McIntosh MR78 Cleaning

[jdandy]

Mike.......Nice job on the dial pointer lamp. You'll have the MR78 looking like new in no time.

[Cohibaman]

Replaced the deteriorated foam to help block light from bleeding through to the dial...












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[Cohibaman]

Normally I'm not a "leave it alone, it's good enough" kind of guy. However, in this case, all but one of the caps were in good shape so I only replaced this one on the power supply board.













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[Cohibaman]

Here's another zoomed out look at the power supply board and the leaky capacitor.













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[Cohibaman]

Here is a shot showing the newly installed panel light LED upgrades.











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[Cohibaman]

...and finally a shot showing the final illumination. Very nice, even illumination across the dial and the panel.











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[cleeds]

That is one sweeet tuner! People can say what they want about McIntosh - the company has had its share of criticism here lately - but its tuners have always been great. Yours is well worth the effort you put into it. Nice job!

[jdandy]

Mike.......Superb job.

[Cohibaman]

Thanks guys.

When I got it from my brother to simply replace a few lamps, it was dusty and the chrome appeared to have a few rust spots. Other than that and the few burnt out lamps, it seemed it was in fair to pretty good condition, maybe a 7/10.

When I pulled off the cages to take a peek and to clean up the dust, I immediately realized the rust was merely stains from where the steel cages meet the chrome. I cleaned and oiled the cages and removed all the rust from the chrome. After giving it a good cleaning & polishing, it's now spotless and I'd put it at a solid 9 out of 10.

I tend to obsess a bit over things at times and this was one of those times. I suspect he knew that I'd obsess and I'd give it the full treatment plus some. Anyways....I really don't want to give it back to him now!

[Joe]

Nice work! so attractive!