BebuLamar

Sony will laugh at you trying to have them fix a 1970's receiver. Besides Sony doesn't really have their service center, they contract independent businesses to to the service for their equipment.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

There are people who specialize in restoring these old receivers. There is a sizable market for '70s audio gear, because that was the "pinnacle decade" for stereos. When the Walkman craze hit, headphones were in, and high powered amps with big speakers were out.

YouTube is full of people who discuss this old stuff. Search within YouTube for "vintage stereo receiver" and you'll get started...

Search YouTube for "Sony STR 7065 Receiver" and a lot of videos pop up.

BebuLamar

Sure there are many people who repair them because really they are relatively easy to repair and you can find parts for them too. They don't use proprietary IC. The construction are made to be serviceable not like today stuff. But Sony won't deal with them I am sure. So yeah if I have the OP receiver I would fix it but if the OP really like it then it's worthwhile to have it restore. If the OP is only interested in money then he should sell it as is because he can not recoup the cost or repair made by someone else.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

Most of us who have these old 1970s beasts keep them going for sentimental reasons. I have a receiver I bought new in 1974 that I need to restore. It's nothing super special — Pioneer SX-626 — but it sounded great with a pair of EV ETR-18 speakers, a decent Technics turntable with Shure M91ED cartridge, and a Teac A-360S cassette deck. I used it for about 40 years. Only the receiver remains. Fortunately, it came with a circuit schematic and parts list!

Carl1024 Loc: Kaneohe, HI 96744

I'LL TRY & SPRAY it into the holes , what deoxit?

Carl1024 Loc: Kaneohe, HI 96744

cassette tapes get flimsy in the longrun, then break is why i don't own 1. I have a very good Toshiba cd player w/ 5-disc carousel

Carl1024 Loc: Kaneohe, HI 96744

i deal w/ Sounds Classic of Rockford, Il then there's 1 in OR

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

I don't use cassettes now, either, although I have a pile of old ones I need to transfer to the computer.

I have a five-disc Sony CD changer I use every now and then. But more important is my old Apple SuperDrive. It still works with Apple Music on the Mac. I just bought three CDs from The Warning, a Mexican power rock trio, and promptly digitized them into Apple Music for my computer and phone.

BebuLamar

I still use cassettes now. I wish I can buy more blank tapes of type IV.

bnsf

I still have an older 8 track tape player that nobody wants anymore. Found it at a garage sale $5.00. Used a pair of headphones to test it out worked great, it became part of my stereo equipment along with a Techniques Cassette Tape Dec, Techniques Turntable with a Shure Cartridge, 2 Fisher Speakers fused, 2 Sony Speakers. Each speaker was rated for 120 Watts per channel so the only thing I did was to blow the crossover boards in the Fisher speakers. A 24 slide EQ helped with the sound a a Pioneer SX1010 receiver. This equipment was purchased when I can home from Nam and to this day I only had to replace a speaker fuse on the Pioneer receiver and the turntable belt. The best part of this is that it is over 50 years old and still works great just like the day I purchased it. They do not make stereo equipment that lasts 50 years without breaking down.