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Sony Indextron SCORE!!!!!!
I just had the find of the year! I saw this Sony Indextron on eBay, and never thought in a million years I'd win it for what I bid... I DID!!!!!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=310125196063 Then, I had a lot of trouble believing that the set could actually still be in working order, as there are only a couple of them known to exist still working. I got it today, and it is indeed brand-new. As any of us Sony enthusiasts know, the gray plastic finish around the control buttons gets shiny almost right away with any use. Not on this set! The factory kinks are still in the AC adaptor cord too. I gingerly plugged it in, and pressed the POWER button...... In a couple seconds, it came to life! It's such a weird picture in that if you blink, you see either all red, all green, or all blue. That's because of the fact that it's the Indextron, and not a standard color tube. (the tech aspects of the Indextron tube were discussed by other AKers in another thread). This was a GREAT birthday present to myself!!!!!!! Charles
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that is way cool, Charles! It's such a rarity to see one working, especially in such wonderful condition with box and paperwork!
Congratulations!
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Awrite, Charles ! What is the deal w/these things ? Why do they NOT want to work ? Izzit something to do w/the funky CRT, or something else ?
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wow, so what would something like this in this condition normally go for? I never knew there was such a big collectability for the indextron. It looks like it was literally bought from the factory yesterday. Congrats!
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Cool thing, don't see those too often, let alone working ones. Enjoy yours!
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Neat! Works great, huh? Never had the pleasure of owning one. Happy birthday, BTW!
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I do not know about the Indextron, but I can tell you stories about the GM diesels from the early 1980s. Both may father-in-law and a co-worker of mine had one. One had immaculate care, while the other was abused. Both engines threw rods at between 45 and 50 thousand miles. |
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Andy fixed mines and I agree with him. Even though it's brand new, it reserves the right to leak caps without warning. Last edited by waltchan; 03-15-2009 at 12:19 AM. |
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The leaky caps can short and blow the unobtainable ASIC that controls the tube...
I agree, time to be proactive and recap the thing. |
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Hello Charles,
Congratulations on the Indextron, & Welcome! to the club of Beam-Index CRT users. I have the unobtainium full Indextron service manual and schematics. In your mailbox ASAP if you want it. A few pictures: - Dead caps, Andy's picture (Thanks!) all the purple ones leak - Caps changed on ONE of my Indextrons, SAME quantity on unit #2. - The Indextron CRT seen from the gun side. Note how simple the gun structure appears. - Rear view of the KVX-370, open. - ONE Gun = PERFECT convergence! * *see this pix & more here: http://audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=120906 Best Regards jhalphen Paris/France Last edited by jhalphen; 03-20-2009 at 06:51 AM. |
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