Hi-Fi tube radios
 

Let's see and talk about or electronic tubes Hi.-Fi. radios.
Here is mine.
Unfourtenly, F.M. O.I.R.T. (65-73 M.Hz.) - nothing is broadcasted any longer of F.M. O.I.R.T., because "Europe" wants so (and the Romanians representatives sign the agremeent that says no more F.M. broadcasting on that frequency; but who cared that some poor people that can't buy a new radio (except probably for a 2 dollars one) or people like me that are loving old radios still wanted F.M. broadcasting on F.M. 65-73). The radio dosen't have the F.M. stereo decoder mounted!

An American VCR's RF output will put an FM sound carrier in that range (American TV channel 3 or 4). Though the FM deviation will be about a third of that used for FM radio.

Here in the US we have an old FM band, though very few radios were made to use it. It operated from 42-50 mc, and only existed on a few units made before 1942. There were a select few post-war (1946) units that had it, but most by 1947 were on the 88-108 band we have now. I have a 1946 radio with the 88-108 band.

you still might get lucky and hear stuff in that range.older cordless phones are in that freq range and if someone nearby still uses one you might get lucky and hear it.

I've got a 1946 Zenith which has both the early (pre 1945 FM band) and the current 88-108. Every so often I pick up some really odd stuff on the 42-50 band. This Zenith is a realy nice sounding 8 tube radio with an RFstage, 2 IF stages. Zenith dropped the 42-50 band in 1948. The mid to late 1950's wood tabletop Zenith's are really nice sounding radios, many think they are the best sounding tabletops of the era having an 8 inch speaker plus a pair of electrostatic tweeters...models, Y832 & B835.

Hi
it's not a Grobsuper, the german "sz"=ß is not a b.
It's a Großsuper e.g. Groszsuper = Grosssuper, what means a large super...

I for example don't live in Schlobstrasse, I live in the Schlossstrasse (Schloßstrasse)

Helge

My 60s Arvin is a Hi-fi radio, which actually sounds dang good on both AM and FM bands, and even better with an iPod jacked into it's input. (see post in this forum for pics.)

Thank you for warning me. I forgot to modify that. I will do it.

A guy that I know got him this: "Saba" Freiburg Atumatic 3DS:
http://www.50er-radios.de/freib3ds.html
http://www.tube-radio.de/radios/saba.htm
http://flickr.com/photos/82245555@N00/2445544179

The radio needs that the capacitors to be replaced. It have F.M. tuning on coils, not on variable capacitor :tears: The F.M. is 87,5-100 M.Hz. (that was the F.M. range in Europe at that time). All tubes (except EC 92 and EM 34) are easy to find. EC 92 (not so easy to find) can be replaced with modifications with PC 92 or with half of ECC 81. EM 34 (the tuning (magic) eye) I think can be replaced (with some modifications at the base) with the Russian 6E5S.

I have a Radionette "Kvintett" Hifi Stereo. It was one of the more expensive models from Radionette in its time. It has ECL86 (6GW8)-based amplifiers, with 3 watts output power. The radio has "duplex tuning" which means that the AM and FM tuning systems are completely independent of each other. There is no FM stereo decoder, so i have to use the tape and phono inputs to get stereo sound, and it sounds just incredibly good when i use it with external speakers, and there is no doubt that the "Hifi"-badge is deserved.

The two other radios pictured is the Tandberg "Huldra" 8 and 9. Both of them has a solid state amplifier, but the radio part still uses tubes. They were the top of the line Tandberg radios when new, and they still sounds great today. The Huldra 8 has a stereo decoder and the Huldra 9 will get one soon; it's just a plug-in card. Huldra 9 was advanced for its time with "varicap tuning" on the FM, allowing the use of a electronic pre selection system. The pre selection adjustments are hidden under a "flip" panel on the faceplate together with a few other controls. The short wave goes up to 30MHz and on the upper part of the short wave the FM tuning knob is used for fine tuning. Most of the time i use them as amplifiers only, and like the Radionette they sound just incredibly good, especially the Huldra 9 with its 2x25 watt amplifier.

That SABA 3DS is my dream radio! Sweet set. I love the Freiburg WII and WIII as a runner up. I have an old Bodensee WIII that needs restoration that I take out occassionally and listen to. That radio pumps out very strong bass once the EL12 is properly warmed up :music:

That Tandberg Huldra 8 is gorgeous. I want one.