Vintage electric fan restoration - YouTube
What a beautiful sound this makes once he finishes restoring it.
http://www.rewindmuseum.com/vintageelectronics.htm
http://www.thevalvepage.com/tvmanu/philips/tel61/philips.htm
http://bertinot.com/tv/
What a beautiful sound this makes once he finishes restoring it.
http://www.rewindmuseum.com/vintageelectronics.htm
http://www.thevalvepage.com/tvmanu/philips/tel61/philips.htm
http://bertinot.com/tv/
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I am still trying get hold of a Maplin 225WRMS bi-polar amp from circa 1980.
I built one back in 1980 for a disco and used it for many years.
It was very loud and sounded great.
I was lucky enough to get a couple of Maplin 50WRMS amps from 1980 and got them both working. I managed to get some of the old transistors off ebay.
I( listen to the 50 watt amp module most nights as it sounds so good.
I built one back in 1980 for a disco and used it for many years.
It was very loud and sounded great.
I was lucky enough to get a couple of Maplin 50WRMS amps from 1980 and got them both working. I managed to get some of the old transistors off ebay.
I( listen to the 50 watt amp module most nights as it sounds so good.
When I was a kid, I used to go around the neighborhood every Monday night to 'trash-pick' old radios and TV's, much to my parents' chagrin. I would then take them apart and play with the more interesting parts.
One unit stands out in my memory, and I wish I knew what it was, as I bet it would be worth a ton of money today. It was an upright console in a very fancy wooden case, with radio and record player. The record player was driven by a huge synchronous motor with a mechanical 'flying weights' governor. The record player must have been a very early electronic model, as the tone arm was hinged at the headshell, just like the old acoustic players. And...the record player also had a switch to change from 'play' to 'record'! Imagine cutting your own records at home.
The speaker had a cone of wood veneer, instead of the more typical paper pulp material (I think it also had an electromagnet instead of a permanent magnet). The internal electronics (all tube of course) were on several large chassis, and all metal was plated in a dark bronze color.
I suspect this must have been a top-of-the-line unit in its day. Does my description gives any clues as to who made it? Sure wish I still had it!
One unit stands out in my memory, and I wish I knew what it was, as I bet it would be worth a ton of money today. It was an upright console in a very fancy wooden case, with radio and record player. The record player was driven by a huge synchronous motor with a mechanical 'flying weights' governor. The record player must have been a very early electronic model, as the tone arm was hinged at the headshell, just like the old acoustic players. And...the record player also had a switch to change from 'play' to 'record'! Imagine cutting your own records at home.
The speaker had a cone of wood veneer, instead of the more typical paper pulp material (I think it also had an electromagnet instead of a permanent magnet). The internal electronics (all tube of course) were on several large chassis, and all metal was plated in a dark bronze color.
I suspect this must have been a top-of-the-line unit in its day. Does my description gives any clues as to who made it? Sure wish I still had it!
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