Vintage Tube Amp

Pilot Model PT-1028 1958. Hi, Jimmy O here… Thanks for stopping by to see my latest restoration. Here’s a fabulous and rare 1958 Pilot High Fidelity console! What an amazing player; Pilot spared no expense in the quality and workmanship that went into every detail of this beautiful machine… It was a real pleasure to bring this player back to life, and it now looks, perhaps, even nicer than it did new! Check out the video below for a small sample of what this Pilot sounds like! This player is just so cool looking, with it’s striking vintage black and white cabinet, silver and black grill cloth, and gold tapered legs. The entire cabinet was recovered with vintage style coverings, the exact same kind used back in the day… See close ups of the wonderful quality and texture of the covering! Pilot has always been well known for their powerful and beautiful sounding tube amplifiers, and this model is equipped with their absolute best. Sporting three 12AX7 tubes, dual EL84 outputs, and a 6CA4 rectifier… All the tubes are original 1950′s Telefunken and Mullard, and all tested super strong!! The amplifier has all new capacitors and resistors, along with a new power cord and added fuse. See photo of the many components that were replaced in this amplifier! The automatic 4 speed Garrard record changer is also fantastic, with it’s awesome 50′s accents, control knobs, and beautiful original beige paint! The record changer, control panel and knobs are in such fine condition, it looks as though this console was hardly ever used! The tonearm has the famous GE VR2 cartridge, one of the best cartridges ever made. I installed a brand new stylus, so you can play both stereo or mono LP’s on this… It’s a dual stylus, so you can flip it over, and play 78 records too! This is an automatic changer, and also a manual changer, so you can stack records, and each one will play in turn, and the changer will shut off after the last record has played, or leave it in manual to control shutting it off yourself. Comes with a convenient Garrard 45 adapter, which allows you to stack and play multiple 45 records automatically! Sorry about the sideways video, I’m trying to figure out how to straighten it! This has a nice large three way speaker system… A 12 woofer, a mid range and a tweeter… I replaced both crossover capacitors with Dayton caps for a tighter response. Want to play records at night? This has a cool pilot light that gives a beautiful warm glow in the record changer area, and doubles as a front pilot light via the small red lens in the speaker grill cloth… A nice bonus feature are the external speaker outputs, and additional inputs you can choose from in the back of the console; Designated for Phono, an additional Tuner, or Tape! You can run a CD player, ipod or smartphone through the tape input, and listen to your music in full glorious High Fidelity! What a classy and powerful vintage HiFi console from Pilot, beautifully restored, and sure to bring you and your family many years of listening pleasure!! The item “Vtg 50s 60s Pilot HiFi Tube Record Player Mid Century Modern Console Amp Jimmy O” is in sale since Thursday, May 2, 2019. This item is in the category “Consumer Electronics\Vintage Electronics\Vintage Audio & Video\Vintage Record Players”. The seller is “hi-fidelity” and is located in Long Branch, New Jersey. This item can be shipped to United States.

• Model: PT-1028
• Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
• Brand: Pilot
• Featured Refinements: Vintage Stereo Console

Voice of Music Tri-O-Matic! What could be better for the upcoming Holidays, than to listen to your favorite Christmas Albums on a vintage HiFi! Here’s a beautiful 1956 Voice of Music record player that has been completely restored. 1956 Voice of Music Record Player by Jimmy O YouTube. Video will open in a new window. Listen to this great Christmas classic from Jack Jones! If videos do not work from your devise , you can view them easily on YouTube! Truly a work of art, with wonderful 50′s features and lines. This sounds simply amazing with it’s warm sounding 3 tube amplifier, and easy to operate with the unique push button “Lazy Lite”! The cabinet has been re-covered in a fun vintage aqua, black and white. Aqua color was hard to capture, and shows more blue in some photos, but it is actually a beautiful green/blue aqua color! All the electronics and mechanics have been redone for long life and a beautiful warm full sound! You can stack records, and each will play in turn, then the unit will shut off after the last record has been played! Here’s another of my favorites from Jack Jones! Has a convenient external speaker input, new power cord, and looks just fabulous on it’s mid century tapered legs! This will of course be extremely well packed, and guaranteed to arrive safely at your door… A beautiful record player, offered at a fantastic price! Take a look at one of my favorite short films on design, entitled: American Look. Industrial Design: “American Look” 1958 General Motors Populuxe Classic Film – YouTube. A time of fun design, when quality and detail mattered… Let’s get back to those good days!! God bless the USA!! The item “50s 60s Vtg Aqua Record Player VM HiFi Tube Amp Console MCM Restored by Jimmy O” is in sale since Tuesday, November 21, 2017. This item is in the category “Consumer Electronics\Vintage Electronics\Vintage Audio & Video\Vintage Record Players”. The seller is “hi-fidelity” and is located in Long Branch, New Jersey. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, Australia.

