SONY STR-VX10L

The Sony STR-VX10L is a stylish early-1980s stereo receiver known for its clean, silver-faced design and warm, musical sound signature. It offers reliable FM/AM reception, a simple user interface, and enough power to drive most home loudspeakers with ease, making it a favorite for vintage audio enthusiasts.

This particular unit had a damaged CD/TAPE input buffer, thus injecting DC to the power amplifier input and causing major distortion and buzzing, Furthermore, this circuit fault would bring the power rail sufficiently down, not full short circuit, to render the receriver partially working, with a confusing non-operational display unit.