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VERY RARE Vintage bakelite Tesla Talisman 306U tube radio 1950′s AC110 V/220V

VERY RARE Vintage bakelite Tesla Talisman 306U tube radio 1950's AC110 V/220V

VERY RARE Vintage bakelite Tesla Talisman 306U tube radio 1950's AC110 V/220V

VERY RARE Vintage bakelite Tesla Talisman 306U tube radio 1950's AC110 V/220V

Vintage 1951 / 1952 Tesla Talisman 306U Czechoslovakia. Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 452 kHz. Broadcast, Long Wave and Short Wave. Power type and voltage. Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 10 cm = 3.9 inch. 1.5 W (unknown quality). Tesla; Praha, Bratislava etc. Tablemodel without push buttons, Mantel/Midget/Compact up to 14. 265 x 155 x 160 mm / 10.4 x 6.1 x 6.3 inch. Variant 306U-2 with different tuning scale, 306U-9 had modified supply voltage 150V and 220V. Die mit dem gleichen Chassis hergestellten Talisman in ganz anderen Bakelit-Gehäusen gibt es ab 1951 mit dem 305U, dann 1951 306U, gefolgt von 307U und 308U aus 1953. Dazu gibt es jeweils mehrere Varianten. Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg). 2.6 kg / 5 lb 11.6 oz (5.727 lb). Price in first year of sale. Ceskoslovenske Rozhlasove a Televizni Prijimace I a II. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Radio, Phonograph, TV, Phone\Radios\Transistor Radios”. The seller is “tsav-32″ and is located in this country: BG. This item can be shipped worldwide.
  • Brand: TESLA
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Czechia

Very old / Antique / vintage car truck radio valve

Very old / Antique / vintage car truck radio valve

Very old / Antique / vintage car truck radio valve

Very old / Antique / vintage car truck radio valve

Very old / Antique / vintage car truck radio valve

Very old / Antique / vintage car truck radio valve

Very old / Antique / vintage car truck radio valve

Very old / Antique / vintage car truck radio valve

Very old / Antique / vintage car truck radio valve

Very old / Antique / vintage car truck radio valve

Please study the photographs carefully for condition of the item. Condition should be noted by their photos. Used parts will usually have signs of wear and tear depending on the age and previous usage, including some heavy marks and scratches. Whilst we do our best to provide an accurate description, there are no guarantees when dealing with older used parts and any errors or faults are unintentional. Only item in the photographs is included, so may not include all screws, brackets or attachments required. What is inside the package? Qty 01 Antique car Audio. All items will be checked & packed properly before send the parcel. We don’t take any responsibility if parcel held by custom in destination country. Our goal is giving best online shopping experience to you. Always we are committed to do our best. Good Day & Stay Safe! This item is in the category “Collectibles\Radio, Phonograph, TV, Phone\Radios\Tube Radios\1930-49″. The seller is “roverhub” and is located in this country: LK. This item can be shipped worldwide.

Very RARE Vintage Art Deco Knight Brown Bakelite Tube Radio

Very RARE Vintage Art Deco Knight Brown Bakelite Tube Radio

Very RARE Vintage Art Deco Knight Brown Bakelite Tube Radio

Very RARE Vintage Art Deco Knight Brown Bakelite Tube Radio

Very RARE Vintage Art Deco Knight Brown Bakelite Tube Radio

Very RARE Vintage Art Deco Knight Brown Bakelite Tube Radio

Very RARE Vintage Art Deco Knight Brown Bakelite Tube Radio

Very RARE Vintage Art Deco Knight Brown Bakelite Tube Radio

Very RARE Vintage Art Deco Knight Brown Bakelite Tube Radio

Fully functional, plug-in and play. Has a plug in the back for headphones or an extension speaker. Please see pictures for details. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Radio, Phonograph, TV, Phone\Radios\Tube Radios\1930-49″. The seller is “sellablegoods” and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, Bahamas.

