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zombie1210 06-16-2018 06:13 PM

Estate Find. Zenith 10S-160...I think.
 
I found this today at an estate sale, and picked it up for real cheap. It looks like a Zenith 10S-160 from what I can tell.
Although I don't see the gold stripes like on some photos I found online of a 10S-160. But photos some don't.

A few flea bites, but a solid cabinet, and the chassis is pretty clean.


The grille cloth is in really good condition.


https://i.imgur.com/B4o2M85.jpg?1

https://i.imgur.com/Wy5zOup.jpg?1

https://i.imgur.com/oCBLcXz.jpg?1
https://i.imgur.com/43ZCN2Y.jpg?1

https://i.imgur.com/9xF4Dm7.jpg

electronjohn 06-17-2018 01:06 PM

That's mighty nice!

Titan1a 06-17-2018 01:28 PM

This is a good one. All you need is to work on the chassis.

MadMan 06-17-2018 08:40 PM

Holy shit look at that speaker!

zeno 06-18-2018 08:08 AM

Wait till you hear that running AFTER a re cap. They are sweet !
We restored a slightly newer one & put it in the show room.
Played a big band station on it ever day for years. The older
folk loved the memories & young'ns couldnt believe AM could
sound so good.

73 Zeno:smoke:
LFOD !

dieseljeep 06-18-2018 11:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MadMan (Post 3201038)
Holy shit look at that speaker!

That model had only a 12" speaker! That beehive gadget behind it was some kind of adjustable acoustic compensation for room size or placement. :scratch2: Looking over the schematic, it seems that only one 5Y3 would be a little overtaxed.
That radio was built when radio design was really interesting, not with all that glitz like push-button tuning, Radiorgans etc.
Everything was there for a real reason! :thmbsp:

zombie1210 06-18-2018 03:44 PM

I dropped it off this morning at my repair guy's place.

He's hoping its two 6A3's are still good. He doesn't currently have any. I may need to buy a couple.

init4fun 06-18-2018 04:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zombie1210 (Post 3201080)
I dropped it off this morning at my repair guy's place.

He's hoping its two 6A3's are still good. He doesn't currently have any. I may need to buy a couple.

:thmbsp: 6A3 , you won't really break the bank .

:eek: Were they 2A3 , Oh yea , second mortgage time

zombie1210 06-18-2018 04:17 PM

I'm hoping they test OK. The radio did work as is.

Titan1a 06-18-2018 04:21 PM

Your radio uses 6L6 output tubes in push-pull. My Philco also uses them. Very, very sweet!

zombie1210 06-18-2018 04:23 PM

Ok. I messed up. I didn't take THIS radio to him yet. The one I took today is the Philco 116X

This Zenith has neither of those tubes.

So....never mind. LOL

too many radios. Must be getting senile.



This Zenith won't be going in for a couple weeks.

init4fun 06-18-2018 05:48 PM

I know it's easy to loose track of which radio uses which tubes , once the collection gets much over 40 or 50 sets it becomes hard recalling their tube numbers :yes:

zombie1210 06-18-2018 08:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by init4fun (Post 3201092)
I know it's easy to loose track of which radio uses which tubes , once the collection gets much over 40 or 50 sets it becomes hard recalling their tube numbers :yes:

LOL. You must have a warehouse!

Titan1a 06-18-2018 10:42 PM

No warehouse here. Just love to research radios. I also love the sweet sound of 6L6's AND 6A3 triodes!

dieseljeep 06-20-2018 12:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Titan1a (Post 3201119)
No warehouse here. Just love to research radios. I also love the sweet sound of 6L6's AND 6A3 triodes!

One of my Philco 37-116 uses 6A5G triodes. IIRC, some of that model used 6B4G triodes. My 38-116 uses 6L6's.


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