Massive Zenith Roundie on eBay

[rca2000]

Well,....... I FINALLY got the big Zenith roundie combo into my basement, to its new home. (That was a LOT of fun! I NEVER tried to carry a heavier tv set, in my life!! at least 300 pounds, im sure.)

I plugged in the tv, (chassis 25lc20qs)after a visual inspection revealed nothing obviously wrong. (with the output plate cap removed). I got sound, and no doubler caps got hot, so i put the cap on the horiz. out, and LO! that old crt has PLENTY of life left in it, despite the delamination. Good color, greyscale, and lots of brightness( the crt appears to be original, judging by the '63 date code on the base)I do have mild vertical rolling, and retrace, but the focus is good, and no blooming problem, either.

the space command is not working, but the power tuning is. I get very good sound through both sets of speakers( the normal stereo speakers are paralleled through a relay for the tv)powered by that 6bq5 on the tv chassis. This is no surprise, as I have seen many of these zenith tv sets with a 6bq5 have great sound( as some stated earlier) including my 29jc20 zenith roundie.as for the stereo, one channel of that big gremanium transistor amp is dead. it looks like this was caused by someone "rigging" a cable onto it, for external speakers. the other channel works fine, and all of the speakers are good.

All in all, I did pretty good for $9.95, plus $20 for two guys to help
get it in my van, and around $40.00 for gas. (my old town and country minivan averaged about 25 miles a gallon for the trip, with 3 of us on board(me my mother, and my sister, and a load of flowers my mother bought a few miles from where the tv was.)

I did just get a digital camera, so I will soon post some pictures, of this, and some of my other sets.