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Retro Tech Restorations

@retro-tech.bsky.social
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I fumble around on my YouTube channel trying to repair old stuff. Mainly vintage audio gear such as tube/transistor radios, amplifiers, cassette decks, record players, test equipment, ... 🇧🇪 📻📷💿📼💾🕹 youtube.com/@retro_tech

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Retro Tech Restorations @retro-tech.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
My 2 euro flea market find of yesterday. A budget entry-level SoundBlaster Live from 1999 in unknown condition. Not really anything special, but hopefully it still does what it needs to do: make some noise.
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Retro Tech Restorations @retro-tech.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I'm calling this mixtape "So eighties, it hurts"
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Retro Tech Restorations @retro-tech.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
If you want to have an idea how my newly restored Philips radio actually sounds, I have uploaded a short demonstration video to my YouTube channel. Headphones are recommended. youtu.be/afABLikOjgg
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Philips Plano B5X74A demonstration
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Retro Tech Restorations @retro-tech.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Final video about the restoration of my Philips Plano B5X74A is online on YouTube. youtu.be/RwZAqB4OFwY?...
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My Philips Plano is done and sounds incredible! - Philips B5X74A (Part 3)
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Retro Tech Restorations @retro-tech.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Fans: "Stop adding boring street circuits!" FIA: "You know what? I'm gonna start adding even more boring street circuits." #F1 #SpanishGP #Madring
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Retro Tech Restorations @retro-tech.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Proposal: Maybe next year only do a sprintrace on the Madring. Then I only have to watch this snoozefest for 30 minutes. #F1
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Retro Tech Restorations @retro-tech.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Water is wet. The sky is blue. And the FIA adds a boring new street circuit to the F1 calendar.
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Retro Tech Restorations @retro-tech.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Part 2 in the restoration series of the Philips Plano without output transformer is online now. youtu.be/ZRtonrpz87U
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My output transformerless Philips sings again and that took A LOT of work - Philips B5X74A (Part 2)
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Retro Tech Restorations @retro-tech.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
This is my life now. 🥴
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Retro Tech Restorations @retro-tech.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Holy crap, working on this radio is a nightmare. All those black caps need to be changed and some are buried really deep inside. Also, turns out all the carbon comp resistors are bad too! So that means: even more work. Yay. 😒
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Retro Tech Restorations @retro-tech.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
This one is cleaning up quite well.
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Retro Tech Restorations @retro-tech.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Maximum temperature here today. Needless to say, no major activities were done today.
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Retro Tech Restorations @retro-tech.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
New video online. This time on my bench, a really interesting early Philips "Plano" tube radio with 800 ohm speakers and no output transformer. youtu.be/Zwr4RawBnh4
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Restoring an early Philips "Plano" without output transformer - Philips B5X74A (Part 1)
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Retro Tech Restorations @retro-tech.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I've found a lot of weird things in old equipment. Especially in pinball machines you are often up for surprises. But this one is a first: found an old razor blade in this radio.
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Retro Tech Restorations @retro-tech.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
When I saw a couple of weeks ago how my channel growth had stagnated, I thought that it would never get to 4000 subscribers before the end of the year. Well, that certainly changed after my last video upload. Thanks a lot, everyone!
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Retro Tech Restorations @retro-tech.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
So, I have to take my last two posts back. Yesterday afternoon my latest video just took off. At the moment it's among my best performing videos in the first 48 hours ever. Thanks everyone!
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Retro Tech Restorations @retro-tech.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
In any case, should you be interested in doing something extremely exclusive, you can watch my latest video. You'll probably be the only one watching! youtu.be/5vVz7v2SujE?...
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Getting a 1950s active AM antenna working again.
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Retro Tech Restorations @retro-tech.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Yay. 23 views after the first 2 hours for my new video. Not sure why I still bother uploading videos to YouTube.
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Retro Tech Restorations @retro-tech.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
After many years of being subscribed, I cancelled my Adobe Photography plan subscription. Eat shit, Adobe, with your extortion prices and blackmail policies. I hope you die.
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Retro Tech Restorations @retro-tech.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Goes to show that buzzing is not always caused by bad filter capacitors. In this case it was asian hornets. www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20...
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Marianne (68) uit Ieper ontdekt nest Aziatische hoornaars in radio van 70 jaar oud: "Zag direct dat wespen te groot waren" | VRT NWS Nieuws
Marianne Deygers (68) uit Ieper heeft bij haar thuis een nest Aziatische hoornaars ontdekt op een bijzondere plek. De wespen hielden zich schuil in een grote, oude radio van zo'n 70 jaar oud. "Het lij...
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Retro Tech Restorations @retro-tech.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Wait. I thought that if a safety car was deployed at the end of the race, all lapped cars didn't need to overtake in order to avoid finishing the race under safety car? Hmm. Guess I was wrong. #F1 #BritishGrandPrix #BritishGP
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Retro Tech Restorations @retro-tech.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Yay. The bridge rectifier for the flasher power on my CFTBL shorted. Did I already mention that owning pinball machines is a constant struggle to keep everything running perfectly? Good times.
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Retro Tech Restorations @retro-tech.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
The last evening of BBC on longwave. Picking it up so strong here in Belgium, indoors with the built in ferrite rod. Too bad this will be gone tomorrow. If you don't know how big of a deal this is: they started transmitting in 1934.
