Tube Stereo Radios

[Kingfisher]

Originally Posted by Chad Hauris

That Arvin is one of the first tube type radios I ever bought, back in 1984 or so. I can remember going to Radio Shack with my dad and getting a 50HK6 tube for it. I actually took the chassis out of that plastic cabinet and built my own wood cabinet for it. For some reason it quit working, maybe bad capacitors in the IF cans. I now have it here with me but haven't tried getting it working again yet.

Mine has a bad hum, part of the circuit board near the output tubes looked fried. I haven't used it in several years. This must have been one of the last tube models Arvin made since it was bought new in '68. Won't be finding any 50HK6 tubes at Rat Shack. They stopped selling that kind of stuff loooong ago. Arvin was known for wierd tube numbers, 50HK6, 20EZ7, etc. It's often a dead giveaway as to who actually made some store branded radios.