Very Rare Olympic Model 6 606 Battery Powered Tube Radio From 1946

VERY Rare Nos Nib G. E. C ECC83 B339 12AX7 VINTAGE Tube BRITISH Mullard Excellent

VERY Rare Nos Nib G. E. C ECC83 B339 12AX7 VINTAGE Tube BRITISH Mullard Excellent

VERY Rare Nos Nib G. E. C ECC83 B339 12AX7 VINTAGE Tube BRITISH Mullard Excellent

VERY Rare Nos Nib G. E. C ECC83 B339 12AX7 VINTAGE Tube BRITISH Mullard Excellent

VERY Rare Nos Nib G. E. C ECC83 B339 12AX7 VINTAGE Tube BRITISH Mullard Excellent

VERY Rare Nos Nib G. E. C ECC83 B339 12AX7 VINTAGE Tube BRITISH Mullard Excellent

VERY Rare Nos Nib G. E. C ECC83 B339 12AX7 VINTAGE Tube BRITISH Mullard Excellent

VERY Rare Nos Nib G. E. C ECC83 B339 12AX7 VINTAGE Tube BRITISH Mullard Excellent

VERY Rare Nos Nib G. E. C ECC83 B339 12AX7 VINTAGE Tube BRITISH Mullard Excellent

VERY Rare Nos Nib G. E. C ECC83 B339 12AX7 VINTAGE Tube BRITISH Mullard Excellent

VERY Rare Nos Nib G. E. C ECC83 B339 12AX7 VINTAGE Tube BRITISH Mullard Excellent

VERY Rare Nos Nib G. E. C ECC83 B339 12AX7 VINTAGE Tube BRITISH Mullard Excellent

