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The aforementioned thread suggests Calrad or Olson. I used to have an Olson integrated amp with very similar construction. The one I had was actually made by Nikko, which the circuit breakers on this one also suggest. Mine was late 60's solid state. I think Nikko did a lot of OEM in the late 60's early 70's. My 2 cents.
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With the exception of the knobs, this is exactly like a Olson RA-193. Good looking, well built, very nice sounding. $100 might be a little steep though......
 
I live in the Vancouver area and remember seeing the odd Armaco component in the 1960's but mostly associate that brand with parts and such. At one time I owned an Armaco meter of some kind, might have been a battery tester also bought Armaco crossovers for a pair of speakers I built in high school. Where I remember seeing them was in TV and radio repair shops.

The stated power consumption on the ad photo is 70 watts. I've no idea what the actual power output of the thing would be but my guess is 5/6/7 watts per channel. In 1960's solid state terms, I would not expect the moon from it sound wise.

I can't walk away from much if it's a known commodity but my awareness of Armaco from those days would make me take a pass unless it was literally a couple of bucks. If you can afford the asking price or close to it to satisfy a whim or out of curiosity, go for it. I'd speculate that it is early solid state using germanium transistors. My suspicion would be that there were tons of that stuff kicking around back then when the switch was underway to silicon. Therefore cheap like borscht - therefore Armaco imported it.

Coincidentally, this past spring I found an Armaco 5 amp variac (plastic housing not metal) which I bought for $10 and it worked, That is about what I'd pay for that receiver if I came across one, if I bought it at all.
 
I hope the links work for the pictures of the Olson RA-193. (First time trying to post pics.)

If they work, this might be the only picture of the insides of one of these things on the internet.
 
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