30 year old Onkyo find works perfectly!

Godzilla · 28th August 2009, 08:54 PM

http://www.zillaaudio.com/onkyo.htm

Found this Onkyo TX-5000 in someones trash a couple weeks ago. I recognized what it was from two blocks away. It cleaned up beautifully and works perfectly!

I drooled over these older Onkyo receivers when i was a teenager and am so happy to have one now.

My father has an old Tandberg (still working but scratchy/static sounding knobs) I may want to grab it one day... and i do see some of the beautiful old Luxman receivers on ebay all the time.

Just sharing my lovely find!

Godzilla

destroyer X · 28th August 2009, 09:19 PM

It uses to dilute paint and to turn some transparent plastic with white colour..opaque, not more transparent.

You were very lucky... i suggest you to use alcohol to clean glasses and into electronics to clean board solder flux..also to medical purposes.

Yep..some use to be drunk too....hic!

You're twice lucky..to find that unit and to use alcohol without damage.

regards,

Carlos

EBM_dude · 28th August 2009, 09:48 PM

Nice find! I love old school stuff as well.

Alcohol shouldn't do any damage to paint or plastics. It does attack Plexiglass aka PMMA, though! Never use acetone, methanol, petrol or anything clorinated to clean plastics or paint.

Edit: With alcohol, I meant ethanol. Rubbing alc is AFAIK propanol?

zeonrider · 28th August 2009, 09:57 PM

Godzilla lucky one!!!

Regards zeoN?Rider

Coreyk78 · 28th August 2009, 11:23 PM

Nice find! I like the old Onkyos, I have a TX1500 that I got for free. My mom bought it brand new and my parents stopped using it when they "upgraded" to a newer bookshelf system. I happily took it off their hands

planet10 · 29th August 2009, 12:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EBM_dude

Edit: With alcohol, I meant ethanol. Rubbing alc is AFAIK propanol?

According to Wiklipedia, isopropanol is often called rubbing alchohol althou it is medically defined as a specific mixture of ethanol + water.

I go thru a lot of isopropanol. Also good is water and a microfibre cloth.

dave

DigitalJunkie · 29th August 2009, 01:37 AM

The bottle of 'rubbing alcohol' I have here on my desk says Isopropyl Alcohol 91%,fwiw.

EBM_dude · 29th August 2009, 06:21 AM

So it's indeed isopropanol. Hm. I think it's even less agressive than ethanol.

28th August 2009, 08:54 PM	#1
Godzilla diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: New York	30 year old Onkyo find works perfectly! http://www.zillaaudio.com/onkyo.htm Found this Onkyo TX-5000 in someones trash a couple weeks ago. I recognized what it was from two blocks away. It cleaned up beautifully and works perfectly! I drooled over these older Onkyo receivers when i was a teenager and am so happy to have one now. My father has an old Tandberg (still working but scratchy/static sounding knobs) I may want to grab it one day... and i do see some of the beautiful old Luxman receivers on ebay all the time. Just sharing my lovely find! Godzilla __________________ www.zillaaudio.com/bib/bib.asp www.ZillaAudio.com

28th August 2009, 09:19 PM	#2
destroyer X diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Recife - Brasil Northeast	Alcohol? It uses to dilute paint and to turn some transparent plastic with white colour..opaque, not more transparent. You were very lucky... i suggest you to use alcohol to clean glasses and into electronics to clean board solder flux..also to medical purposes. Yep..some use to be drunk too....hic! You're twice lucky..to find that unit and to use alcohol without damage. regards, Carlos __________________ Try to build an amplifier folks ... it is pure adrenaline!

28th August 2009, 09:57 PM	#4
zeonrider diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Belgrade RS	Hi! Godzilla lucky one!!! Regards zeoN?Rider

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28th August 2009, 09:48 PM	#3
EBM_dude diyAudio Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Germany	Nice find! I love old school stuff as well. Alcohol shouldn't do any damage to paint or plastics. It does attack Plexiglass aka PMMA, though! Never use acetone, methanol, petrol or anything clorinated to clean plastics or paint. Edit: With alcohol, I meant ethanol. Rubbing alc is AFAIK propanol?

28th August 2009, 11:23 PM	#5
Coreyk78 diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Farmington, MN	Nice find! I like the old Onkyos, I have a TX1500 that I got for free. My mom bought it brand new and my parents stopped using it when they "upgraded" to a newer bookshelf system. I happily took it off their hands

29th August 2009, 01:37 AM	#7
DigitalJunkie diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Portland,Oregon Blog Entries: 4	The bottle of 'rubbing alcohol' I have here on my desk says Isopropyl Alcohol 91%,fwiw.

29th August 2009, 06:21 AM	#8
EBM_dude diyAudio Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Germany	So it's indeed isopropanol. Hm. I think it's even less agressive than ethanol.

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