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Audio Discussion => TUBES TUBES TUBES => Topic started by: Dicky on November 24, 2013, 10:56:53 PM

Title: Columbia Masterwork Model 944
Post by: Dicky on November 24, 2013, 10:56:53 PM

Here are the inner workings of the console I acquired last week.  Any opinions on whether to restore or part out?

Title: Re: Columbia Masterwork Model 944
Post by: Dicky on November 24, 2013, 10:58:52 PM

...continued.  Maybe later I will be able to resize better but this will do for now...

Title: Re: Columbia Masterwork Model 944
Post by: MasterBlaster on November 24, 2013, 11:38:43 PM

Nice. What's the cabinet condition?

Title: Re: Columbia Masterwork Model 944
Post by: MacGeek on November 25, 2013, 06:38:32 AM

The innards sure do look clean

Title: Re: Columbia Masterwork Model 944
Post by: Anders on November 25, 2013, 10:40:05 AM

I tried to get that.
I guess you guys are fast.

Title: Re: Columbia Masterwork Model 944
Post by: Dicky on November 25, 2013, 11:35:20 AM

Anders, usually I write to get something only to have 8WOF call me to help carry the item I wanted.  What were your plans for it?

Title: Re: Columbia Masterwork Model 944
Post by: Anders on November 25, 2013, 12:28:10 PM

probly restore it and sell it.

Title: Re: Columbia Masterwork Model 944
Post by: Dicky on November 27, 2013, 08:30:14 PM

@Rest lame brats: the cabinet at first looked very bad, but after some resto work on the easy parts I am feeling better.

Title: Re: Columbia Masterwork Model 944
Post by: Dicky on November 27, 2013, 08:35:03 PM

...and a some of the after

Title: Re: Columbia Masterwork Model 944
Post by: MasterBlaster on November 28, 2013, 08:17:01 AM

Looks good! What did you use - Restor-a-finish?

Title: Re: Columbia Masterwork Model 944
Post by: Dicky on November 28, 2013, 10:54:00 AM

Just some Old English.  Brought it out nicer than even the pictures show.  The top will need stripped though.

Title: Re: Columbia Masterwork Model 944
Post by: Dicky on December 21, 2013, 05:11:57 PM

...and it is up and running!

Title: Re: Columbia Masterwork Model 944
Post by: MasterBlaster on December 24, 2013, 07:30:05 AM

Looks great! Nice work.

Title: Re: Columbia Masterwork Model 944
Post by: Dicky on December 24, 2013, 06:36:43 PM

Thanks!  A little upgrade I did and will share.  I like the Airplay feature of my Denon receiver on my main setup, and wondered how to incorporate something like that on a 55 year old console.  Well if you have an old android smartphone and a wireless network in your house it is easy.  Download AndroidHiFi trial on that phone, pay the $2.99 if it does what you want it to, and hook that phone up with an adapter that turns the headphone jack into 2 RCA outputs.  I just put it under the turntable hooked up to an old charger.  If you have a mono unit like this you will have to make an adapter to go from stereo to mono too; about $10 worth of material from the Shack.  Once hooked up use iTunes Airplay from whatever you use, and stream to your old console.  As a bonus you can control the volume too!  Enjoy!

Title: Re: Columbia Masterwork Model 944
Post by: Sir Thrift-a-Lot on December 24, 2013, 09:19:47 PM

I put an 1/8" stereo jack to the aux inputs of all my consoles.   A very minor, very useful mod.