which bogen amps are tube?

[bigg40]

might have dibs on some bogen amps and there are buried

guy is getting models .. is there anywhere i can get a list of the tube model and ones that arent?

 

[mibag6]

You could try the bay, usually has lots of Bogen gear and manuals listed.

 

[mhardy6647]

If you are talking about 1950s to 1960s Bogen consumer hifi, the Radio Shack catalogs are an excellent resource. You'll see the soiled state Bogens start to show up in the early 1960s. www.radioshackcatalogs.com

 

[Tinkerbelle]

Over the years there have been some overlaps of series numbers so don't take any of this as absolute, just as a rough guideline. You'll need to do some homework, so I'd suggest that you also review the links below.

Tube:
AC series
AP series
B series
BX series
C series (some tube, some SS)
CC series
CH series
CHA- series
CHB- series
D series
DB series
DO series
DS series
E series
EX series
F series
H series
HE serie
HF series
HO series
I series
J series
JO series
JX series
K series
KO series
L series
LX series
M series
MO series
MX series
PH series
PR series
PV series
PX series
R series
RC series
RM series
RP series (receivers)
SCH
SRB series (receivers)
ST series tuner
T series tuner
VP series


Solid State:
Many series with similar starting numbers to above, so check Bogen's website for current and discontinued models:
Current: http://www.bogen.com/documentindex/
Discontinued: http://www.bogen.com/support/discontinued/

Some of the older SS that have similar appearance to some tube types:
C- series (some tube, some SS)
CHS series
CT series
CTM series
MT series

You can also check the following resource for many Bogen schematics & manuals: http://makearadio.com/schematics/index.php

 

[Kegger]

More important, which Bogen tube based units are worthy of HIFI?
(Just want to be aware of the better models for home audio)

 

[mhardy6647]

They sold consumer audio equipment.

Here is a completely random example (scan I just happened to have on Photobucket) from the 1964 R/S catalog:

The PA stuff generally wouldn't have had the bandwidth for hifi - although my recollection was that it was pretty decent.

 

[Ray7027]

I have a model AP250 that sounds fantastic. I highly recommend them. Great phono section in it. The AP series are really good.

 

[Tinkerbelle]

More important, which Bogen tube based units are worthy of HIFI?
(Just want to be aware of the better models for home audio)

They sold consumer audio equipment...

...The PA stuff generally wouldn't have had the bandwidth for hifi - although my recollection was that it was pretty decent.

AFAIK, the AP, R, RP, SRB, AC, D, DB, DO, DS, were all home audio products and often fly under the radar. Most of their other amps are sought after for guitar and other instrument amps. However, some of these other amps are sleepers and very adaptable to higher end audio use; for example the MO, MX & M series: the MO-100A, MO-200 etc. have an 8Hz - 50KHz frequency response, the MX30A, MX-60A response is 10-38KHz, the M60A, M120, M330A, CHB etc. have 20 - 20KHz, in fact many Bogen PA amps have similar wide frequency response capability.