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Delmonico (JVC) portable: Has anyone seen one?
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Last edited by andy; 11-18-2021 at 04:59 PM. |
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This is the first one I’ve seen. At first glance, I read color and a resemblance to the Yeou Chromatron.
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It seemed strange at the time, so I asked the owner where it came from? The neighbor, always the bargain hunter, bought it from a Zenith dealer. I don't even remember what was wrong with it, bad tube or something! IDK what happened to it, as they moved out of the area shortly after. |
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It seems many Japanese import chassis disappeared from attrition, and their small size making them easy to carry to the curb upon failure.
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Never seen one. All the early JVC, Delmonico & Nivico
( Nippon Victor Corp) were also B&W. First colors I remember were hybrids. Most were relabeled as Clovis & another private label I forget. First SS I saw was a 19" Admiral abt 1974. A much better set than the compactron Admirals. 73 Zeno LFOD ! |
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I have seen this Sams before, in my Sams collection, and it is fascinating to me! I remember finding a tube color set in the dump, near my house, very similar to this one, in the early 1970's, I pulled tubes and knobs and scrapped the rest, because the cabinet was broken badly. I am not sure if same model, but looked a lot like this and was color, for sure, could have been! I also recall finding a Panasonic wood cabinet color set, table model / consolette, in the same dump, around the same time, that I hauled home in a wheelbarrow, and was able to get it somewhat working! If only I had known to keep that Panny! I loved checking the dump, once a week, and I would sometimes find an old radio, or HiFi, once a reel to reel stereo recorder! If not too busted up, I'd haul them home, and see what I could do. My younger brother and a couple of our friends, went there looking for toys, bicycle parts, etc., and I was thrilled to pieces, if I found a radio, TV, record player, etc! I'm sure they shook their heads a lot, as I climbed the "pile" to get a treasure!
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I picture those sets being sold as lower-end department stores, probably by a greasy-haired salesman who would tell you they were made by RCA Victor. A year later you could tote it all over town trying to find someone willing to fix it for you! It's hard to imagine that JVC producing a very good picture. I've had a couple of their hybrid color models from about '71 & they worked, but weren't anything to get excited about.
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I agree, bgadow, it's probably pretty close to the truth! For me, at least, I bet there weren't a lot of them around, or sold back then, it's the un-common and "odd-ball" factor, that appeals to me, I'd love to get my hands on one now, I enjoy the un-common sets.
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I'm also a big fan of everything oddball & would find it fun to tinker on. Really, from what we know of the Japanese electronics industry back then, it probably was capable of performing quite well at least when new.
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Last edited by andy; 11-18-2021 at 05:00 PM. |
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Yup, been there at the time. Hard to service, no local parts, odd ball
tubes, no TA, & not knowing how good it should work. I hated the Jap tube sets except Panasonics. But now if I saw one of these I would pay for it but not most others. It would be a ball to work on this now. 73 Zeno LFOD ! Quote:
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The tubes look like they were furnished by Matsushita and they possibly didn't make a larger wattage HO tube. The Panasonics used HO tubes like that. |
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