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11-04-2004, 07:51 PM
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Yeah that looks like the C20/C21 chassis. It appears that someone yanked the 6AQ5 audio tube.
Hey you can't kill those old trucks!
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11-04-2004, 08:01 PM
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The set was donated to the Boys and Girls club. They then sold it on Ebay. They also have a real nice thrift store. I also bought a Heywood Wakefield coffee table. I will sell that to get some money back from the trip. They had a real nice operation for kids. It was nice to see the effort they were taking. No information about the history of the set.
polaraman
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10-22-2006, 07:13 PM
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That's an amazing set!
Is it a remote and if so could we see a pic of the remote?
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10-22-2006, 10:36 PM
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Got it! I got the SAMS (831-2) out and did some control/alignment adjustments. Got a great full color picture on the screen of my test jig. Now if I can just repeat this while in the set.
 2ND shot is the chassis hooked to the test jig. This thing is really nice.  polaraman
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10-22-2006, 11:31 PM
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That 8-track must be a mess...
What happened to the 8-track player? You said it was "toast", which I think means it's a total loss (I'm not up on a lot of the new slang in use these days). I'm thinking the player has a blue million things wrong with it, like a burned-out motor, mangled transport mechanism, damaged or destroyed preamp/amp circuits . . . man, that player must be a mess.
Good luck finding another 8-track. These players were popular in the mid-'60s through the mid-'80s in cars, and appeared in TVs and home stereo systems through the '70s; the last time I saw one was in 1972, in my then-stepmother's car. (I also owned a Zenith 4-mode stereo system in the early 1980s, which also had a 8-track player/recorder deck.) I don't know if you'll be able to find standalone 8-track players anywhere anymore; your best bet may be to try and find one from a junked Zenith or other 1970s-vintage entertainment center and mount it in a base. The Craig 8-track player which was originally with that console of yours, IIRC, was probably an aftermarket add-on.
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11-04-2004, 08:40 PM
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It don't look nearly as huge & outsized from the back as it does from the front. That's a set of SERIOUS speakers it has-bet you can't wait to hear 'em. GREAT score-you should be very, very proud !! -Sandy G.
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11-05-2004, 01:16 AM
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You may need to take out a loan to pay the electric bill when you run that rig! LOL
Anthony
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11-05-2004, 06:48 AM
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The 6AQ5 may have been omitted from the factory as the sound from the TV would come through the stereo amp on this model.
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11-05-2004, 09:56 AM
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Quote:
I have a VCR/DVD player combo connected to CM and pulls double duty. The back of the player has both 75 ohm coax and rca outputs. The 75 ohm coax connector of course is plugged into the tv using a 75-300 ohm transformer. The RCA L & R audio outputs plug into the "TAPE" inputs of the stereo amp. Now, I can use the VCR/DVD player as my cable box, and for any tv station broadcasting in stereo, I turn on the stereo amp to TAPE. Sound is awsome! There is, however, a selector on the big amp that says TV, but it is only in mono, and personally, i find it to sound kinda cheesy. Of course, setting up the player this way also gives your DVD's in stereo as well. If I am simply listening to an audio CD, just pop it in the DVD player and turn on the stereo amp to tape while leaving the tv off. Playing music CD's thru these old tube stereos is awesome! You get a super-clean sound without it sounding so digital. Also, I find the tube amps in these big consoles to have really impressive stereo seperation. Come to think of it, i'd love to hear that new Motorola tube system that Doug brought home a few days ago!
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