Jimmy O here, thanks for stopping by to see one of my latest restorations; Here’s a custom built RCA Aqua Hi Fidelity record player.. T his player now works , sounds and looks simply fantastic! The heart of this pl ayer f eatures an RCA 3 tube amplifier and RCA three speaker system… Has a n automatic VM record changer and custom built cabinet! Custom Vintage RCA Hi-Fidelity Record Player Restored by Jimmy O – YouTube. This beauty also comes with a convenient automatic 45 adapter, which mounts onto the inside of the cabinets lid. This adapter allows you to stack multiple 45′s, and they will all play automatically! Here’s a fun song from 19 55… Check out the 45 adapter in action! Custom RCA Hi-Fidelity Record Player Restored by Jimmy O – YouTube. One of the finest features of this player is that the cabinet has been c ustom built and covered in a beautiful a qua and g rey. You know, these terrific Tube-Powered record players lost their place in history, due to inexpensive imported solid state electronics, starting back in the 60′s. Not only did we loose the full, warm tube sound, replaced by transistors, but we also lost those beautiful wooden cabinets, covered in various fun, vibrant colors. Well, I’m happy to say I have found vintage style coverings, the same that were used back in the day! Recovering of these cabinets is a lost art, and as you could imagine, takes quite some time to complete. I chose just the right colors for this cabinet’s coverings: A fantastic 19 50′s aqua and grey… The covering is also waterproof, and is the exact same style that was used back in the day! I also decided on a black and silver speaker grill cloth , along with gold painted tapered legs. Has a Sonotone 2T cartridge and flip over stylus, so you can play either LP’s , 45′s or 78′s. This is an automatic changer, so you can stack records, and they will drop and play in turn, and the unit will shut off after the last record has been played. Comes with 4 speeds for playing 16,33,45, and 78 rpm records. The entire changer has been carefully taken apart, rebuilt, and works great! This player is powered by a po werful RCA 3 tube amplifier, which includes a 12A x7 , and 2- 50C5 outputs. The amplifier was completely redone, a nice vintage white painted chassis, along with all new components!! I’m so excited to bring these classic Hi-Fi’s back to life… You’ll have lot’s of fun listening to your LP’s on this quality built player ; the warm, full, concert like sound this produces just can’t be beat! Thanks for looking, and God bless the USA! Jimmy O Don’t forget to see my other fun Hi – Fi’s and amplifi ers curre n tly listed! There are many vintage record players out there, though it is important when purchasing any vintage electronics, to make sure the dried out or leaking capacitors in the amplifier have been replaced. A vintage record player may still work after 50 years, but the original capacitors will eventually fail, and cause serious damage to the player’s amplifier, and be dangerous to operate. The item “Vtg RCA Aqua Tube Amp Record Player 50s 60s Hi-Fi MCM Stereo Console Jimmy O” is in sale since Friday, September 29, 2017. This item is in the category “Consumer Electronics\Vintage Electronics\Vintage Audio & Video\Vintage Record Players”. The seller is “hi-fidelity” and is located in Long Branch, New Jersey. This item can be shipped to United States.