First, find service manual or schematic, route the audio from volume POT to earphone jack.
Second, usually it's related to leaking caps and corroded PCB/via.
Third, it will be great benefit if you have an analog oscilloscope to track the audio.
Summary: audio issue is relatively the easiest issue to handle especially with help of an oscilloscope. Considering buying one like Fnirsi 2D15P, it can show you the audio.