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Zenith - 1957 Phono console

Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2024 1:50 pm
by Motorola minion
Model HF772, p-p 6V6 with two 12" speakers and electrostatic tweeters. Not a cobramatic but a V-M built model seen in many other phonographs but customized for Zenith. Biggest surprise was no FM band!

At first I thought it was a Canadian model.

https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/zenith_hf772r_ch7z20.html

This one has more modifications than the last Zenith I posted. Three pots added in record well were probably used to mix the stereo output to the amplifier chassis that was added. The custom nameplate has a Teutonic message of caution. :P

HF772res.jpg
HF772 rear.jpg
HF772 label.jpg

Re: Zenith - 1957 Phono console

Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2024 6:14 pm
by Hi-Fi-Mogul
Motorola minion wrote: Mon Mar 25, 2024 1:50 pm Model HF772, p-p 6V6 with two 12" speakers and electrostatic tweeters.

The custom nameplate has a Teutonic message of caution. :P
I easily translated the "pidgin" Deutsch and laughed a good one !!!

I don't think this was ever "exported". [ : )

Re: Zenith - 1957 Phono console

Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2024 7:18 pm
by Ken Doyle
That sign was hanging over the VTRs in the AV department at my high school back in the 1970s. I got a big kick out of it.

Re: Zenith - 1957 Phono console

Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2024 8:12 pm
by Motorola minion
Ken Doyle wrote: Mon Mar 25, 2024 7:18 pm That sign was hanging over the VTRs in the AV department at my high school back in the 1970s. I got a big kick out of it.
I looked "blinkenlights" up and this was a rough translation of German hackers warning among other things..