Old Penncrest stereo console, who made it and should i get it?

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Originally Posted by Electronic M

I'd get it when it is $25. You can probably add any tube MPX adapter....Using that adapter dates it somewhere in the 1959-63 range, by my reckoning. Single ended can sound VERY good if the engineers bothered to make it good.

Or make your own - I've built two using MC1310P ICs - easy-peasy, just with the datasheet schematic. The chip doesn't require a bunch of odd parts, and will drive a 70ma or less stereo lamp. First went with a Channel Master table radio that had a mux adapter output, and the second went in a Bradford consolette radio/phono I got from a couple at church. It's now in a Pennsylvania dentist's hands.

http://www.datasheetarchive.com/dl/6...ecoder+mc1310p