Attic find of a Deutscher Kleinempfänger aka Göbbelsschnauze (Goebbels snout) from about two years ago after my grandma passed.
I would love to restore it or get it restored. I already called a few radio stores that say it's basically hopeless to get it restored due to the lack of spare parts.
Two of them would take it for 50-70EUR up front payment + unknown costs for potential spare parts and labour.
According to one of the stores it's a rare version (Producer: Deutsche Rundfunkempfängerfabrik Warschau + Colour of the fabric) - so even more reason to restore it I guess(?)
Has anyone ever worked with these or similar radios? Where do I even start to check if it's working?
I am not keen to just plug it in and pray for it not catching on fire or sth.
Is it even worth starting this project or should I keep it as is?

I read in some older forums that the light bulb things (radio tubes?) seem to be a weak point.
I can hear slight rattle noises coming from the golden coloured bulb.

Location: Germany

help please how do i fix this i took three to college and just noticed this issue

Hi all,

I've got my first vintage stereo system (Teac A-30 Amp w/ tuner and cassette deck) and I've been having trouble with the right stereo channel, which was quiet and had a lot of backgrioud static.

I used WD-40 contact cleaner on the volume potentiometers and managed to get rid of the static and the volume improved, however after a couple of days it went back to how it was before. A bit of contact cleaner removes the static again but the volume from the right channel is still low.

Should I try using a different cleaner or should I try something more drastic than just a clean?

Thanks in advance

I inherited from my dad. I have tried pretty much everything i thought would help (which is not much because i dont know a lot about speakers in general) but the sound comes out like muffled and it really annoys me. Anyone know anything about these speakers specifically?

First time recapping speakers and am unsure how to place my larger film capacitor since it doesn’t fit in the original spot.

I found that this would be the best way to open the case because it's glued. Being impatient,I wasn't too careful with the router and made some mistakes that can be addressed. Be careful,on one side there is a metal knob....but I went thru both of them😅

This method would work with any glued case.

Note

Make a hole in one corner in order to see where the backplate ends so you could put the right or almost right router bit depth and keep it that way for the entire box.