5000 Rds Radio Failure & Repair

[Scorpiorefugee]

My radio has been tending to distort at low volume for some time but I put up with it until there was a loud plop and one channel died completely. Initially, I resigned myself to a standard radio replacement with a bit of plastic until curiosity got tyhe better of me. Diagnosing the faulty chip was easy because it was hot and smelly. Just out of interest, there are 2 stereo chips, each giving front and back for one side. A replacement was difficult to find, the only source I could find was at about

[edatelder]

You can get as good as new RDS 5000 EON radio/cassette or radio/CD on eBay. In black, silver or walnut effect for

[Scorpiorefugee]

I looked aroung for a cheap replacement and the best I found was