MULLARD ECC802S ECC801S 12AT7 12AX7 12AU7 KT88 ENGLAND GREAT BRITAIN LONG PLATE 17MM GOOD FOIL GETTER AMPEREX HOLLAND D PINCHED WAIST 24K GOLD SILVER KT66 KT77 KT88 6550 EL34 DOUBLE GETTER BLACKBURN WESTERN ELECTRICBIG LOT 36 NOS 420-A TUBES FOR YOU 300B 300A 274A 274B 348A 396A 2C51 6SN7 6SL7 ECC35 5692 5691 5AR4 GZ34. PLEASE LOOK AT ALL THE PHOTOS THIS TUBE IS AMAZING! NOS NIB BRITISH ECC83 GEC TUBE. EXTREMELY RARE TUBE IN NEW NOS PERFECT. VERY HIGH QUALITY 12AX7 TUBE HERE. Thank you for looking. GENUINE 70 YEAR OLD BRITISH TUBE (UNUSED) NOS SUPER HIGH QUALITY DUAL TRIODE VALVE. MADE IN ENGLAND MANY YEARS AGO. EXCELLENT NOS WORKING CONDITION. BEAUTIFUL LOGO VERY CLEAN BEAUTIFUL CLEAR GLASS. NO LEAKAGE NO SHORTAGE NO FLAKES NO LOOSE PARTS NO BURN MARKS. REPLACES & UPGRADE + THESE TYPES ECC83 / 12AX7 / B339 / ECC803S / 12AX7A. VERY CLOSE BALANCED PLATES WITH 100% STRONG EMISSIONS. GREAT FOR THE BEST TONE IN YOUR STEREO OR AMPLIFIER OR. This item is guaranteed. If you do have a problem let me know before you leave feedback, because I will be glad to correct the problem right away. I want to build relationships with buyers. Have a nice day. Menifee Audio is here to bring you some of the best vintage vacuum tubes, and vintage electronics period. The pictures are the actual product you will receive, vintage items will have some discoloration, scratches which is normal considering most items are over 50 years old. All items are “NOS” new old stock unless otherwise indicated in the listing. All tubes are 100% guaranteed to work Excellent for you in your audio equipment. Each tube fully tested for strong GM and High quality sound! We will work hard to resolve your concerns and will try to find a fair solution. Los Angeles, Dodgertown, Huntington Park, Maywood, Glendale, Inglewood, Beverly Hills, Monterey Park, La Crescenta, Bell Gardens, Culver City, Alhambra, West Hollywood, South Pasadena, South Gate, Universal City, Bell, North Hills, Burbank, Lynwood, City Of Industry, Compton, Pasadena, Montebello, North Hollywood, Playa Vista, Hawthorne, Studio City, San Gabriel, Gardena, San Marino, Downey, Pico Rivera, Marina Del Rey, Rosemead, Toluca Lake, Valley Village, Paramount, Torrance, Venice, El Segundo, Santa Monica, Lawndale, Montrose, Sherman Oaks, Verdugo City, Playa Del Rey, La Canada Flintridge, Santa Fe Springs, Whittier, Carson, South El Monte, Altadena, Manhattan Beach, Redondo Beach, El Monte, Temple City, Bellflower, Long Beach, Van Nuys, Sun Valley, Arcadia, Hermosa Beach, Norwalk, Tujunga, Sierra Madre, Lakewood, Pacoima, Encino, La Puente, Sunland, Artesia, Pacific Palisades, Panorama City, Hacienda Heights, Cerritos, Harbor City, La Mirada, Monrovia, Mount Wilson, Signal Hill, Lomita, Baldwin Park, Tarzana, Duarte, Wilmington, Hawaiian Gardens, La Palma, West Covina, Mission Hills, Reseda, Valencia, La Habra, San Fernando, Buena Park, Palos Verdes Peninsula, Northridge, Los Alamitos, Topanga, Rancho Palos Verdes, Cypress, Woodland Hills, San Pedro, Fullerton, Covina, Winnetka, Malibu, Sylmar, Rowland Heights, Granada Hills, Azusa, Canoga Park, West Hills, Anaheim, Seal Beach, Garden Grove, Calabasas, Stanton, Brea, Walnut, Porter Ranch, Surfside, Chatsworth, Westminster, Glendora, Newhall, Sunset Beach, Huntington Beach, Placentia, Diamond Bar, Midway City, San Dimas, Valyermo, Pomona, Santa Clarita, Canyon Country, Atwood, Orange, Yorba Linda, Santa Ana, Brandeis, Fountain Valley, Agoura Hills, Simi Valley, Acton, Oak Park, Stevenson Ranch, La Verne, Villa Park, Chino Hills, Claremont, Costa Mesa, Montclair, Palmdale, Tustin, Thousand Oaks, Westlake Village, Chino, Newport Beach, Upland, Irvine, Ontario, Castaic, Pearblossom, Aliso Viejo, Littlerock, Newbury Park, Corona Del Mar, Corona, Moorpark, East Irvine, Guasti, Rancho Cucamonga, Piru, Newport Coast, Norco, Foothill Ranch, Llano, Fillmore, Camarillo, Mira Loma, Silverado, Laguna Woods, Mt Baldy, Lake Forest, Laguna Niguel, Laguna Beach, Laguna Hills, Lytle Creek, El Toro, Wrightwood, Riverside, Mission Viejo, Fontana, Avalon, Lancaster, Pinon Hills, Trabuco Canyon, Rancho Santa Margarita, Lake Hughes, Somis, Phelan, Point Mugu Nawc, Ladera Ranch, Oxnard. The item “VERY Rare Nos Nib G. E. C ECC83 B339 12AX7 VINTAGE Tube BRITISH Mullard Excellent” is in sale since Sunday, November 10, 2019. This item is in the category “Consumer Electronics\Vintage Electronics\Vintage Audio & Video\Vintage Parts & Accessories\Vintage Tubes & Tube Sockets”. The seller is “menifee_audio” and is located in Winchester, California. This item can be shipped worldwide.
  • Model: AMPLIFIER TUBE
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
  • MPN: ECC83 / 12AX7 B339
  • Brand: GEC
  • Type: ECC83 / B339

