Receiver, radio
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- OBJECT TYPE
- FM/VHF/AC/TUBE/TABLE/MULTI-UNIT
- DATE
- 1959
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1996.0555.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Acoustical Mfg. Co. Ltd.
- MODEL
- QUAD II
- LOCATION
- Huntingdon, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 26999 (.2)
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 18
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL CASES/.1 &.2 SYNTHETIC KNOBS, DIALS, AND BUTTONS/.3 GLASS VACUUM TUBES/ SYNTHETIC CORD COVERS/ METAL AND SYNTHETIC WORKING PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 26.0 cm
- Width
- 15.0 cm
- Height
- 9.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Radio
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Acoustical
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Huntingdon
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- AFTER 1959
- Canada
-
TYPE SAMPLE OF QUALITY AUDIO SYSTEM AVAILABLE IN CANADA AT THE TIME - Function
-
USED TO DETECT, DEMODULATE, AND AMPLIFY FM RADIO BROADCAST SIGNALS - Technical
-
THE QUAD 22 CONTROL UNIT SELECTS INPUT FROM RADIO, MICROPHONE,DISC, OR TAPE EITHER MONO OR STEREO. THIS UNIT WAS DEVELOPED TO REPLACE OLDER UNITS THAT COULD NOT DEAL WITH STEREO. WAS CONSIDERED TO BE AN OUTSTANDING UNIT IN ITS DAY. THE AMPLIFIER ALSO HAD MINOR IMPROVEMENTS [REF 2] - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 PRINTED ON DIAL PLATE: 'MC/S/ 88 90 92 94 96 98 100 102 104 106 108/ ACOUSTICAL/ F.M. TUNER'/.2 MFG'S PLATE: 'THE QUAD 22 CONTROL UNIT SERIAL NO. 26999/ MADE IN HUNTINGDON, ENGLAND BY THE/ ACOUSTICAL MFG. CO. LTD./ P.U. [X 3] TAPE T.O. RADIO 1 RADIO 2/ RADIO/ HT/LT/ P.U. ADAPTORS TAPE TAPE T.O. RADIO 1 MIC.'/ DESIGNATIONS ON DIALS: 'VOLUME/ BASS/ TREBLE/ FILTER'/ DESIGNATIONS ON BUTTONS 'STEREO MON RADIO MIC DICS TAPE'/.3 PLATE ON FRONT: 'SERIAL NO19562/ THE/ QUAD II/ AMPLIFIER/ MADE IN HUNTINGDON, ENGLAND/ BY THE ACOUSTICAL MFG. CO. LTD.'
- Missing
- SPEAKERS
- Finish
- .1 GREY GLOSS BODY; LIGHT BROWN FRONT PANEL WITH BROWN KNOB; GOLD AND BROWN DIAL PLATE WITH WHITE AND RED PRINTING/.2 GREY GLOSS BODY; LIGHT BROWN FRONT PANEL WITH BROWN KNOBS; WHITE PRINTING/.3 GREY GLOSS BADLY WITH GREY COVERS ON COILS
- Decoration
- .1 &.2 KNOBS MOUNTED IN CURVED ATTACHMENTS ON FRONT PANEL
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