AC Civilian Receiver

[Paula A]

Just to pop back to the identification of the maker.. It's not a Cossor.. they used their own valves rather than the EF series.. Doubtful it's a Murphy (they tended from memory to fit MO based valves and American military CV numbered versions) and chances of it being Graves are virtually non existent.. so it's one of the others who use IO based valves.. Ferranti or Plessy I would guess just by the look of the tagstrip and the westector lurking in there.

Looks pretty good.. and they are a lot smaller than people think they will be.

[Joe]

The license plate says "ISSUED BY THE B.T.H CO., EMI, THE GEC, THE GRAMOPHONE CO., THE MARCONI CO., AND PHILIPS" so I don't know if that narrows it down.

I was fooled by the size too.

I had it on earlier and for all that it still has all the sensitivity of a sex-crazed rhinoceros on bad acid it sounds nice and is doing remarkably well given it's half-finished state.

It's looking very nice and I'm hoping to get the speaker cloth properly fitted soon and will then put another photograph up as that will finish the exterior.

I agree that the chances of it being a Graves are virtually non-existent, though I don't positively KNOW it isn't. It would be a nice bit of local interest if it were.

I never knew that company had existed until I heard about Mark doing that set up. It's a bit of local history that seems to have been forgotten.

- Joe

[Mark R]

Definitely not a Graves Joe, The list in post 22 covers most of the war time sets though. Does have a look of a philips/mullard to me.

cheers Mark

[Joe]

I've just been looking up the BVA numbers and three of the four are Mullard, the RF pentode is Brimar so that would seem to support the idea of it being made by Mullard/Philips.

- Joe

[DODGERN]

The trouble is that be it 405, 625, HD, black and white, colour, VHF, UHF, or digital there's nothing on that I can be bothered to watch as I'd rather settle down of an evening with a DAC90a.

- Joe

Ordinarily, I'd agree with that sentiment, but a rare treat tonight on BBC4 is an evening of 'The Kinks'. Dave Davis and Ray Davis are wonderful wordsmiths - 'Death of a Clown, Waterloo Sunset, Lola, Come Dancing, Mr Pleasant, The End of the Day, Village Green Preservation Society' - what's not to like about that?

9pm - 3.35am!

David

You really got me....there David. You are obviously a Dedicated follower...of The Kinks. On a Sunny afternoon....I could listen to them 'till the end of the day....all day and all of the night.

Sorry.
Roger

[ucl82]

How did I miss a whole evening of The Kinks?

[Joe]

You didn't: i-Player.

As planned I got the speaker cloth properly fitted. It is darker than it 'should' be but then so is the cabinet so it's tonally correct.

   

Given everything else 'authenticity' has well and truly gone out of the window. I've also found a spare hole in the back of the chassis directly behind the volume pot. It won't be empty for much longer.

- Joe

[Yorkie]

You didn't: i-Player.

As planned I got the speaker cloth properly fitted. It is darker than it 'should' be but then so is the cabinet so it's tonally correct.



Given everything else 'authenticity' has well and truly gone out of the window. I've also found a spare hole in the back of the chassis directly behind the volume pot. It won't be empty for much longer.

- Joe

The cloth and overall appearance looks excellent Joe!

David

[ucl82]

Coming along well, a vast improvement compared to how you bought it!

[Tedzed1]

Hello Joe, following this thread, I just could not help myself, going to collect one of these sets for myself this evening,
will post some pictures of the set later.