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Retro Tech Restorations @retro-tech.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Believe it or not, I'm actually working on a new video. Because of the heatwave in Europe at the moment, things aren't really progressing though. So thanks in advance for your patience. The video will probably be finished somewhere next week. If you're in also in Europe: stay safe!
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Retro Tech Restorations @retro-tech.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
If you have an arcade cabinet in Belgium running 90s games, according to me it should accept 20 francs coins. So that's what I'm wiring up at the moment.
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Retro Tech Restorations @retro-tech.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Coin door wiring spaghetti. #retrogaming
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Retro Tech Restorations @retro-tech.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
I'm gonna erase this one. Sorry, @janbeta.net 🇩🇪🕺
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Retro Tech Restorations @retro-tech.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
I managed to mod my Pandora Saga Plus DX to make it work with my arcade CRT monitor. If you're curious to see what was wrong, check the video. #retrogaming #arcade #gaming youtu.be/-vLUvSG2FBk?...
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Fixing the video sync on an arcade multigame board (Pandora Saga Plus DX)
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Retro Tech Restorations @retro-tech.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
It works! Finally, after so many setbacks with this machine! Video about it on my YouTube channel soon.
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Retro Tech Restorations @retro-tech.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Well, looks like the recap didn't help. Still not managing to get the horizontal sync correct. No clue where to go next from here.
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Retro Tech Restorations @retro-tech.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
If this is my last Bluesky post, you know what happened.
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Retro Tech Restorations @retro-tech.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Attempt #2. Live solder & chat this evening on my channel (21:00 CEST). Hopefully I will be able to make it happen this time. www.youtube.com/live/2Yuv76I...
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Solder & chat while recapping an arcade monitor chassis (Hantarex MTC 900 E)
WARNING: Do not attempt to repair electronic equipment if you don't...
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Retro Tech Restorations @retro-tech.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
I bit my tongue so badly during lunch today that it actually hurts while speaking. Awesome timing. 🙄So unfortunately I'll have to move the livestream to tomorrow, hoping it will be better then.
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Retro Tech Restorations @retro-tech.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
I'm planning a solder & chat livestream later today. Feel free to join if you want to have a chat or if you simply want to follow along while I'm recapping the chassis of my arcade monitor. www.youtube.com/live/2Yuv76I...
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Solder & chat while recapping an arcade monitor chassis (Hantarex MTC 900 E)
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Retro Tech Restorations @retro-tech.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
New video up now. This one is long overdue. I posted part 1 about 4 months ago. Now finally I managed to finish my work on this vintage turntable. youtu.be/x7EMTcQZzOw?...
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I FINALLY managed to finish the restoration of this vintage turntable (part 2)
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Retro Tech Restorations @retro-tech.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
After a 50-day hiatus I finally managed to make a new video and it's now live on the channel. It's another Audio Autopsy episode and this time I present you three big boys in their genre. youtu.be/qZNoyIWnuAA
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Audio Autopsy Episode 5 - Big Boy Edition!
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Retro Tech Restorations @retro-tech.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Oh man. I've been spending a week now redoing and redoing and redoing the lacquer on this radio and I can't seem to get it right. Looks like I'll have to restart AGAIN. FML
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Retro Tech Restorations @retro-tech.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
I have an old friend on the workbench. Hopefully in a video soon...
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Retro Tech Restorations @retro-tech.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
A vendor at my local flea market had 3 boxes full of new (in package) PC accessories from the early 2000s. Fans, CPU coolers, LEDs, cold cathodes, you name it. #retrocomputing
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Retro Tech Restorations @retro-tech.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
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Restoring a Hitachi stereo tuner, a quick project?
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Retro Tech Restorations @retro-tech.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
I haven't posted any videos lately and the reason is that I bought a 3D printer. Now this bad boy is extruding all remaining free time I still had in my life. Currently I have it up and running pretty well, so I should be able to focus again on making videos soon.
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Retro Tech Restorations @retro-tech.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Oh joy.
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@jeriellsworth.bsky.social Pinball loves you too!
Quarterworld in Portland Oregon
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Retro Tech Restorations @retro-tech.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Marantz makes some nice stuff, but boy I hate their remotes.
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Retro Tech Restorations @retro-tech.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Testing some more vintage audio gear. This time a Hitachi tuner, a Kenwood amplifier and an Akai reel-to-reel machine. youtu.be/sg2TDg-supg
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More vintage audio gear! - Audio Autopsy Episode 4
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Retro Tech Restorations @retro-tech.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
My last video of the year. Enjoy and see you in 2026!
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Philips turntable refurbishment (part 1)
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Retro Tech Restorations @retro-tech.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
FOR FUCKS SAKE.
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Retro Tech Restorations @retro-tech.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
While replacing some ceiling spotlights, I suddenly got a dose of PTSD induced by Half-Life. #retrogaming
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Retro Tech Restorations @retro-tech.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
Merry Christmas everyone!
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Retro Tech Restorations @retro-tech.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
So now I'm getting 5 (!) commercials every 2 minutes or so when I watch YouTube on my TV. Pretty much makes the app totally unusable. What the hell are they doing? Are they actively trying to ruin their own platform?
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