Very Nice 1931 Vintage Philco 70, Works Great

Very Nice 1931 Vintage Philco 70, Works Great

Very Nice 1931 Vintage Philco 70, Works Great

Very Nice 1931 Vintage Philco 70, Works Great

Very Nice 1931 Vintage Philco 70, Works Great

Very Nice 1931 Vintage Philco 70, Works Great

Very Nice 1931 Vintage Philco 70, Works Great

Very Nice 1931 Vintage Philco 70, Works Great

Very Nice 1931 Vintage Philco 70, Works Great

Very Nice 1931 Vintage Philco 70, Works Great

Very Nice 1931 Vintage Philco 70, Works Great

Here is a very beautiful Philco 70 athedral Radio from the estate of a well-known northern California radio collector (for over 40 years). He suddenly passed away recently and his collection of over 350 radios came up for sale. All radios were in beautiful to mint condition and all were stored or displayed in his home. They all weathered the years very well. This estate is different in the sheer number of radios involved and the overall physical condition of each (better than most I have seen), plus many of these radios go back to the very early 1920′s to which I do not wish to power up and spend a lot of time on. These radios were collected over the years by a very serious collector and put on display by him and should be owned now by another serious collector. This specific radio, the Philco 70, is from 1931 and is great working order. The dial calibration is right on and the radio brings in many stations up and down the dial with clear and loud volume. We have a lot of Philco 70′s and 90′s come into my shop but this specific one is in superb condition when compared to those. The interior is clean with hardly any dust – it has obviously been kept in good condition. This item does not come up for sale very often so don’t let it get away. The item “Very Nice 1931 Vintage Philco 70, Works Great” is in sale since Thursday, April 4, 2019. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Radio, Phonograph, TV, Phone\Radios\Tube Radios\1930-49″. The seller is “ee-maestro” and is located in Sacramento, California. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, Bahamas, Uruguay.

Very Rare Vintage British G. Marconi Bakelite Tube Radio

Very Rare Vintage British G. Marconi Bakelite Tube Radio

Very Rare Vintage British G. Marconi Bakelite Tube Radio

Very Rare Vintage British G. Marconi Bakelite Tube Radio

Very Rare Vintage British G. Marconi Bakelite Tube Radio

Very Rare Vintage British G. Marconi Bakelite Tube Radio

Very Rare Vintage British G. Marconi Bakelite Tube Radio

Very Rare Vintage British G. Marconi Bakelite Tube Radio

Very Rare Vintage British G. Marconi Bakelite Tube Radio

Very Rare Vintage British G. Marconi Bakelite Tube Radio

Very Rare Vintage British G. Marconi Bakelite Tube Radio

Very Rare Vintage British G. Marconi Bakelite Tube Radio

Very Rare Vintage British G. Marconi Bakelite Tube Radio

A VERY RARE G, MARCONI BAKELITE RADIO. ORIGINAL PAINT HAS A FEW SCRATCHES. I BOUGHT THIS RADIO MANY YEARS AGO AND COULD FIND NO INFORMATION ON IT THEN OR NOW, AND HAVE NEVER SEEN ANOTHER ONE OF THEM IN MY 30+ YEARS OFCOLLECTING RARE AND UNUSUAL RADIOS. I HAVE NEVER HAD THIS RADIO PLUGGED IN AS IT HAS A EUROPEAN PLUG, SO I DO NOT KNOW IF IT IS STILL IN WORKING ORDER (WHEN I BOUGHT IT IN THE MID 1990′S IT WAS WORKING , BUT IT HAS BEEN SITTING ON A SHELF IN MY COLLECTION SINCE THEN). The item “VERY RARE VINTAGE BRITISH G. MARCONI BAKELITE TUBE RADIO” is in sale since Friday, June 16, 2017. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Radio, Phonograph, TV, Phone\Radios\Tube Radios\1930-49″. The seller is “oldradio75″ and is located in Elberta, Michigan. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, Sweden, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Russian federation, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi arabia, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia.

