It is just amazing that those ever worked. But they did.
It is fascinating that the cartridge could generate enough votage to drive the 50C5 to speaker volume. I had one of those players as a kid. I used the amplifier section make my crytal or one tube radios be heard in a speaker. de KA4JVY Mark --- "John E. Coleman (ARS WA5BXO)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have an old record player for a collector. Please don't play records on > this thing. > > This is what I know about it. > > It has 2 tubes, a 35W4 and a 50C5. > > It has a volume and tone control with white plastic knobs. > > The brand is Symphonic. > > The Model is 1716. > > It has 4 speeds and a 45 stack adapter. > > The 45 stack adapter says Telefunken > > Flip over cartridge for 78/LP > > Under the Turntable is says Telefunken GmbH TW503 (Sc-I) > I assume that is the model of the Turntable asm. > > Schematic is glued under the turntable compartment. > And is stamped "SL351A" > > The dang thing works. > Very little hum but has what I would consider low output. It is > probably a ceramic or crystal cartridge that is losing output. I used to > replace those things in my days of service and the volume would come up > considerable. > > The case is all in one piece but the corners are frayed a lot. > > Hinges work nicely and the latches do too. > > Grill Cloth is great. > > John, WA5BXO > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > AMRadio mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html > Post: mailto:[email protected] > AMfone Website: http://www.amfone.net > AM List Admin: Brian Sherrod/w5ami, Paul Courson/wa3vjb > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
