Unusual HiFi products from the past.
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SeleniumFalcon wrote: »I'm curious about this amplifier, I know William Z. Johnson (founder of Audio Research) had a store in Minneapolis and eventually worked for and then bought the Peploe Electronics company. I wonder if Goodell was involved somehow in the early audio scene.
Indeed. It is unfamilar to me, too. I may ask some of the local gurus about it.
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Thank you! @mhardy6647
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I think if I had an A-2, I could probably live with mono.
So, about that uncaring
amplifier. I asked a couple of places, including the fine little hifi fourm, www.hifihaven.org
A hifihavenite came up with the schematic (I've been busy today, so I didn't even think to look!):
One of the Northern New England gurus suggests a fairly simple approach:I would suspect since they are both octal tubes that they wired the 6L6 to operate as a triode. When the 6B4 is plugged in the resistor from screen to plate (6L6 triode connection) is floating.
I am not sure how they manage the separate heater/cathode wiring of the indirectly heated 6L6 vs. the filament/cathode of the DHT 6B4? Maybe I am just really slow...
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Thanks, that's great information. I thought maybe it used Billy Z's balanced cross-coupled design.
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mhardy6647 wrote: »mhardy6647 wrote: »^^^ Brutalist HiFi architecture
Takes me back to "Computer Controlled" Pioneer of the 80's. Gotta love the LED meters, too....
Topic: Pioneer Champagne Gold series HiFi's early 80's-https://www.avforums.co.za/index.php?topic=77357.0
I... I wouldn't mind havin' one of those 'Champagne Series' Pioneers...
Not for any particular reason... just... 'cause.
If you decide to put a Champagne system together, I have a CT-6R cassette deck in good working order that would make a nice addition.Stan
Main 2ch:
Polk LSi15 (DB840 upgrade), Parasound: P/LD-1100, HCA-1000A; Denon: DVD-2910, DRM-800A; Benchmark DAC1, Monster HTS3600-MKII, Grado SR-225i; Technics SL-J2, Parasound PPH-100.
HT:
Marantz SR7010, Polk: RTA11TL (RDO198-1, XO and Damping Upgrades), S4, CS250, PSW110 , Marantz UD5005, Pioneer PL-530, Panasonic TC-P42S60
Other stuff:
Denon: DRA-835R, AVR-888, DCD-660, DRM-700A, DRR-780; Polk: S8, Monitor 5A, 5B, TSi100, RM7, PSW10 (DXi104 upgrade); Pioneer: CT-6R; Onkyo CP-1046F; Ortofon OM5E, Marantz: PM5004, CD5004, CDR-615; Parasound C/PT-600, HCA-800ii, Sony CDP-650ESD, Technics SA 5070, B&W DM601 -
Who knew good ole' B-more had a tape recorder manufacturer? -
Alon Petite / Infinity 1.2S / Coda Continuum / Counterpoint SA5000 / Oppo BDP-105D / Technics SP-15 w/SAEC WE-308SX & Ortofon AS-309 arms / Ikeda 9C2 & Dynavector XX2 Mk II carts -
Not a coffee table format, but 6 speakers 6, too -- from Heathkit!
source of inside page scan: https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Catalogs/Consumer/Heathkit-1961-Fall-Winter.pdf
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oh, and speaking of Heathkit...
in case any of all y'all thought subwoofers and/or supertweeters were "modern" (e.g., 1970s) ideas...
mais non, mon frere
source: https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Catalogs/Heathkit-Catalogs/Heathkit-Catalog-1959.pdf
These used pretty good Jensen drivers. The SS-2 used the P8RS extended range 8" woofer and RP-103 compression tweeter and horn. The SS-1B used some 12" Jensen woofer (not sure which -- teh webz sez P15LS) and, IIRC, the redoubtable Jensen RP302 tweeter.
I can vouch for the little two-ways (SS-2); they were/are quite pleasant & musical loudspeakers; great with tube amps.
(one of my erstwhile pair)
(borrowed photos from eBAY)
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"...the world's finest recorder of its type"
That's kind of hard to argue with, isn't it?
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Speaking of Graybar -- WRH has a smattering of their catalogs online now.
Talk about someone for everyone (in terms of electrical/electronic things, that is)!
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SeleniumFalcon wrote: »
15-16k in 1949 was a HUGE sum of money !! Shoot that was 6 automobiles worth right there -
SeleniumFalcon wrote: »
15-16k in 1949 was a HUGE sum of money !! Shoot that was 6 automobiles worth right there
Oops...I think you added a number after the decimal point. I see $1.5K. Still a crap ton of money back then.Alon Petite / Infinity 1.2S / Coda Continuum / Counterpoint SA5000 / Oppo BDP-105D / Technics SP-15 w/SAEC WE-308SX & Ortofon AS-309 arms / Ikeda 9C2 & Dynavector XX2 Mk II carts -
Pesky decimal thingies....
Yes I caught it too late to fix. -
This is for sale near me...from the ad:
"Custom Coffee Table:
Two 12" Audiobahn Special Edition Subwoofers
1920 Watt Power Acoustik Amplifier w/ a Mosfet power supply
Tuned to 33Hz: plays low, powerful, bass.
Blue neon backlight.
Plexiglass front, solid oak top, MDF sides/back, PVC ports.
Does not include power supply to run indoors.
Price: $400 for everything but the power supply.
Part-out prices:
Amp w/ bass knob: $150
Subs: $100 each
Love this thing, wife says it's time for it to go!"
Alon Petite / Infinity 1.2S / Coda Continuum / Counterpoint SA5000 / Oppo BDP-105D / Technics SP-15 w/SAEC WE-308SX & Ortofon AS-309 arms / Ikeda 9C2 & Dynavector XX2 Mk II carts -
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How's that for a simple crossover?
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Ken, I admire your appreciation of things that have come before us."Sometimes you have to look to the past to understand where you are going in the future"
Harry / Marietta GA -
Thanks, I think it's good to understand, in a small way, where this hobby came from.
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SeleniumFalcon wrote: »
How's that for a simple crossover?
Both highs and lows, must be Boz... ak.
PS I don't even recognize the Jensens in that 1949 ad!
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There sure were some strange looking Coaxial designs in my fathers youth. Many being 16 ohm drivers as well.
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16 ohms was a good load for transformer-coupled vacuum tube amplifiers -- still is!
That said, there is another way to design output transformerless tube amps than the lots of power triodes in parallel route (Atma-Sphere, Transcendent Sound, etc.). Philips and Stephens, among others, went the other route.
source; http://www.hifilit.com/Stephens/Stephens.htm
coax with 500 ohm VCs.
I have the 16 ohm morph of that coax -- only one, sadly.
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Customode?
