Recent content by PhilcoFord

Thx Wayne, I'll be on that soon after I figure out why I am only passing a muted signal through the Marantz 14/15 I just recapped and replaced the output transistors and two driver to base of the output resistors, DC balance is good but must have screwed up something on the input stages :-(, and...

got us to move, the orchards were way fun! Sunnyvale/Cupertino 1957-2002 same HS as Steve & Steve

www.kpig.com for everyday 24/7 unless I need some excitement! But even that gets me off ~1/2 hr or so with something worth cranking ~300W 2 amps & 15" x 8

interesting that 'Philco' is spelled Ph like everything here!

the amp on the bench in the video was a Model 14 aka 1/2 of a Model 15, here is my latest score, a super rare Philco TPA-1. Dad gave me an amp like this for Christmas like a toy hooked up to do something while we lived in Mexico City from ~1955-57. He was sent there to manage a start-up metal...

Disco Ball is much prettier than this gnarly old amp :-) I noticed the channel that is ok only works with the switch in Direct, looks different than the others with 4 inputs jacks, what's withe the second pair? Need to send a pic of that. Did someone paint this to avoid studio glare or wtx . . .

The first one dad watched blow up just after lift off, second one ran for about a day then locked up with a software glitch. Disco balls don't use ~7 R2R's lol ok you guys asked for it, philco spam and real world Bob's shop tour . . .

Did you know Philco built a Satellite? This was Dad's 'pride and joy' at work ~1960- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courier_1B (and so far we are lucky here not to be affected by the power shutdowns! isolated pocket near a substation :-)

Thx, started as MoPar in HS then Ford bought Philco ~'61 where dad worked and died on his BD 10/5/70 and Ford products started coming and going all too often, except for the '67 GT/A 289 Mustang the folks helped me buy as a lease turn-in in '68. Just bought my first 'new car' last year- Tesla...

This amp has a pretty ugly chipped black painted face, not sure if that is typical of the early models or if someone repainted a nice anodized front panel? Also meter faces showing a couple cracks, not sure if it is plastic degradation or what! I think it wants some paint stripper, I usually...

Thx, sounds like a good plan!

Hi, My name is Bob Moore and got the gift of retirement 3 years ago, and sorting through lots of old projects, usually too many at once. Dad was a Philco guy all the time I knew him and left way to soon leaving me with a yearning for all sorts of old electro mechnical stuff and I have collected...