[net.audio] Refurbishing an antique

rubin@mtuxn.UUCP (M.RUBIN) (07/03/85)

It looks like I will be inheriting a stereo system from my grandmother as
she's moved in with my parents.  The thing dates from the early 60's and
was apparently audiophile quality for its time; there's an automatic turntable
and a reel-to-reel tape deck, and it seems to be all transistors (no warmup
time).  The manufacturer seems to be Benjamin, but I see "made in W. Germany"
on the turntable.

Is it worth my time to go in and clean everything?  Can the turntable take a
modern stylus/cartridge/whatever, and should it?  Or has audio advanced so
much since then that the sound won't be any better than a $100 system from
K-Mart?