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I am more retro than you! ;-)
« on: December 04, 2010, 06:27:50 PM »
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Re: I am more retro than you! ;-)
« Reply #1 on: December 05, 2010, 02:24:58 AM »
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Still in working condition Red or sold as is? :lol:

I'm about to hook it up and see. The older gentlemen I bought this from stated it does work, but the tuning cable (mechanical) is broken. A look inside confirms that, but I should be able to manually tune it. That shouldn't be a terribly difficult fix.

No plans to sell this right now. I will fix it up and use it. However, the gentleman I bought this from says he has a much bigger unit with built in record player. I may go check that one out as I've wanted a record player lately. Also I found out my wife and son have been considering getting me a very, very large stereo (vacuum tube) with record player from the consignment shop where my son works (assisted living community for semi-active seniors). If I get one of the larger units this one may become available. Otherwise I'll continue to fix this one up and restore it for myself.
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Re: I am more retro than you! ;-)
« Reply #2 on: December 05, 2010, 03:30:28 AM »
Bummer, it doesn't work. Looks like I will be taking a crash course on vacuum tubes!
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Re: I am more retro than you! ;-)
« Reply #3 on: December 05, 2010, 04:28:44 PM »
Shame on me, I didn't even mention what it is! This is a Philips BX998A radio, made in The Netherlands. From what I read online it is from 1955, but the date code on my unit seems to indicate 1954. It was apparently very high end back when it was released. This site has some good info.
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