Category Archives: Vintage

Assembling Transistor Radios in 1955

Posted on December 18, 2015 by jwk

Here’s a great documentary short from 1955 showing how portable transistor radios were assembled. It’s super retro! (2:35) Want to learn more about transistors? Just a few years later the US Information Agency produced an 8-minute short film about the … Continue reading →

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It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas

Posted on December 16, 2015 by jwk

Bring the Sound of Christmas Into Your Home with RCA Victor Radio

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Collector or Bargain-Hunter? There are Craigslist deals out there.

Posted on December 12, 2015 by jwk

If you’re like me and have a liking for vintage electronics, you’ll know that they turn up in a lot of places. Craigslist tends to be a pretty good spot for radios and even piles of tubes from time to … Continue reading →

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Make Christmas Special This Year with Allied Radio!

Posted on December 9, 2015 by jwk
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Bose® 901 Series IV Active Equalizer #221114 Repaired

Posted on December 3, 2015 by jwk

From the Rain City Audio Repair Blog: Another Bose® 901 Series IV Active Equalizer came through the shop, this one serial #221114. It’s owner reported that it had lost one channel, so it was clearly due for an overhaul. It … Continue reading →

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What do we have here?

Posted on December 1, 2015 by jwk

I was reading about how to build a capacitor checker from the December 1959 issue of Popular Electronics and stumbled across something that looked very familiar. I know that shape. Nearly identical to a Bose® 901 Series I/II cabinet, and even … Continue reading →

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Service Shortcuts – November 1932

Posted on November 24, 2015 by jwk

Radio Retailing brings you some helpful service shortcuts: Tube Numbering That Means Something The RMA is seriously considering a new three-character system of marking radio receiving tubes which may shortly come into general use in place of the present meaningless … Continue reading →

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Bose® 901 Series I Active Equalizer #51616 Repaired

Posted on November 23, 2015 by jwk

From the Rain City Audio Repair Blog: Another Bose® 901 Series I Active Equalizer came through the shop for an overhaul! This one was from the very end of the Series I production run, serial #51616. This one appeared to … Continue reading →

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Harman-Kardon Festival D-1000 Tube Receiver Repair

Posted on November 17, 2015 by jwk

All vintage gear has a story to tell, but something really rare and interesting recently came across the bench: the Harman-Kardon Festival D-1000. While it looks somewhat unassuming, a fairly straightforward 15-tube receiver with push-pull 6L6GC outputs and an AM … Continue reading →

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Harman-Kardon Citation 11 Pre-Amp Overhaul

Posted on November 11, 2015 by jwk

From the Rain City Audio Repair Blog: A local customer brought me his brother’s Citation 11 for a full overhaul. After a few decades of faithful stereo reproduction, then a number of years in storage, it was time for an overhaul to … Continue reading →

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