Photo of Hank Williams and a Newcomb model E-10 vacuum tube (or "valve") amplifier, probably from the early 1950s.
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"High Fidelity" music reproduction - "HiFi" - evolved from being an esoteric hobby to a prominent part of consumer and music culture in the 1950s.
The Modern Consumer: 1950s Products and Style
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Brook pre-amplifier and control unit, 1950s "HiFi" design. Brook's all-triode amplifiers are legendary. Working examples are sought-after highly by some audio enthusiasts.
The Modern Consumer: 1950s Products and Style
San Francisco International Airport (SFO)
The Modern Consumer (SFO Museum web site):
www.sfomuseum.org/exhibitions/modern-consumer
SFO Museum:
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Brook audio amplifier, 1950s "HiFi" design. Brook's all-triode amplifiers, such as this one with 2A3s, are legendary. Working examples are sought-after highly by some audio enthusiasts.
The Modern Consumer: 1950s Products and Style
San Francisco International Airport (SFO)
The Modern Consumer (SFO Museum web site):
www.sfomuseum.org/exhibitions/modern-consumer
SFO Museum:
www.sfomuseum.org
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Rock-Ola "Model O" amplifier, part of a friend's 1946 Model 1422 jukebox.
Like most old vacuum tube (or "valve") amps, this one needed new filter capacitors as well as a few other repairs. Its tube lineup is very simple, with a 6J5 pre-amp tube and a pair of 6L6 beam-power output tubes. The rectifier is a 5Z3.
I'll post more pictures of the jukebox after I re-install the amp.
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