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If the amps are like the "suitcase" portable version (and I'm pretty sure they are), there is a equalization circuit built it to compensate for running the speaker full range. As an FYI, Kegger published a schematic removing the equalization (it's here on AK somewhere), but if you want to keep...

with a little googling out of curiosity, might be a repurposed jukebox amp and speaker; saw something similar from a late '30s AMI jukebox, but I couldn't get very far with the nanny-ware here at work

I have a Scott 355 tuner/pre, with an AM section; I thought I would never use it, but it has come in handy for listening to ball games and such while doing chores around the house (I prefer music, but if the Mrs says turn on the Cubs game, the Cubs game shall be turned on). If you have the...

I have found this on the Acousti-Craft consoles I have worked with. A mix of woods, and a fairly thick colored varnish to match things up. Plywood top panels with routed hardwood edges tacked on, can be a trick to cosmetically repair scuffs that are on both pieces.

here's an example supply; schematic on page 3. I've got a 210 I need to build a supply for. http://audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/pilot-sp-210-power-supply-build-photos.193694/

I didn't recall which had the odd tubes. A year or two ago somebody local had them on C-list for weeks at a decent price, nobody bit (likely because of the tubes). I should have grabbed it, but too many projects, and I really didn't want it for my system anyway. Then it would have been me...

Hmmmm... I don't think I would be ripping up any Luxman tube amp, except to mod the ones with that funky unobtainium output tube. Better off selling them and buying/building.

I can understand that. Feedback amps aren't my cop o' tea, either. A KT88 amp might not be so bad to convert, depending on the amp, add a choke input to the power supply and it brings the B+ down to something suitable for fixed bias 2A3 or 6B4G. Maybe tall enough for a cathode bias 45, since...

I'm in the minority (and a small one at that), but I prefer class A push-pull DHT's. I think most of the "magic" comes from DHT vs SET, you don't give up much but you gain better control of the low end. Try a PP 45 with phase splitting transformer coupling; a 5842/417a is a good driver for a...

+1 on Switchcraft, that’s what I have been using for making cables. I think Vampire still makes one, I have some of thier older cables with connectors that fit my 355.

I still have a couple of spools of Radio Shack silver, has always given good service - except for a batch (early 2000's?) that wasn't quite right and was very difficult to work with. Anybody remember that? They must have left out the above mentioned distillate of serpent extract. After that...

Really? OK, I stand corrected. Sorry if I was misleading.

Altec "Voice of the Theater" home electronics are fairly scarce and desirable. Very expensive back in the day, IIRC a step above Mac. Reputation for excellent build quality and output transformers. Worthy of showcasing; I know I heard a home VOT amp as a kid - must have made an impression on...

Consoles with separate speaker cabs are tough to find. If you think you will ever want a console that isn't restricted by fixed speaker placement, grab it. I don't think any of the electronics are anything special, depending on speakers (which are unknown?). I think the Sansui is a low-end...

Well, they have obviously been modified; aftermarket boards, painted (for better or worse, MKII weren't chromed), looks like an added toggle switch - for what? Also looks like it has been changed to solid state rectification, as the 5U4GB has been replaced by a capacitor. I would expect the B+...

No need to apologize. Just a shame it didn't work out for you; I've had a few of those.

Curious - ever get a look at these?

ok, $25. this was around 1988. I was told they were still available until late '89 or '90.

The Richardson tubes were branded Citron, manufactured near where I live. They were durable but not very good. The WE repros from 20-odd years ago were made in Kansas City IIRC, at an old WE plant with former WE employees. They had a batch with defective filaments (insert whining here), then...

I could really care less about their amps, they're priced at silly $ I want the 300B

I wasn’t particularly impressed with the WE room, either. The room was pretty crowded when I was here, so I didn’t ask pricing; $1k per tube? I thought I had read $1.2k per pair. Trying to justify spending that much for twice for a PP amp is hard enough.

I pulled out my 1962 Acoustic-Craft brochure - the pictured set appears to be thier ‘Capri’ model. That year didn’t show the folding doors on the Capri speakers, though other styles had them.

LOL, I did the opposite - sold the HH Scott 299c and 333 tuner and kept the JBL LE14Cs and the Acoustic-Craft three piece set. Broke even on the deal.

Not sure, but if the bottom brown piece is an equipment console that goes with the white separate speaker cabs, you likely have a winner - if it hasn't been tampered with. These "hi-fi furniture" semi custom sets were typically stuffed with mid-grade or better separates, mostly depended on what...

This is my set, as I got it. Speaker cabs are 4.5cuft, adjustable vent on the bottom. Like the Barzilay, new interior panels can be fabricated for the console, to make it look "custom". Originally purchased in 1962 in a central Illinois college town by a doctor (physician or professor I don't...