1959 Zenith SF2560

[Brettzky99]

Found this guy out west. Restored via our radio club.
Purchased by some "drunk guys" who heard it play all day at the antiques/street fair and didn't want to leave without it.

[electra225]

That is a nice Zenith, Brett. I don't believe I have seen a Zenith instrument with the silver still on the outside of the knobs. That stuff was really delicate.

[William]

Is that one a keeper?

Bill

[TC Chris]

Looks like it should be. How does it sound, and what are the innards?

Chris Campbell

[Brettzky99]

Not a keeper. Found it on the wrong coast.

It uses their push pull 6BQ5 amp, 12" woofers and 5" tweeters. The fancier cabinets had horns

[Motorola minion]

To keep Zenith model numbers in perspective, I offer this SF2565 in the much more familiar (at least on this coast) Maple cabinet. This one does sound great via the audio input but it sure was a hot mess inside. Picture at my friend's place after he found it upstate. The radio has been used to death, no silver in the plastic knobs and FM has bad silver mica crackles. The player is the same but its not the belt drive Zenith unit I have in one of my Z's