Videokarma.org TV - Video - Vintage Television & Radio Forums

Videokarma.org TV - Video - Vintage Television & Radio Forums (http://www.videokarma.org/index.php)
-   Early Color Television (http://www.videokarma.org/forumdisplay.php?f=36)
-   -   Magnavox First Color TV (http://www.videokarma.org/showthread.php?t=254463)

NewVista 06-17-2012 09:54 PM

1 Attachment(s)
Quote:

Originally Posted by Eric H (Post 3038994)
Their Amps from that era are top notch and sought after today by Audio types.

I will be interested to see how this Stereo PP 6L6 Amp sounds - I'm making it
from multiple 1940's Magnavox mono radio/Phono chassis.
Their PP 6L6 O/P transformers had old Magnavox Logo of Lion
roaring from 1920's Hornspeaker ! Gave contoured logo a black
background for contrast.

zenithfan1 06-17-2012 11:12 PM

I bet it'll sound sweet!

Electronic M 06-19-2012 07:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mstaton (Post 3039024)
My '63 CTC-15 clone is exactly the same way. The audio board is quite bare, only 1 tube. It has the other 2 sockets but no supporting components. It is fed into the preamp and then to the audio amp. I guess these single ended 6BQ5 amps are pretty sought after. They are supposedly class "A" but don't quote me on that.

From what I recall of the schematic the audio output board of the TV chassis was completely populated and ready to drive a speaker they just never connected the speaker to the audio output transformer on the TV chassis(which feels like a waste of parts!) and instead ran a line from the first audio amp(or detector, but I'm pretty sure they picked it off soon after the volume control) and fed it to their own separate audio chassis which drove the speaker.

Zenith26kc20 06-20-2012 09:01 AM

Most maggies had flyback failures because I doubt the factory dipped horizontal current. My T-933 was running around 225 ma when I got it running. I adjusted the efficiency coil and after two hours it still holds at 189 ma. The color circuit is RCA but with a couple of odd compactrons. The weak point on mine is the tuner! It is a turret but very cheaply made. It would not be a good OTA analog as the fine tuning is a bit quirkey!
A friend of mine had a Maggie roundie for years until a large picture fell from the wall behind it and broke the CRT neck. The chassis was the one with the BIG silver HV cage that had the HV rectifier mounted upside down in it.

oldtvman 06-20-2012 09:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Firebird (Post 3036814)
What year did Magnavox make their first color tv and what was the model?

I have a copy of the 1957 color tv buying guide and Magnavox has one set offered for $697.00. Although it was an RCA clone

Firebird 06-20-2012 01:13 PM

Could you email a copy?

mstaton 06-20-2012 01:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Electronic M (Post 3039279)
From what I recall of the schematic the audio output board of the TV chassis was completely populated and ready to drive a speaker they just never connected the speaker to the audio output transformer on the TV chassis(which feels like a waste of parts!) and instead ran a line from the first audio amp(or detector, but I'm pretty sure they picked it off soon after the volume control) and fed it to their own separate audio chassis which drove the speaker.

Mine is not done that way, no output transformer. The volume control is the one used for the stereo so they cant pick it off from there. maybe the older sets are that way without the stereo. All the parts to drive a speaker are not there on this chassis(C43).
As far as the chassis is concerned, it is RCA. All the same tubes and components. It's just modified in the audio output and power on/off controls. Flyback failures in this set are no more common than RCA sets.


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 06:04 AM.

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2026, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
©Copyright 2012 VideoKarma.org, All rights reserved.