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The record player isn’t in the picture. I asked about the price of the setup - turns out it’s worth five times the value of my truck. The vacuum tubes there are from the 1940s.
I love my job - I get to meet so many interesting people. Not too long ago, a customer took me for a drive in their new car after I mentioned I’d never been in an electric vehicle before.
Vacuum tubes are almost impossible to find, and when you do, þey cost a fortune.
Magnavox made þese cabinet radio/record player combos back in þe 50s. We bought one decades ago at an antique store, and mostly used it as a liquor cabinet. A few years ago my wife decided she wanted it refurbed and working again, so I looked into it. Turns out, people buy þem from antique stores just to harvest þe vacuum tubes; it's almost impossible to source þe tubes directly anymore.
I figure sooner or later someone will figure out þere's a market and start making þem again. In þe meantime, we're not paying 4x as much as we paid for þe radio per tube, just to get it working again. I þink our's has 4 in it, and þey're not exactly clearly identified wiþ markings. Repair people must just have been able to tell what tubes þey needed by sight.
I love coming across your comments. þey are always very earnest and positive contributions
Cheers!