Old Philco Phonorama V tube console questions

avguytx

avguytx

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I saw this old Philco console last weekend while out perusing the flea markets and thrift stores with my best friend and his wife. (we make a day of it sometimes) This thing was crammed into an area where I couldn't get a good look at the front for pictures and these are all I could really come up with. The console itself is in sad shape so it would be a gutting of the amp and maybe a refinish of the cabinet some other time. Is this going to be a mono amp inside of this cabinet (based on the diagram on the back) or is it going to be a stereo amp (based on it saying "Stereo" on the control panel). But, it also seems to only have mono inputs unless I'm seeing something wrong.

Here's some pictures of it which were the best I could take with my iPhone 4 and given the area it was stuck into. Any good stuff in there?

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Looks to be a mono amp, but its 6L6GB tubes, which ought to be good for about 20 watts output. I'd wager this fellow had a companion cabinet with an amplifier in it for stereo use, or you just ran the main cabinet for mono. Probably would make a nice mono amp if you can get it for reasonable. May be a neat piece overall if its not unattractive. Looks kind of rough though.
 
I have one of those in fruit wood. There's a 15 behind the acoustical filter and to the left of that there are two curved electrostatic speakers. There is a companion cabinet that goes with it for stereo. I don't have the other cabinet though.
 
I just searched "Philco Tube Amp? on Fleabay and what do you know...there's the extra cabinet that has the same speakers and amp it it. Wow. Pretty cool.
 
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