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Monthly Archives: April 2014
The Speaker Spotter – Speakers of Craigslist – April 18th, 2014
There’s always something interesting for sale on Craigslist, especially in Seattle. Do click the titles to see the original postings with more photos and additional information if you’re interested – otherwise, enjoy the virtual window shopping! Rain City Audio is not … Continue reading
Posted in Audio, Collections, Photos, Speakers, Stereo, Vintage
Tagged 7000A, A25, altec, altec lansing, Avid, Avid 100, Bose, Bose 601, Dahlquist, Dahlquist M-905, DDS1, Dynaco, Dynaco A25, exponential, Fisher, hi-fi, Horn, Klangbox, M-905, multicell, Nova-6, Radio Shack, RB66, Realistic, Realistic Nova-6, Seeburg, Seeburg Discotheque, series III, speaker spotter, Speakers, stereo, Technics, Technics 7000A, Telefunken, Telefunken RB66, tweeter, vintage, VOTT, woofer
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1931 Westinghouse WR-8 Columaire Antique Radio Repair
I recently got to work on another beautifully reconditioned Westinghouse WR-8 Columaire radio all the way from Bellingham. It was originally in for service with the SPARK Museum, but the repair technician reportedly suffered some health complications and was unable to … Continue reading
Posted in Electronics, Projects, Radios and Tubes, Vintage
Tagged antique radio, capacitor, capacitor replacement, clock, clock radio, columnaire, grandfather clock, grandfather clock radio, radio, rain city audio, repair, restoration, tube radio, vacuum tube, vintage, vintage radio, Westinghouse, wr-8, WR-8 Columnaire
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The Speaker Spotter – Speakers of Craigslist – April 11th, 2014
There’s always something interesting for sale on Craigslist, especially in Seattle. Do click the titles to see the original postings with more photos and additional information if you’re interested – otherwise, enjoy the virtual window shopping! Rain City Audio is not … Continue reading
Posted in Audio, Collections, Hi-Fi, Speakers
Tagged 501, Bose, Bose 501, Dahlquist, Dahlquist DQ-10, dome, DQ-10, EMIT, EMIT-k, Horn, Infinity, Infinity Modulus, Infinity Reference, Infinity RS 5000, Legacy Audio, Legacy Audio Signature, Mach One, Modulus, multicell, pioneer, Pioneer CS, polycell, Radio Shack, Realistic, Realistic Mach One, Reference, RS, RS 5000, speaker spotter, speakerlab, Speakerlab 7, Speakers, tweeter, woofer
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1946 Zenith 6-D-029 Consoltone Antique Radio Repair
This was a very interesting Zenith tabletop radio from just after WW2, the 1946 Zenith 6-D-029 Consoltone mantle radio. This is one of the iconic “boomerang” dials Zenith produced for a couple of years after the war. A variety of … Continue reading
Posted in Projects, Radios and Tubes, Vintage
Tagged 6-D-029, 6D029, antique radio, capacitor, capacitor replacement, Consoltone, old radio, radio, repair, restoration, tube radio, vacuum tube, vintage, vintage radio, zenith
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The Speaker Spotter – Speakers of Craigslist – April 4th, 2014
There’s always something interesting for sale on Craigslist, especially in Seattle. Do click the titles to see the original postings with more photos and additional information if you’re interested – otherwise, enjoy the virtual window shopping! Rain City Audio is not … Continue reading
Posted in Audio, Collections, Hi-Fi, Photos, Speakers, Stereo
Tagged 2001, 8320, audiophile, C35, dome, Duntech, Duntech Soverign, Empire, Empire Royal Grenadiers, Famous Johnzer, Grenadiers, Greybeard, Greybeard Audio KB22, hi-fi, Horn, James B Lansing, jbl, JBL C35, Johnzer, KB22, kenwood, Kenwood KL-8080X, KL-8080X, marble, MCS, MCS 8320, mid, Modular Component Systems, Petroff, Petroff Labs, Petroff Labs Reference, Polk, Polk Audio, Polk Audio RTIA9, Polk RTIA9, PPX-1, Reference, Royal, RTIA9, Soverign, Speakers, tile, tweeter, vintage, Wharfedale, Wharfedale PPX-1, woofer
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1940 Philco 40-185XF Antique Radio Restoration
I had the privilege of working on a very well preserved Philco 40-185XF recently. These are top performing pre-war sets featuring 8 tubes, an RF amplifier front-end and push-pull audio output into a 12″ speaker. Definitely worth fixing up! This … Continue reading
Posted in Projects, Radios and Tubes, Vintage
Tagged 40-185, 40-185XF, antique radio, capacitor, capacitor replacement, philco, radio, repair, restoration, tube radio, vacuum tube, vintage, vintage radio
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