[78-L] RCA dealers' phono?

Royal Pemberton ampex354 at gmail.com
Wed Mar 9 20:32:35 PST 2011


6SQ7s would not be output tubes; they were small-signal high gain triodes
with diodes (a precursor to such as the 6AV6) intended for AVC control in
radio circuits.  The 6K6GTs (pentodes) would be outputs.

On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 4:17 AM, Robert M. Bratcher Jr. <
rbratcherjr at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Well the 5Y3-GT was the rectifier. I don't know what they used the 6J5 for
> (anybody know?) & either the 6K6-GT's or the 6SQ7's were the final
> amplifier
> tubes in push pull I'm fairly sure. What the other pair of tubes (either
> 6K6-GT
> or 6SQ7) were for I have no idea without looking at the schematic for this
> amp.
> If anybody knows more about this amp & how it works please let us
> know......
>
>
>
>
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>
> The logo on the speaker grille (burlap?) and ad wording on the cabinet's
> edge
> make this a store demo model, yes?
>
> http://tinyurl.com/48b995u
>
>
> I'm wondering: Was it just for playing records, or did it represent an
> actual
> model for sale?  And was a 6-tube amp normal
>
> for a crystal pickup, or were they just to drive the 12inch speaker &
> impress
> the customers ?
>
>
>
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