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You could probably get a small fortune for that amp if you know of any good Audio Sites.
Seriously though doing something cool like fitting it with a newer turntable would be great! Something appropriately upscale though like a 1950's Thorens or Garrard, no 1970's BSR or VM for that baby. |
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I like that RCA amplifier, to me it's more interesting than what was originally in there. RCA was on top of the world in that era, and that amplifier has the world changing 6L6 right after they came out. If this was mine I would repair the amplifier, and put something like a Pilot FM tuner on top of the cabinet.... inside I would use a reclaimed 3 speed VM changer, or something useful for playing LP records, who really can listen to hours of 78s anyway? If the speaker is good, keep it, if not, a Jensen or even a Quam would work nicely.
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Well, my plan for the moment is to restore the MI-12202B amp and plan to use that until such time as I can find the original one. Honestly, I much prefer the RCA amp to the original. I just hate working on 1920s tube gear.....I'll do it if I have to, but I hate it.
Hopefully Electronic M will sell me the changer for this thing.....I'm all tingly just thinking about it
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That Electrola is an excellent find. As others have mentioned, it is quite rare (especially the changer, which probably had a very intricate and complicated mechanism [for the time]), so I'd say go ahead and try to get it working, even if it means using the original RCA amplifier and a '50s changer (Garrard or some other high-end brand, but good grief not a '70s BSR) for now. (I had a Zenith integrated stereo system years ago with a BSR changer, and had not one bit of trouble with it, but mine may have been a rare exception to the rule.)
The Electrola's cabinet looks good too, and made of real wood, no doubt--not the pressboard of which today's media stands, etc. are made. That RCA amplifier looks like it may have been originally intended for use with a small sound-reinforcement system. For many years we had an Allied-Radio Shack (IIRC) amplifier, vintage 1950s or so, at the heart of the sound system in our church. That amplifier wasn't too terribly powerful, but it did the job until it was replaced some years later by a larger amplifier which I was in charge of setting up and taking down before and after Sunday services. Can't recall the brand, though.
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One reason for the rarity of those changers is that they were made with pot metal parts which deteriorated rendering them inoperable, so many were junked. Also, the WW2 scrap metal drives took their toll on these and many other such machines.
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Just thought I'd add this...
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I met Carmine many years ago. He's better lookin and has a full head of hair
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This is what I've come up with so far. I've temporarily "robbed" the turntable out of my Crosley 10" combo, which appears for all intents and purposes, to have never been used. Not ideal, but I might be able to make it look nice . I intend to make a board out of the same wood, and bolt it down over the existing cutout, using the existing holes to secure it.
Problem is that there are two belts on the turntable for the changer mechanism that I need to get. They are roughly 2 1/4" circumference, and 1/4" wide. About the size of a #61 rubber band. Anyone know where I can get them? I hate to just use stupid rubber bands on this thing. There are no markings on the turntable to identify the manufacturer.
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Try www.turntablebelts.com
I have used them before, they let you order belts by length and width as well as make And model Last edited by maxhifi; 02-06-2014 at 08:10 AM. |
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Hm, maybe their part number FBS2.3 will work. Thanks for the link
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Well, here's where I'm at
RCA amp has been restored and is now back in place. I have to pick up a new 5Z3 though or resolder the pins, as there's a loose or broken wire in there http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQX9p...ature=youtu.be The FBS2.3 belts ended up being too big, so for the time being I used heat shrink wrap, and shrunk it right around the capstans. It works *okay*, but slips a little on startup. I replaced a dead wire on the phono cart, and still nothing. It's an Astatic LT-3 cart, have to see if I can find something that will work in there.....or find a good one.
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Wow. I just noticed this. A brilliant find.
I have seen the original amplifier on ebay. And the speaker I believe was probably the model 106 which pops up now and then. The challenge will be finding the original changer. I believe was the second Victor changer like the one in a Victor 10-35 but with an electrical horseshoe pickup. I believe it would have looked like this on on You tube but they are so rare i have never seen one. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkHxXL4jebE |
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you could always restore it "as remodeled" with a changer or single play player about the same vintage as the amp and speaker, or a 50's garrard wouldn't look too out of place. Then keep an eye out for a victor unit of similar vintage that might have the right amp and speaker, or changer.
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