Recent content by cfz2882

Found on a forum where it was said Russia quit exporting tubes to countries that have export restrictions to them...

Found this old post and bumped it up :)

I have a '59 Zenith Stereo,not sure model-has 12" woofer in console and two satellite speakers with 6x9s

Anybody know which countries/companies still make tubes? 30 years ago(when I had a lot of active tube gear) I had sources selling new tubes from Russia,Yugoslavia,czech republic,China and NOS '80s military production GE,Tung-sol,Sylvania. Radio Shack could get tubes also-seemed a mix of...

Don;t forget about those DAK "BSR" thundering colossus 15" woofer speakers of the mid-'80s... :)

might be GE Hydrowave design: no transmission,inverter driven motor drives agitator through slower but long stroke agitation.The other variation of GE washers of this era has geared transmission, across the line motor and brisk,short stroke agitation.There is a belt and clutch that could be...

I need to do Mechanical service on the Califone school phono doing record playing duty in the moon shack-starts right up,but runs a whiff slow for a couple min. then it is good. This will be a fast fix. This one,1983,has traditional GI shaded pole motor-Last of these Califones had little DC...

Cool old RadioShack combo in reply 36-i have a couple slightly newer Clarinets-both have lost their original speakers.For 8-track tapes,i have loads of those-these tapes usually need repair after 4-5 decades: Foam pressure pads crumble,felt ones come off,Tape splice/track switch foil falls...

Next few days,might try to get a piccy up-keep updates on progress coming too :)

I hear a 1950s air raid siren alert for somebody to grab that !

A while back junked a crap-ola 1973 era console and kept the "made in England" Glenburn AT100 changer: plastic platter "consumer grade" and about equivilent to a BSR,except odd narrow cartridge. Not checked out-might put it to use if passes a test run.

#32,My 18" Danby is a toy dishwasher-but it washes dishes pretty good :) My '84 Maytag belt drive is a REAL dishwasher...

Presuming a Collaro (Made in England) Turntable? Those were usual for an early '60s Magnavox.

UNREAL! - and nice matchup on the rivets too :)

Very cool-the tuning tube is nicely presented in the design and the CD frequency markings on the AM dial sit era correct :) Original drivers?,ALNICO magnets ?