chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted September 24, 2020 Report Share Posted September 24, 2020 (edited) Lower left, thats mine there: Victor 1931 season announced Oct. 1930 model R-39. This and similar models were already on the schedule for Victor when RCA inked the deal--rca would release the TRF sets under the victor name and the superhets under the rca radiola name from then on. the series started in 1929. it was called micro-syncronous tuning. I jammed some Duke Ellington from the archive on it, like period ellington, period fletcher henderson, even anson weeks and ted weems n stuff- the SQ (AND TUNING) is way better than i ever expected when i dove into this- and it will be even better next week when my new tube comes. The fidelity is stunning. I wish i had a bigger room area to put it in to really get a grasp, instead of just being blasted with it, but that works too. Oh I also tried a little period Blind Lemmon Jefferson...........WHOA. It was authentic as you can get- it beat having the 78 i swear- it sounded out of this world. want to see the dial? these were the first dials where all channels are shows simultaneously - they plugged that hard in a lot of the ads- the dawg who i got it from was all the dial is dim. yeah in the outside daylight where he was testing it sure, at home it beams. if you live in a state that state has at least at this present time a few hundred old radios being given and practically given away- it is an amazing time to locate radios. ive seen some crazy old ones that are so nutz they must go to 1920s radio big dawgs. mine is like a cd player compared to some of the others ive seen around. Like an original style 3 tuning knobs-TRF where you need three hands and you tune all 3 knobs manually..... Edited September 24, 2020 by chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kh1958 Posted September 24, 2020 Report Share Posted September 24, 2020 So, please explain, how are you playing music through this old radio? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted September 24, 2020 Report Share Posted September 24, 2020 Chewy, you need to supplement this with a jukebox...78s and/or 45s. That's on my wishlist of things I'd love to have but likely never will, so let me live that part of my dream through you, ok? LOL. Seriously - bigass speakers, bigass grooves on the records, that shit can knock you on your ass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted September 24, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2020 2 hours ago, kh1958 said: So, please explain, how are you playing music through this old radio? mini 50mW AM Transmitter. Iphone --> transmitter ---> Victor 17 minutes ago, JSngry said: Chewy, you need to supplement this with a jukebox...78s and/or 45s. That's on my wishlist of things I'd love to have but likely never will, so let me live that part of my dream through you, ok? LOL. Seriously - bigass speakers, bigass grooves on the records, that shit can knock you on your ass. always in the market for a crazy deal on a working 78-jukebox......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted September 24, 2020 Report Share Posted September 24, 2020 Don't overlook the 45 jukeboxes, though. 45s were usually mastered hotter than LPs, so sound really great on a jukebox. and there ARE jazz 45s! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted September 24, 2020 Report Share Posted September 24, 2020 My wife's stepbrother has a big jukebox from the late 1960's. Sounds terrific! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted September 24, 2020 Report Share Posted September 24, 2020 45s of the vintage we're talking about (up until the early-mid 70s or so) are really not intended to be played on "hi-fi" equipment. I mean, i do it because that's all I have (well, not even "hi-fi", but a home stereo system) and they still sound different enough to notice, but 45s are best heard on AM radio or a bigass jukebox. and they will sound totally different in each place, but they will sound SO damn good either way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted September 25, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2020 oh id have to make it really special and for me it would need to be 78- oh yeah i want a 78 jukebox- they should be handing them out at this point, ill take one over here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted September 25, 2020 Report Share Posted September 25, 2020 But there are no Aretha Franklin Atlantic 78s.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted September 29, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2020 she does have 78s though my dawg!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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