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12-03-2013, 06:32 PM
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Lloyd's AM/FM/SW Japanese tube radio
Many people associate the Lloyd's brand with cheap solid state stereos and radios from the '70's and '80's; but, they did import some cheap tube radios during the '60's.
This radio looks to be from the early-to-mid '60's and is very long. The tubes are Toshiba-branded; but, I don't know if they actually built this radio. The radio has reception; but, the volume is very weak and distorted. So, it probably has leaky coupling capacitors in the audio circuit. Those old grey Japanese paper-in-oil capacitors are usually very leaky by now.  
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12-03-2013, 06:54 PM
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Nice radio. I've seen this model around before. These used to turn up fairly frequently at swap meets and such. I bet after new capacitors are installed, and the unit checked out, it will play quite well.
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12-04-2013, 01:23 AM
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All those lights make me think FM stereo, but the chassis makes me think dual speaker mono.
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12-04-2013, 11:14 AM
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It's not stereo. Those lights simply indicate which band you are on.
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12-04-2013, 11:36 AM
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I've got its "Double-1st cousin" dual speaker, AM & 2 SW bands. Pretty decent little desk radio for the Ships' Radio Room for when I don't wanna fire up one of the big "Bacon fryers"...Gets WTAM 1100 in Cleveland exceptionally well, sometimes listen to "Ground Zero" & "Coast to Coast AM" before hittin' the hay... Can't remember the brand on mine, it may be a Lloyd's, too dam lazy to go look..
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12-04-2013, 02:46 PM
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It doesn't claim "stereo", does it? I don't see enough tubes to provide a stereo decoder. I have an AM/FM radio that claims "balanced stereo speakers" even though it's just a pair of speakers fed by a mono signal.
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12-04-2013, 09:14 PM
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No, it's a mono job with the speakers wired together. However, I have a similar JVC/Delmonico radio from the same time period that is a true FM stereo radio. I also have a similar Commodore "Stereo Matic Sound" radio that is simply a mono radio with the speakers wired together.
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12-05-2013, 07:47 AM
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 and the tubes are Toshiba, but may be not indicative of the original manufacturer.I had the same Commodore "stereo-matic" also, given by my 4th grade teacher as a bribe to stop "doodling on my tablet" and listen up. The tubes were labeled "Ten" which is Fujitsu. It had four 4 inch round speakers, sounding decent but the FM selectivity was awful.
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12-05-2013, 10:33 AM
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12-05-2013, 06:34 PM
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