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Old 06-17-2012, 05:15 PM
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The amp is definitely solid state. A bunch of TO-3 parts mounted on two big heat sinks......no tubes to be seen. I haven't taken the amp out to look, but I'm sure it has solid state rectifiers for the power supply. The radio/tuner that's mounted above it is a tube unit.
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Old 06-17-2012, 05:37 PM
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WOW! That Zenith looks very impressive, must have been top of the line in its day, a thing of beauty!
I would love something like this myself but here in New Zealand they only made a limited number of combos like this so the chances are finding one around here are pretty rare. Plus only made black and white combos, not colour ones.
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Old 06-17-2012, 07:54 PM
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I own pretty much the same set.

So, I can shed a bit of light here.

Mine is a 7500W4, it is a 1964 model. It has a 25LC20QS chassis for the TV. It has the 8LT25 SS amp for the stereo. It has an 11L8T25 tuner. The TUNER is tubes...BUT the PREAMP--on the tuner is SS--under that shield. Plug-in transistors.

I drove a good way to get my set in 2003. The tube in mine, like yours--is quite good--but with BAD cataracts. The tv worked the last time I tried it. The stereo did NOT work right, when I got it. One of those caps on the amp at the rear--the coupling caps from the P-P outs to the speakers...was open. I change it out, with a 2200/35 and mounted it UNDER the chassis--to preserve the "look". I also changed one pair of the Germanium outs--from a similar amp I had.

Mine does work, but it has an intermittent power switch. I sometimes fire it up. It is in the basement here at the house, NOT in my storage garage.; Me and ONE other guy carried it out of the store I got it at. I DID have help loading it i my van--and down to the basement, but only ONE guy--and my hand truck too. Maybe my back was better then...

\My remote does not work right--it is that big chassis over the HV cage. Likely it needs a couple of caps--I will get to it "sometime".

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