50s Very Rare Vintage SABA Wildbad W5 3D Braun Brown Wood Tube Radio Germany

50s Very Rare Vintage SABA Wildbad W5 3D Braun Brown Wood Tube Radio Germany

50s Very Rare Vintage SABA Wildbad W5 3D Braun Brown Wood Tube Radio Germany

50s Very Rare Vintage SABA Wildbad W5 3D Braun Brown Wood Tube Radio Germany

50s Very Rare Vintage SABA Wildbad W5 3D Braun Brown Wood Tube Radio Germany

50s Very Rare Vintage SABA Wildbad W5 3D Braun Brown Wood Tube Radio Germany

50s Very Rare Vintage SABA Wildbad W5 3D Braun Brown Wood Tube Radio Germany

50s Very Rare Vintage SABA Wildbad W5 3D Braun Brown Wood Tube Radio Germany

50s Very Rare Vintage SABA Wildbad W5 3D Braun Brown Wood Tube Radio Germany

50s Very Rare Vintage SABA Wildbad W5 3D Braun Brown Wood Tube Radio Germany

50s Very Rare Vintage SABA Wildbad W5 3D Braun Brown Wood Tube Radio Germany

50s Very Rare Vintage SABA Wildbad W5 3D Braun Brown Wood Tube Radio Germany

50s Very Rare Vintage SABA Wildbad W5 3D Braun Brown Wood Tube Radio Germany

50s Very Rare Vintage SABA Wildbad W5 3D Braun Brown Wood Tube Radio Germany. This is a real beautiful devices and very hard-to-find. Very simple and very smooth design. The tube radio picks up LW, MW, KW and USW, FM signals. According to its age in very, very good above-average condition, marginal signs of age, but nothing major. Even the original tag label is on it. Comes from a smokefree household. There’re just some small nicks and scratches, you can see it on the pictures. This amazing design radio is fully serviced and all functions are perfect working, the display lightening and the 3 loudspeaker. A real great loud sound. All switches and knobs work well. Complete, there are no parts missing. This outstanding collectible is in original used condition and unrestored. The wood body has still its original glossy surface. Please have a close look to the detailed pictures to receive an impression about this amazing piece, the pictures do not hide anything. We are sure you will love this outstanding piece! Schwer & Söhne, GmbH. Broadcast Receiver – or past WW2 Tuner. Super-Heterodyne (Super in general); ZF/IF 472/10700 kHz. Broadcast, Long Wave, Short Wave plus FM or UHF. Power type and voltage. Alternating Current supply (AC) / 125; 150; 220 Volt. Model: Wildbad W5-3D – SABA; Villingen. Tablemodel with Push Buttons. 59 x 37,5 x 25,5 cm / 23.2 x 14.8 x 10 inch. YOU WANNA HAVE MORE? JUST CHECK OUR OTHER AUCTIONS! THERE IS MORE VINTAGE, MINT AND VERY RARE DESIGN STUFF AVAILABLE! MEIWO DESIGN on facebook! _gsrx_vers_783 GS 7.0.5 (783). The item “50s Very Rare Vintage SABA Wildbad W5 3D Braun Brown Wood Tube Radio Germany” is in sale since Monday, May 29, 2017. This item is in the category “Sound & Vision\Vintage Sound & Vision\Radios”. The seller is “meiwo.design” and is located in Auerbach. This item can be shipped worldwide.

