Free on the side of the road #2

[THOR]

This is the second find:

Realistic SA-24D Stereo Amplifier

 

[THOR]

Back View:

 

[THOR]

Another:

 

[THOR]

Wood case off:

 

[THOR]

We got more toobage:

 

[THOR]

RCA toob?:

 

[THOR]

One more:

 

[THOR]

So what did I get?? Good, bad, nothing?? What?? When I opened this up the fuse, seen on the bottom of pic above, was blown, it was very dusty and old looking so I assume the owner never replaced it, I am assuming fuse blows, owner thinks it's old and finally died, puts out on pile of stuff with sign "FREE"

So yippee for me?? Or no biggie?

 

[ckelly]

THOR is on the dark side now!

And FOR FREE!

Next- he'll say he found a turntable and a box of soft jazz vinyl on the curbside...



Chris

 

[Lefty]

Thor, first CB radios and now tube stuff!

What has come over our hero??

Lefty

 

[DaveM]

Thor, I just sold one of these on eBay. It went for $57 without the wood case. Isn't is model SAF-24D not SA-24D?

Dave

 

[THOR]

Oops yes SAF-24D

 

[THOR]

Dave the toobs in yours looked different than the ones in mine??

 

[DaveM]

Thor, I'm not much of a tube guy so I don't know much about that. It looks like you have RCA tubes in that one. I think the one I had may have had the original tubes, I sold it just like I found it. Those three in the front do look strange though.

Dave

 

[poorboy]

THOR???

so THOR,
when are you trading in your mp3 for turntable and vinyl?

nice find, hope they both work

shibby
Allan

 

[Roublard Cache]

Those are Ecl82 tubes in there. They are the same tubes that are in the ASL wave 8. If that is the tube, it would be around 10 watts a channel. Realistic had Allied/Kight make rebadged equipment for them. If it is not an ECL82 tube, it would be a 6BQ5 (EL84) In that case it would be beween 12-20 watts a channel. It looks like its configured as a Class B Push Pull amp.

 

[Rob]

Originally posted by THOR
So what did I get?? Good, bad, nothing?? What?? When I opened this up the fuse, seen on the bottom of pic above, was blown, it was very dusty and old looking so I assume the owner never replaced it, I am assuming fuse blows, owner thinks it's old and finally died, puts out on pile of stuff with sign "FREE"

So yippee for me?? Or no biggie?

Thor,

It's definitely not vintage audio equipment, so post yer question in Tube Forum and we'll tell you what you have there!

Rob

 

[THOR]

Originally posted by Roublard Cache
Those are Ecl82 tubes in there. They are the same tubes that are in the ASL wave 8. If that is the tube, it would be around 10 watts a channel. Realistic had Allied/Kight make rebadged equipment for them. If it is not an ECL82 tube, it would be a 6BQ5 (EL84) In that case it would be beween 12-20 watts a channel. It looks like its configured as a Class B Push Pull amp.

Ummmm is that good?

 

[SolderIron]

Just my humble opinion. The output transformers does not look like high priced items. The good ones would look more like the black color power transformer. Size of output transformer is probably for 20 watts or less. The good thing is it is a stereo tube amp. I ran across only 2 tube thingies in 2 years. They are pretty rare. If you don't already have tube amp, keep it to complete your line up. It won't play music the way you like though:

 

[Roublard Cache]

Is that good?
Well, I have read about your parchment to SS monsters, and this will probly not be your cup of tea. If it works, it is worth between 50-80 dollars. Also you would be suprised how nice it sounds on your Cerwin-Vegas