Hi, can anyone ID this Motorola? Tube compliment? Thanks, Ed
What Moto is this?
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century tek
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I've seen that tuner in a few different configurations but you would want it to be the unit which powers the tube amp that uses six 6V6GT tubes.
Dswankey
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Hopefully this thread might help.
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/calling-all-motorola-consoles.251084/
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/calling-all-motorola-consoles.251084/
Why is that?
century tek
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More power, better sound. 10 watts times 3 for 30 watts total.
EDIT: This one!
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I think that is an HK45 tuner which is a self-power mono tuner that was sold to drop into the record storage compartment of a console that would otherwise have been phono-only.
I have owned one in the past and have since set it free. The way they handled the AC powering of the unit was too unwieldy for me, and mine sounded pretty bad. To turn it on, you had to turn on the record changer, then turn on the tuner, then turn the preamp to Radio. Doesn't sound bad on paper but try explaining it to a wife with a rolling pin in her hand. Ultimately the sound quality led me to replace mine with a Harman Kardon tuner from 1957.
I have owned one in the past and have since set it free. The way they handled the AC powering of the unit was too unwieldy for me, and mine sounded pretty bad. To turn it on, you had to turn on the record changer, then turn on the tuner, then turn the preamp to Radio. Doesn't sound bad on paper but try explaining it to a wife with a rolling pin in her hand. Ultimately the sound quality led me to replace mine with a Harman Kardon tuner from 1957.
