Todays Thrift score score.. Tube Amp :)

onebadchad

Picked up a nice working Viscount (never heard of) model tf 2220 integraded tuba amp tuner and a pair of cerwin vega L-7 speakers for $5.00 each.. anyone familiar with this amp?

organ

Nice find. Practically free at $5 a piece lol.

mhardy6647

Or even more like the Sansui 500, I think. Also quite similar to the Japanese-made Radio Shack and Lafayette receivers of the mid-1960s.
One may peruse the former at www.radioshackcatalogs.com (look around 1964 to 1966). Some of the Lafayettes of that timeframe were made by Kenwood (TRIO); others... who knows?

Kenwood:


who knows?


I think some of the inexpensive Japanese receivers of the mid-1960s may have been made by Rotel/Martel.


Nice pickup for five smackers; it will need some attention "for best results"

EDIT: ooh, yeah! Take a look at the Radio Shack "Realistic" branded STA-30 receiver on page 9 of http://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/catalogs/1966/ I think that's the same receiver with a different name on it; what do you think?

polkfarmboy

Now that's a nice score. I often think about scouring such places in case I get lucky

dmadmc

I bought one just like yours from a fellow in craigslist. Would you kindly share internal photos of the receiver? This one I got has been modified at the back of the speaker terminal with some sort of RCA connectors instead of breaker slot. It does not provide the channel B output. If you can show the details of the back panel and phase change terminal connections, those details would be great help for me to change them back to original. I would greatly appreciate your suppot. Also I found the 16 ohm termnials connected to the ground... It seems not right. The blue color wires were connected, which is the chassis ground point. Thank you for your kind reply. Regards, from audiophile in Chicago.

MrBuhl

Thats a steal! My best ever was a Nuvo house amp for $35, sold it on the 'Bay for $600. I love thrift store treasure!

ken brydson

dmadmc wrote: »

I bought one just like yours from a fellow in craigslist. Would you kindly share internal photos of the receiver? This one I got has been modified at the back of the speaker terminal with some sort of RCA connectors instead of breaker slot. It does not provide the channel B output. If you can show the details of the back panel and phase change terminal connections, those details would be great help for me to change them back to original. I would greatly appreciate your suppot. Also I found the 16 ohm termnials connected to the ground... It seems not right. The blue color wires were connected, which is the chassis ground point. Thank you for your kind reply. Regards, from audiophile in Chicago.

Good luck, this post is 4 years old and the OP hasn't logged on in nearly 3 years....

pitdogg2

not to mention google is your friend ......it's not that hard. Also the way people around here go through gear doubt that its still around in the stable...

MrBuhl

LOL I'm a damn thread resurrector too - ugh!

mhardy6647

Yeah, serious deja vu -- given that I bought that very receiver from the redoubtable onebadchad and here it sits on a shelf, awaiting a rehab by me or the Receiver Rapture, whichever comes first.

viscount and hk by Mark Hardy, on Flickr

mhardy6647