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Updating a Vintage Radio With a Pi

posted by Fnord666 on Monday July 08 2019, @03:11PM   Printer-friendly
from the does-it-take-10-minutes-to-warm-up? dept.

Snotnose writes:

Antique radio receivers retain a significant charm, and though they do not carry huge value today they were often extremely high quality items that would have represented a significant investment for their original owners. This guy acquired just such a radio, a Philco 37-11 made in 1937, and since it was it[sic] a bit of a state he set about giving it some updated electronics. Stripping away the original electronics, he gave it a modern amplifier with Bluetooth capabilities, and a Raspberry Pi.

One of the coolest applications for a Pi I've seen.

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  • (Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Monday July 08 2019, @03:32PM (3 children)

    by maxwell demon (1608) on Monday July 08 2019, @03:32PM (#864530) Journal

    So he replaced a tube amplifier with modern digital technology? I hope no audiophile watches his video. ;-)

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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 08 2019, @05:26PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 08 2019, @05:26PM (#864577)

    Yeah, what an idiot. I fixed an old 1950s Zenith tube radio a few years ago. It had a bad volume pot. Finding one that was even close to the right spec's wasn't easy. I had to add another circuit board of resistors to the stacked pot to compensate for being slightly off spec. It sounds very different to the ear than new radios, better IMO.

    • (Score: 2) by legont on Tuesday July 09 2019, @02:35AM

      by legont (4179) on Tuesday July 09 2019, @02:35AM (#864820)

      I have an old radio - not even American - with a dried up volume pot. Everything else is working fine, it seems. It is on my list to find the pot or fix a wrong one... and yes, I love the sound.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 08 2019, @06:39PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 08 2019, @06:39PM (#864627)

    He also replaced the radio tuner with canned MP3s. Though it was only an AM tuner... so maybe the MP3s can compete on quality?