Ironic that now is when I'd like to be able to refer back to it.however my photo-history on the unit isn't too bad. What's funny is that this amp has been here in my living room for over 2 years now.and only 2 weeks ago did I decide to sell it and ship it off. The guy that did all this should NEVER touch a soldering iron again!!! It appears to me that this was what was being used for the amp's filter section. But, note the add-on fire-cracker multi-cap that is attached at the top of the chassis picture. Judging from what I see on the one that is there, I'd guess that this cap was the 'control section' filter supply, while the other one that's missing was for the amp section.though I can't confirm this. That's how it was when I got it.but clearly it had been 'in to' on a previous basis. Thain, note that the amp pictured here is basically how I found it.less PT. So, my $50 purchase allowed me to pull the amp and speakers and leave the cabinet behind for the scrapper. The console was on the porch of a home that was about to be torn down by it's owner. Sadly, I never got the model number of the console that the pieces were extracted from. So, I had to 'gut' this whole area and figure out how to re-structure the power supply. The PT ended up cooked, as did a number of parts also in the vicinity of the PT (another pic attached). As far as I can tell, it was this poor judgement that resulted in some form of heat build-up to permit the thing to burn up. When I purchased my console and pulled the amp, I discovered that some 'repair' done in the past had consisted in part of putting a 'bridge' wire across a fuse wired in under the amp chassis (pic attached). Good luck with it.it was a fun project on my end. ![]() I'm attaching a few pics of the amp for reference. And, I got to put the original JBL tweeters back in the 2500s. In the end, those speakers sounded, imho, MUCH better than with the original tweeters. I simply enlarged the openings.installed the horns.and then added an attenuator to 'tone down' the drive of the horn. I also have a set of 2500s, so I tried the 'stock' tweeters in the 2600s, then decided to use the horns from the Madison Fielding console in the 2600s. I had purchased the JBLs at a flea market.with blown tweeters. I would also mention that I used the horns from that same console in a pair of JBL 2600 speakers. The amp was a strong performer.and recently sold on 'the bay' so revenue could 'fund' some additional projects. A couple months ago it got a freshening up, including the addition of a choke, some other changes in the PS and biasing, installation of some gold RCA Jacks, etc. After a suitable replacement was obtained and installed, that same amp spent its next few years as a 'daily driver' in a family room stereo system. The one I purchased had a blown power transformer, courtesy of some poorly done repairs somewhere in it's distant past. ![]() This appears to be the same exact amp that I pulled from a Madison Fielding console some years back. The woofers are 10" approx, and the midranges are about 4-5" approx. My wife said two of the midranges were actually mounted in the center of the woofers on the baffle somehow. ![]() I'm wondering if it's worth restoring the amplifier section and using it, and maybe even mounting the speakers in a pair of old cabinets?Īnd here are the speakers. I don't know much about tubes right now, but I think this is going to make my interest peak exponentially. But I figured you guys might like to try and ID it in the meantime. She had taken all these pieces out from an old console her mom has, she said it was a double name, I guess I could see if she could write it down next time she's over there. She has this fixation about making furniture from old stuff, re-purposing or recycling it somehow, and she said about making an entertainment center from an old console. But she brings upstairs a box full of old speakers and a tube amp chassis. What with things that are going on in my life right now, I kind of expected a hand grenade missing the pin. ![]() My wife comes home the other night saying she has something for me.
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