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Tuesday, October 22nd, 2019

Vintage 1961 Magnavox 8103 Dual Tube Amp Stereo Amplifier Project Great

Tuesday, October 22nd, 2019
Vintage 1961 Magnavox 8103 Dual Tube Amp Stereo Amplifier Project Great

Vintage 1961 Magnavox 8103 Dual Tube Amp Stereo Amplifier Project Great

Vintage 1961 Magnavox 8103 Dual Tube Amp Stereo Amplifier Project Great

Vintage 1961 Magnavox 8103 Dual Tube Amp Stereo Amplifier Project Great

Vintage 1961 Magnavox 8103 Dual Tube Amp Stereo Amplifier Project Great

Vintage 1961 Magnavox 8103 Dual Tube Amp Stereo Amplifier Project Great. The amp is completely original and is over 50 years old. There is some rust that I cleanded lightly as well. Other than that every thing is sound and all vacuum tubes light. I was able to jumper the power to test the amp. I was able to hear music out of both sides of the low frequency amp. The sound indicates its time for new coupling capacitors and probably most of the other capacitor for top rate sound. This amp will require modification to play directly from a wall outlet. The circuit will need to be checked and caps and resistors replaced as needed. They are great amps after being refurbished. That is why this is being called a project. Magnavox amps are easy to access and refurbish. There is a lot of information on line and Magnavox amps sound great after refurbishment. The amp is really two separate amp sections, a low amp and high amp. The lower-end stereo amp uses four 6V6 power tubes, two per side, in push pull configuration. Each side is 12 to 15 watts into 4 speaker loads. The higher end amp uses two 6V6 power tubes, one per side, in a single-ended amp arrangement. The load is around 3W into 16 Magnavox tweeters. This amp uses 11 vintage tubes. All tubes are branded Magnavox, and are original to the amp. They have not been tested. The item “Vintage 1961 Magnavox 8103 Dual Tube Amp Stereo Amplifier Project Great” is in sale since Monday, September 30, 2019. This item is in the category “Consumer Electronics\Vintage Electronics\Vintage Audio & Video\Vintage Amplifiers & Tube Amps”. The seller is “8ten1944″ and is located in Cass City, Michigan. This item can be shipped to United States.
  • Brand: Magnavox
  • MPN: Does Not Apply