Very Striking Antique Vintage 1939 Stewart Warner Varsity Bakelite Tube Radio

Very Striking Antique Vintage 1939 Stewart Warner Varsity Bakelite Tube Radio

Very Striking Antique Vintage 1939 Stewart Warner Varsity Bakelite Tube Radio

Very Striking Antique Vintage 1939 Stewart Warner Varsity Bakelite Tube Radio

Very Striking Antique Vintage 1939 Stewart Warner Varsity Bakelite Tube Radio

Very Striking Antique Vintage 1939 Stewart Warner Varsity Bakelite Tube Radio

Very Striking Antique Vintage 1939 Stewart Warner Varsity Bakelite Tube Radio

Very Striking Antique Vintage 1939 Stewart Warner Varsity Bakelite Tube Radio

Very Striking Antique Vintage 1939 Stewart Warner Varsity Bakelite Tube Radio

Very Striking Antique Vintage 1939 Stewart Warner Varsity Bakelite Tube Radio

Very Striking Antique Vintage 1939 Stewart Warner Varsity Bakelite Tube Radio

Very Striking Antique Vintage 1939 Stewart Warner Varsity Bakelite Tube Radio

Always listing top quality restored tube radios with many, many more to come! Stay tuned by adding me to your favorites list. 1939 Stewart Warner 03-5B1′Senior Varsity. Stewart Warner took a bold and new approach with this bakelite gem. Featuring a truly classic and timeless art deco cabinet design with other subtle machine age design elements. The uniquely magnificent visual appeal of this set easily sets it apart from so many other cabinet designs of the same era and is one that no collection should be complete without. Packing solid audio and great selectivity, this tube radio measures 7″ tall X 12 1/2″ wide. This is a fully restored and working radio that is ready to play, display and enjoy for years to come in the comfort of your home or office. In the interest of safety, performance and reliability ALL paper, wax and electrolytic capacitors have been replaced with modern day equivalents. Any resistors testing out of their allotted tolerance have been replaced. Every tube was tested and replaced if found to be weak or under performing. Voltages are checked against the manufacturers specs. All moving parts are lubricated for smooth operation. A brand new power cord is added to replace the unsafe and brittle original. The signal strength is then aligned to factory specs to provide peak performance. Lastly, the set is then put through its paces by bench testing it for a minimum of 48 hours (sometimes even longer) to ensure reliability and to allow for a proper’burn in’ period for new components. As a result of this entire restoration process, the set sounds very warm, clear and plays strongly with that unmistakable tube driven sound. Very striking mirror-like dark chocolate bakelite cabinet with hints of darker brown smokey swirling and marbling. There was one crack on the right side of the cabinet that needed to be addressed. It was first secured together on the inside of the cabinet with a very strong high quality epoxy and then filled where necessary. Then through much time and effort, abrasively polished by hand with a 12 step dry abrasive system (no auto waxes or liquid polishes). The end result is completely seamless , very smooth and polished to a mirror shine. It is completely undetectable by touch having no gaps and no raised ridges. As you can tell by the before and after pics it has now been reduced to nothing more than a very faint blemish with some lighter blond/cream colored bakelite areas around the repair. Overall, what you are looking at is the original hand polished bakelite with all of its natural qualities and textures retained throughout the body of the cabinet. No’quick shine’ tricks are used. No oils, lacquers, or gloss coats are ever used. With each of my hand polished radio cabinets I invest significant time and attention to detail in order to bring you a set that is worth displaying in your collection or accenting your home or office decor. No dirt or grime in the lines or curves of the cabinet. No shortcuts are ever taken. Quality is the end goal. Knobs & Dial Scale. This set comes complete with the original butterscotch colored hen beak push buttons and each one of them work as intended. The original volume knob was missing so a newer one was found and painted to color match the natural color of the cabinet. The back board is a reproduction and is true to the original in every single way. Very cool and unique’film strip’ style dial scale which is nicely illuminated when the set is powered on and warmed up. All numbers are easy to read with no flaking or fading. Please view all 12 photos. Thank you for your interest in my items. The item “Very Striking Antique Vintage 1939 Stewart Warner Varsity Bakelite Tube Radio” is in sale since Saturday, May 13, 2017. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Radio, Phonograph, TV, Phone\Radios\Tube Radios\1930-49″. The seller is “wintergarden-antiques” and is located in Farmington, Michigan. This item can be shipped worldwide.
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Brand: Stewart Warner
  • Model Number: 03-5B1
  • Available Bands: AM Only

