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I am more retro than you! ;-)
« on: December 04, 2010, 06:27:50 PM »
Look at what I scored today!



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Re: I am more retro than you! ;-)
« Reply #1 on: December 04, 2010, 06:30:15 PM »
You win. :D
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Re: I am more retro than you! ;-)
« Reply #2 on: December 04, 2010, 06:49:23 PM »
Wow, and I thought "Radiation King" was made up :lol:
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Re: I am more retro than you! ;-)
« Reply #3 on: December 04, 2010, 07:13:49 PM »
Drool... :cool:

I'd bet half if not all of those lovely old valves are still working... :)
 

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Re: I am more retro than you! ;-)
« Reply #4 on: December 04, 2010, 11:27:33 PM »
Still in working condition Red or sold as is? :lol:
 

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Re: I am more retro than you! ;-)
« Reply #5 on: December 04, 2010, 11:44:32 PM »
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Still in working condition Red or sold as is? :lol:


It picks up tunes straight from the past...
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Re: I am more retro than you! ;-)
« Reply #6 on: December 04, 2010, 11:52:03 PM »
I bet Paula sounds even more beautiful when you feed her through those valves! :)
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Re: I am more retro than you! ;-)
« Reply #7 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 #8 on: December 05, 2010, 02:33:05 AM »
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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.


Hope it does still work, it just screams Fallout 3!
 

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Re: I am more retro than you! ;-)
« Reply #9 on: December 05, 2010, 02:33:47 AM »
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...Otherwise I'll continue to fix this one up and restore it for myself.


...a few weeks pass...

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Re: I am more retro than you! ;-)
« Reply #10 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 #11 on: December 05, 2010, 03:39:15 AM »
Dunno if they still make them but my old Dad used to have hundreds of old valves and he always swore by the one's that were made in the old USSR and Czeck Republic... :)

(might be a wee bit hard to come by these days... :))
 

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« Reply #12 on: December 05, 2010, 04:36:27 AM »
haha red,it so cold in florida that you need a heater? :D
 

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Re: I am more retro than you! ;-)
« Reply #13 on: December 05, 2010, 09:43:49 AM »
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Bummer, it doesn't work. Looks like I will be taking a crash course on vacuum tubes!


Damn...Keep us posted, would be cool to see if you can get it working again :)
 

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Re: I am more retro than you! ;-)
« Reply #14 on: December 05, 2010, 11:31:29 AM »
Looks like it just needs a new fission battery ;)
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