I am refurbishing a Teac reel to reel and am replacing a 9 pin male connector that plugs into a noval tube socket on the PCB. I did some searching and couldn't find anything.
Anyone here know where I can get one?
Anyone here know where I can get one?
Ok, I've never seen one of those, but maybe you could modify a socket saver, like these.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/144900281791
https://www.ebay.com/itm/144900281791
I thought about that but was hoping I wouldn't have to do that. Probably will end up modifying one of those.
There are 2 of them in the Teac A-4070 reel to reel I am refurbishing, built in 1971. Of course Teac may have had them made just for their use.
They were, but were not that common. I had a number of Japanese tape decks that used them. They also showed up in some multiplex adapters.
If I recall correctly there was a fire at the plant that made those and many others tube base and socket products. They did not replace the molds for some of the low demand obsolete products.
I would look for old (dead) tubes with the right base and separate them. If I recall correctly they were the larger base size more typical of an octal socket but with nine pins. Not the same as a more modern miniature nine pin socket.
Some relays also used the larger 9 pin socket. But those were rare.
I would look for old (dead) tubes with the right base and separate them. If I recall correctly they were the larger base size more typical of an octal socket but with nine pins. Not the same as a more modern miniature nine pin socket.
Some relays also used the larger 9 pin socket. But those were rare.
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The only early Japanese audio gear I've worked on was an early Sony tape deck,
and there was a dead Japanese mouse in that one.
The ones I've seen all used the 9 pin noval type tube socket. The mating plug connector either had a screw on cap or pliant rubber-like cap that popped onto a groove in the base of the plug.
I think there were also 9 pin novar or magnoval types to the best of my recollection, but I did not see those in anything I can recollect working on.
I think there were also 9 pin novar or magnoval types to the best of my recollection, but I did not see those in anything I can recollect working on.
Yes, those where made once.
I bougth one, German made Hirschman if i remember correct, from Radio Rim in Munich, Germany (around 1963 or so).
Maybe you could find those on ebay.de, try "Noval Stecker" or "Novalstecker" or "9 poliger Stecker"
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I think this is what you are looking for.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/751395725/amphenol-86cp9-plug-octal-style-9-pin
Very rare.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/751395725/amphenol-86cp9-plug-octal-style-9-pin
Very rare.
I've only seen octal plugs, on my Dyna PAM-1 that plugged into my Dyna Stereo 70 back in the sixties.
There were black metal shells over the wire end.
I've seen the 9 pin novar plugs in an late 50s/early 60s organ. I wish I could recall the make/model. They had a 3/4" metal shell around the wires.
