50 ah the eighties and nineties.

[@audubon5425]

I had "1984" on 8-track

[@OlegKostoglatov]

That would be pretty rare I would think, was it a music club cartridge like Columbia House? I was never a Van Halen fan, they had way too much of an 80's hair metal sound for my liking.

[@audubon5425]

I believe it was a Columbia House issue.

[@audubon5425]

Don't pitch the turntable *if* you swap in another - maybe could use it in a future project.

[@danilorainone406]

shit why can gogley not show only the device model letters & numbermsame as you tyoe in

[@classic287]

“JUMP”

[@whatif9858]

25:16 best song

[@anirbannaskar7665]

Why did you change Brain Damage? 😭

[@kevmichael2064]

I would would Movie 🎥 Sound would sound like on that?.....1950s?... stereo

[@BlankBrain]

Tiger Woods, you're not. I'd just spray some high temp paint over the asbestos pad.

[@kall399]

And if it's not a high temp situation put liquid rubber on it works great.

[@voldemarvaglaots6690]

sound was remooved

[@shango066]

Voldemar Vaglaots its been reposted, see link in description

[@_Ramen-Vac_]

where the f is part 1?

[@phillanassa759]

Guess you REALLY don''t like STK-419's...!

[@danielhorne6042]

i find it strange that he can max out a stereo without complaints and when i have my stereo on 20% volume 10%bass i get moaning a holes lol either coz he lives in the middle of nowhere or no body cares ?

[@denzel387]

cool man

[@djshavo951]

Ever want to sell this unit I'll be more then happy to take it off your hands :-)

[@josephbeasley5193]

bahahaha! dirty deeds done dirt .. FORE!

[@1000shoeswoman]

Collectors item

[@josephbeasley5193]

ok i think it's dead now

[@azariayehezkel9064]

😂