I was a bit shocked at the pictures shown so I agree with Markw4.
I do like and I am impressed with Duke58,s logical strip-down of it in an engineering sense to try to isolate the fault and that old transformer could still be used as well as using the casing for a new audio circuit.
Old amps were generally heavily built unlike some modern ones now I have used many old casings to advantage.
As Markw4 others may hold a different view but from a purely engineering point of view it leaves a lot to be desired.
It reminds me of a company selling JLH,s 1984 80W design , it was an enclosure company but the parts supplied looked more at home in a 40,s-50,s tube radio not in a quality design by JLH they obviously didn't read any of his earlier articles in EW on component design.
I do like and I am impressed with Duke58,s logical strip-down of it in an engineering sense to try to isolate the fault and that old transformer could still be used as well as using the casing for a new audio circuit.
Old amps were generally heavily built unlike some modern ones now I have used many old casings to advantage.
As Markw4 others may hold a different view but from a purely engineering point of view it leaves a lot to be desired.
It reminds me of a company selling JLH,s 1984 80W design , it was an enclosure company but the parts supplied looked more at home in a 40,s-50,s tube radio not in a quality design by JLH they obviously didn't read any of his earlier articles in EW on component design.