Very Cool Vintage Citrus Green Philco Hippo Radio with Bluetooth

Very Cool Vintage Citrus Green Philco Hippo Radio with Bluetooth

Very Cool Vintage Citrus Green Philco Hippo Radio with Bluetooth

Very Cool Vintage Citrus Green Philco Hippo Radio with Bluetooth

Very Cool Vintage Citrus Green Philco Hippo Radio with Bluetooth

Very Cool Vintage Citrus Green Philco Hippo Radio with Bluetooth

Very Cool Vintage Citrus Green Philco Hippo Radio with Bluetooth

Very Cool Vintage Citrus Green Philco Hippo Radio with Bluetooth

Very Cool Vintage Citrus Green Philco Hippo Radio with Bluetooth

Very Cool Vintage Citrus Green Philco Hippo Radio with Bluetooth

DIMENSIONS: Approximately 12″ x 7″ x 7.5 (L x W x H). COLOR: Citrus Green with Black Knobs. MP3: Upgraded with an MP3 input jack and includes a Bluetooth receiver. You can also use the included 3.5mm cable for your IPod. Very rare 1946 Hippo radio with a reproduction back and tube decal. Cabinet is in good condition with no cracks or splits. No cracks on top. This radio is 71 years old! The knobs are in excellent condition. The dial face is clear no stress cracks. Please see the photo close-up. The tuning dial works fine and smooth no slipping. All paper capacitors have been replaced with modern equivalents so this radio has another 50+ years or more of playing time! The tubes are working fine and have been tested with a tube tester and replaced as needed. The dial light works and has a new bulb. All out-of-spec resistors have been replaced with modern correct value and wattage equivalents. There is no loud or pervasive hum. There is no loud or pervasive static between stations unless you operate near modern electrical devices. The set has been aligned according to factory specifications. The power cord has been replaced with a modern cord with a molded polarized plug. Speaker is in original good condition with no tears or other damage. The radio has been thoroughly cleaned and inspected. All wiring has been thoroughly checked for possible bridging and weak solder connections. Comes from non-smoking, mature, clean professional environment. OPERATION: These old tube radios are better sounding than solid state audio devices, in my opinion. Nothing beats high voltages and heat in generating a warm organic sound that seems to fill the room. By comparison, solid state or digital seems to just approximate this effect. It’s for this reason that the highest quality audio equipment and amplifiers used by musicians today are still based heavily on vacuum tubes. Not surprisingly, rewards come with risks. Old vacuum tube technology until the sixties operate at high voltage and high heat compared to solid state electronics prevalent from sixties onward. Furthermore, these old designs are’hot-grounded’ to the AC line as opposed to the third prong “cold” ground. Vacuum tubes are an obsolete technology and very few manufacturers are still making them today. Contrary to widespread belief, they are not prone to failure. Very rarely will you ever need to change a tube because it has blown out or because it has shaken too hard. Most of these old radios still have the original tubes that came with the radio when it left the factory and they still work fine. Most of the radios made in the forties were wired point-to-point which meant inconsistencies during manufacture. Never put your hands inside one of these old radios when it’s turned on or plugged in. Never leave these radios turned on for an extended period of time unattended. Do not operate these devices on a metal table. Do not operate these radios on a wet surface. If the surface underneath one of these radios gets wet, pull out the plug before turning it off and dry everything off before attempting to turn it back on. For best performance, do not operate this radio near a modern electronic device; computer, microwave, home security, fluorescent light, etc. You will hear a constant humming or whining. All vacuum tubes take some time to warm up, no more than 30 sec to a minute at the most. The radio listed in this listing is restored only, not refurbished. With the right care and proper use, it should provide a another! Great for décor, a conversation piece, etc. They getting more collectible and increasing in value too. Besides, everyone already has an fancy stereo, iPod or MP3 player! Please see the tube diagram on the bottom of the radio and the instructions on how to re-install. ABOUT ME: I’m a veteran with 7 years experience installing, repairing and troubleshooting radio equipment for the U. I also have 20 plus years troubleshooting and repairing electronic equipment, using various test equipment like volt meters, oscilloscopes, signal generators, etc. Besides restoring old antique radios, I repair and restore pinball machines and old clocks. The item “Very Cool Vintage Citrus Green Philco Hippo Radio with Bluetooth” is in sale since Tuesday, May 02, 2017. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Radio, Phonograph, TV, Phone\Radios\Tube Radios\1930-49″. The seller is “pearljade_29″ and is located in Houston, Texas. This item can be shipped worldwide.
  • Brand: Philco
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States