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rcag_ils

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« on: 2 Aug 2012, 03:34 am »





From tube rectifier to solid state, will it work?

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« Reply #1 on: 2 Aug 2012, 04:59 am »

From tube rectifier to solid state, will it work?

This thing bears a striking similarity to the Flying Spaghetti Monster (http://www.venganza.org).

Where did this idea originate?

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« Reply #2 on: 2 Aug 2012, 02:25 pm »
I have no idea where did it originate. This guy's selling his Eico 70 on ebay, and that's where I saw it. I have an original Eico 70, it's a cool amp but with design flaw in the tone control, stereo/mono, and speaker output area, but most collectors don't mind that. I guess this guy decided to "work on it."

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« Reply #3 on: 2 Aug 2012, 02:41 pm »
Lets see there.  I count eight diodes in series sets. It appears that the builder created a solid state full wave bridge rectifier as a piece of sculptured artwork there.  Probably he should keep small children and pets away from it.  I certainly would want to stay away from it too.  :)

Its definitely not an AVA design.  We don't make things that artistic.

Frank

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« Reply #4 on: 2 Aug 2012, 03:44 pm »
Probably had to convert from tube to solid state rectifier as the hot glass was too close to the capacitor bundling jute.  That looks like one crusty amp, the type that house fires are made of.

Steve

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« Reply #5 on: 2 Aug 2012, 05:28 pm »
Is the string holding the whole thing together  :o?

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« Reply #6 on: 2 Aug 2012, 05:32 pm »
That looks like one crusty amp, the type that house fires are made of.


He's probably looking for an insurance payoff.

Hopefully his insurance company won't find these pix.

charmerci

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« Reply #7 on: 3 Aug 2012, 01:47 am »
It rather looks like a home-made bomb to me!  :lol:

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« Reply #8 on: 3 Aug 2012, 03:36 am »
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Is the string holding the whole thing together 

He doesn't know tie-wrap has been invented.

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« Reply #9 on: 3 Aug 2012, 01:20 pm »
Love the string!

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« Reply #10 on: 3 Aug 2012, 02:49 pm »
Eico.....You see that....anyone remember them??

lol

Alex

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« Reply #11 on: 3 Aug 2012, 04:35 pm »
Oh, yes.  I remember Eico.  My first amp was an HF-12A that I bought on sale from the old Stark's Electronics in Mpls. after a tornado in '65 tore their roof off.  The carton had been soaked, but the amp, wrapped in plastic, was fine; used it many years.  Then assembled an HF-90 tuner while in college.  Color blindness caused me to mix up a couple of resistors, but I caught the mistake in time and fixed it.  Then in '71, I found an ST-96 am-fm tuner from the pre-multiplex, simulcast stereo days in the old Schaak Electronics back room.  I assembled it for a church hall from which it was stolen a year or so later.  Was I flattered!  Last piece was the famous HF-81 integrated which I picked up used for my first "home theatre" set up.  Had a very nice sound.

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« Reply #12 on: 3 Aug 2012, 05:10 pm »
Haaaaa!

Gee that makes me feel all of my 63yrs!!!

Eico, KnightKits, Heathkits...now all we got is good ole "Frank V."  :D

Alex


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« Reply #13 on: 3 Aug 2012, 07:48 pm »
Eico.....You see that....anyone remember them??

lol

Alex

On the 7591! Missed that. I had a mono FM tuner that I assembled either in 8th grade or first or second year in high school, which would make it early 60s. That went in to an Allied Radio dual 6V6 mono amp that I put together around the same time. In college I plugged a Gibson ES-335 into the phono section and ran it into a single 8" 3-way speaker in a build-it-yourself folded-horn cab (also both from Allied, I think). Crank that sucker up and (at least to my ears and adoloescent fantasies) I sounded just like EC on "Sunshine of Your Love"! Wish I still had that amp!

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« Reply #14 on: 3 Aug 2012, 09:47 pm »


Allied Radio....OMG I was going to mention that one as well....my first ever "High End"  :D receiver was an Allied 535 i think with a pair of Radio Shack Optimus 1 sealed speakers....

Alex