C10sean. I hate to tell you this but your Motorola was manufactured in 1960. The inked numbers that are on the tuner, the "8M60", the "60" is the year it was built. Having said that, and from what I have seen with the back off, it looks very similar to my Motorola SK-52W which i...

C10sean. I hate to tell you this but your Motorola was manufactured in 1960. The inked numbers that are on the tuner, the "8M60", the "60" is the year it was built. Having said that, and from what I have seen with the back off, it looks very similar to my Motorola SK-52W which i...

SK-58, Drexel touraine series cabinet

https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/motorola_ ... s_897.html

Anything with the 6BM8 amp is model year 1961

Wouldn't you guys want him to get as much as possible so all your unrestored stuff is theoretically worth more?

TC Chris wrote: ↑Tue Dec 30, 2025 12:23 am I'm guessing Columbia? Or Bell & Howell? Both are in the category of WAG.

Chris Campbell

Blonde is a Westinghouse mono 6L6

Nice find! I'm noticing the vents on the outer edges of each woofer's mounting board, and the 4 patched-over holes on the bottom of the cabinet. I wonder if all those openings are the result of factory experimentation with bass response? Thanks, the 4 holes on the bottom are for the legs when it sh...

TC Chris wrote: ↑Sun Dec 28, 2025 5:32 pm And I'm jealous of all your space....

Chris Campbell

Thanks, got a lot of keepers in the basement

William wrote: ↑Sun Dec 28, 2025 2:46 pm Interesting on the changer, it is not VM, looks more like a deluxe BSR.

Bill

SK22 (budget model) with BSR UA-8 changer.

Essentially the same setup as the 93-series Magnavox chassis. Motorola was wise to continue with the 12AX7 audio tubes rather than the 6EU7's Magnavox used. The iron they used in output transformers looks larger than Magnavox. Good luck with the changer restoration. That looks like a keeper... ;) ;...

Believe symphonic made it

The rest of drawings are in the downloads section

October 1958

Motorola was really the king of the console

Friend helped me track this down. One of the good ones. 2 channel stereo from 1959. Sounds fantastic after the recap recap only the phono restoration remains

What do they sound like? Chris Campbell I don't like to power them up on the original electrolytics. While going through the mono amp a bad audio transformer was discovered. A donor replacement 6L6GC transformer from a Bogen DB-15 mono block is going in the little symphonic amp. A member here Who l...

mono push pull 6L6

Made in New Jersey

Late 50's mono and poor man's 3 channel

Did he recommend a retrofit? I have done several and they all worked out just fine. :D Gary offers a Cobramatic kit with a great sounding tetrad ceramic cartridge, requires soldering and glue but sounds fantastic. By now Any NOS astatic cartridges likely sound out of tolerance even with zero miles ...

Great job on the Motorola restoration. Enjoyed following along.

jflipse wrote: ↑Tue Dec 24, 2024 4:24 am

Brettzky99 wrote: ↑Sun Dec 15, 2024 9:32 pm I have one in cherry with the radio section

Another member has a blonde phono only

Thanks! Is there a link to it? I'm trying to search for it but an coming up empty.

Where are you located? Stereo is within 1 hour of NYC.

Welcome, Connecticut seems like one of the best markets in the country. A true honey hole. I see a lot of nice HIFI equipment on marketplace in CT.