Some eye candy from Allied, 1969

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WOW!

I'd place that as being from the late fifties, actually...what a stunningly well-kept set! Thanks for linking that!
 
WOW!!!COOL!!Brings back memories!!!I used to have that very catalog.Just like those old days---Garrad,dual,AR TT's-Dynaco amps(built a few of those from kits-lets see-PAT-$,St70.st120,St400)and some Heathkits.some of that equipment was used in radio stations-typically small town 1kw AMs and small FM stations-the Revox and Tandberg tape machines.And some radio stations used the st70 amps as monitor amps for studio or transmitter sites.got a few that way-now I am regretting getting rid of them!!the St was so simple yet so effective!The Scott tuner amps used in those console hi fi pictured in the links.Used to have one-Got lost in a flood nice unit.their BIG output transformers for the power of the amp sure gave good power DEEP BASS response unmatched by others--funny todays audiophiles are noticing that-and those little Scott tubed amps command a top price-more than the $50 I paid for one years ago.no long ago I got a catalog that listed them for close to $2000 each!Search your attics and basements and thrift stores,swap shops.Probably can find ones for a better price.I now remember when I held and had that 1969 Allied book!!spent many evenings reading thru it after my high school homework!You could send in the post card in Popular electronics magazine and get your own at the time-My Dad subscribed to PE and passed those to me.Sent out MANY postcards in those days!!Wished I still had the Doco!!
 
The joys of Hi Fi

I also have the DYNACO PAS-3X pre-amp to this very day. In mothballs with my EICO tube amps right now. Bench amp is an indestructable VM solid-state.
My first "real" stereo was a Knight tube unit that I bought from AMVETs. Replaced all the plate-load resistors and used it for about five years. That was about 1976 and I was just a kid. Ahhhh the gratification. I don't think today's kids will ever really understand the joy of creating your own stereo with your special marks on it.
 
I also have a Dynaco PAS-3X and 3 MacIntosh MC60 monoblock amps.They sure worked well with that Dynaco preamp!but the caps in the Macs went-now all of those sit in the closet.along with a Leak Preamp-and power amp.forget the models -when I was using the Macs-replaced bias diodes and caps in them.Now these parts are NLA.and those parts aren't even listed in TODAYS Allied catalog-very bland compared to yesteryears editions.At the workplace I am at they have an Allied catalog-Allied now primarily markets to institutions,commercial places.they no longer have all of the hi-fi gear.The catalog is now quite boring-just parts,power supplies and test gear.Just use it to order parts here at the transmitter site.
 
Parts for TUBE GEAR...

No need to let those classic amps languish in disuse! We run our twin ST70s and PAS upwards of 12 hours a day! There are a couple of really great online places to get parts for old tube audio rigs...since the interface will only let you post one url at a time, just copy/paste the addies:

https://secure.tubesandmore.com/
(Antique Electronic Supply, one of the BEST: they ROCK!)

http://www.dynakitparts.com/store/
(Specialize in Dynaco parts)

If you've still got a VOM and a soldering iron, order some caps and other goodies and get those delicious tubes lit up again...you can find a decent variac for cheap on eBay, usually...no excuses! ;-)

http://store.triodestore.com/
(Triode...excellent source)

http://thetubestore.com/
(another source of tube parts)
 
If you want a vintage tube stereo, it's time to do it. The tube thieves are out there in full force!
What are tube thieves? They are usually buyers who buy great vintage equipment, remove the tubes and sell those separately and then toss the vintage piece in the trash.
 
Stripped Maggie

What a MORON!!!The unit would be worth MORE if it was sold intact!!What does it take-maybe wack that sellor over the bean with a 2X4 to get his attention!Now the unit is just the CABINET!what good is it without the components?don't these butchers have brains?Might as well feed the "carcuss" to the crusher.TUBE AND COMPONENT THEIVES SHOULD BE SHOT AT SUNDOWN!!Just sell the WHOLE unit-maybe just maybe someone might be interested rather than trying to sell the stripped carcuss.Yes I will try to get my "MACS" working again-just need to try one of those suppliers for the caps.Maybe try using them for my movie sorround system?can be used for stereo "hi-Fi" too.The Mac amps use some propriitory cap values-made by Cornell Dublier for McIntosh.
 
Knight Flashback..

I just had a fun Knight-stereo flashback.
It's regarding that Knight unit I bought from AMVETS.
It had this STRANGE feature that I couldn't figure out for years. The function knob allowed you to choose FM on one channel - and AM on the other... AT THE SAME TIME! For example - you would hear FM out of the left channel and AM out of the right channel at the same time.
This stumped me for years and no books told of the reason. (remember this is before the internet... and I'm not that old!)
It turns out that before FM stereo multiplex, they would simulcast one channel (ex: LEFT) on FM and the other channel (ex: RIGHT) on AM. VOILA! STEREO!
 
Worked at a radio station that did use their FM station for right channel and the AM for the left was in one of their old station FCC liceneses.-Was experimental.Was before my time there-saw it in their files at the transmitter site.I had a McIntosh tuner that had an AM-FM function that allowed you to listen to the AM-FM stereo-and it used the FM and AM tuners in the unit.Later a Multiplex adaptor was added-and you got regular FM stereo.On most FM transmitter exciters I worked on they had Stereo gen inputs and SCA inputs as well as L+R mono audio input.Later FM exciters then had the stereo generator built in-no more external stereo gen units.You then would feed stereo input to the exciter and SCA if your station used it.SCA hogs a slight amount of bandwidth-its worth it to some.You sacrifice 10% of your overall program modulation level.
 
SCA

Yeah, actually SCA stood (stands for) Subsidiary Communications Authorization. If I remember correctly it was an AM subcarrier on the FM band. Radio stations would use that to transmit additional audio programming, such as MUZAK or other programming. A long time ago, I built an SCA receiver from a kit to pick up Greek music off of a radio station in Philadelphia, and MUZAK off of WPEN in Philadelphia. I had an Eico FM tuner that had an MPX jack on the back. The receivers would plug into that jack.
 
I had the same catalog, from which my brother and I bought the Knight-Kit Star Roamer shortwave radio kit. We put it together in a few days, and I got many years of shortwave radio listening out of that radio. Still have it. Internet radio sure takes a lot of the fun out of listening to foreign stations.
 

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