The Godzilla of home raddios

[maxhifi]

Thanks for posting. It looks incredible. Those speakers would cost an absolute fortune today. I wonder what the audio output tubes are. Also, it's something else how modest the models were 90 years ago! We could learn something from that today.

[dieseljeep]

It looks like they used those 6N6's that Crosley and Midwest was famous for.

[maxhifi]

Originally Posted by dieseljeep

It looks like they used those 6N6's that Crosley and Midwest was famous for.

Neat, I'd never heard of it before

[old_coot88]

Who all 'members XERF and Wolfman Jack in particular? Ah, them wuz the days.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuasKDRNb8c

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by maxhifi

Neat, I'd never heard of it before

It's a direct coupled dual triode. Cathode follower configuration. The octal base tube was either a glass tube and the metal one was the M/G type. Type 6N6!
The UX base tube was the 6B5, same basic tube!

[maxhifi]

Originally Posted by dieseljeep

It's a direct coupled dual triode. Cathode follower configuration. The octal base tube was either a glass tube and the metal one was the M/G type. Type 6N6!
The UX base tube was the 6B5, same basic tube!

Did some reading about it - Really unusual tube. One of the few that the audio crowd hasn't latched on to. The MG tubes look neat, very mid 1930s modern.