After talking to you I decided to check out your channel, you seem to collect allot of interesting things. I don't even know what I am looking at. but I am aware of "Magic Eyes" Since I have 3 vintage tube radios. (Sadly only one working, one broke & I can't find the problem, & the other is missing tubes that are to expensive to source) But the stuff you collect is beyond me!
Hi, The equipment you are looking at is an EICO 950B capacitance-resistor tester. Quite a handy device. I acquired it on eBay from a TV repair guy from MA.A quite experience and knowledgeable person. He told me he brought it back in the 60s. It's quite an old device but after a restoration its back to perfectly working condition! I've to admit I have sort of attachment to those old US, English & German vintage stuffs. The quality is exceptional and tube electronics are something that got me really into electronics. And more after watching a great youtube channel called Mr Carlson's Lab. These videos were actually uploaded to ask questions about restoration on an vintage electronics forum to show the folks there the exact thing I intend to ask them. I'm building my collection of vintage tube electronics slowly. VTVM, oscilloscopes, testers, Radios etc etc. I'm also looking to get one of those old radios with "magic eye". I had a budget set to get one. But the Mac battery has taken its place lol! BTW you can get the tubes but you need to keep looking everyday until you find a good deal and grab it immediately! Some like the 12AX7 are pricey but with some digging you will find cheap ones, once in a while though only.
@@randomscience4k Yeah the radio missing tubes I got actually is a German radio. A Grundig from the 1950's. It's not even on my back burner anymore till I get my life straightened out. (Long story) But I did the research like 5 years ago. And at the time I knew what tubes I needed and I think on one of my computers there should still be a text file with the info haha. From what I can tell. It SHOULD work once I got them. Everything else seems to be their & in surprisingly good condition. The other one I have doesn't even have a brand. And I think it was made between the 40s & 30s. & the one that stopped working that I couldn't solve was a clock radio from the 50s that surprisingly sounded great! So I was very disappointed when it stopped working.... I even have an antique clock that you wind up & plays the Westminster chime every 1/4 hour! & vintage computers from the 80s. Also just about every video game system from the mainstream market. Likely more haha. I'm a vintage Collector for sure. Or vintage horder..... One or the other. Also on the main thread we were talking on I did leave one last reply. I know sometimes youtube randomly decides to stop sending notifications.... So figured I'd mention it.
@@TheIdleCrow Well you are also an electronics collector! :) I think more to the radio side I think. I too like those old Philco radios from the 40 & 50s. It's quite hard to get these at a low price since most of them that are in good condition and restored got for like $400 too 500. Only if they need a proper restoration you get lucky to get it under $100 provided you have the know how. I do agree some of the tubes can sometimes be pricey but keep looking. I've noticed that some tubes sold in UK are cheaper than they are in the US. Computers are also great to collect. I've one of those Intel's first CPU and its motherboard still in its original packaging sealed with the cards and stuff and all. I intend to sell it someday on eBay. I think it still contains the manuals everything. Thanks for pointing that out. The dozens of youtube notifications I get drown the messages sometimes. I'll head there.
Yeah, the old tube radio I got working that isn't branded, It is still 100% original & still works great! I should really find the time one of these days to at least replace all the capacitors & stuff..... But before I even think of restoring one that already works.... I want to figure out the problem with the clock radio one I mentioned. Then perhaps deal with the old German Grundig radio, I'd love to hear how it sounds, looks like it was a decent radio for it's time! I think in the past I noticed that tubes are cheaper in the UK as well, & I only really need to pay import charges from eBay if its from the US. UK I'm only going to be mumbling about the shipping costs.... But strangely often isn't much of a difference from something coming from the states..... (Shows how expensive shipping is from them, even tho we are neighbours) I hate getting things that are still in the original packaging.... I like to enjoy the things I collect..... but be damned if I open something that's been sealed for 30 + years & ruin its value..... But if I get a good deal on something like that I'll buy it to hold onto & sell one day..... But I would like a 2nd one to fiddle with!
If the radio already works I would suggest you just replace only the paper wax and electrolytic capacitors only. The electrolytic particularly should be replaced as they can stress the tubes sometimes. Yes even USPS shipping is very expensive. But I usually prefer tubes from UK that are usually Mullard or sometimes Philips and they are cheaper as most sellers use Royal Mail Economy which can take like 14 to 18 days Or by using the tracked one you can get it little more faster. The only reason I didn't open it was because I don't have the display or the particular connector for the display. It is some kind of circuit display port found on those old AMD PC GPUs. I have to admit I've been spoilt by the speed of the new computers that I fond it difficult to get used the old command line interface.
After talking to you I decided to check out your channel, you seem to collect allot of interesting things.
I don't even know what I am looking at. but I am aware of "Magic Eyes"
Since I have 3 vintage tube radios. (Sadly only one working, one broke & I can't find the problem, & the other is missing tubes that are to expensive to source)
But the stuff you collect is beyond me!
Hi,
The equipment you are looking at is an EICO 950B capacitance-resistor tester. Quite a handy device. I acquired it on eBay from a TV repair guy from MA.A quite experience and knowledgeable person. He told me he brought it back in the 60s. It's quite an old device but after a restoration its back to perfectly working condition!
I've to admit I have sort of attachment to those old US, English & German vintage stuffs. The quality is exceptional and tube electronics are something that got me really into electronics. And more after watching a great youtube channel called Mr Carlson's Lab.
These videos were actually uploaded to ask questions about restoration on an vintage electronics forum to show the folks there the exact thing I intend to ask them. I'm building my collection of vintage tube electronics slowly. VTVM, oscilloscopes, testers, Radios etc etc.
I'm also looking to get one of those old radios with "magic eye". I had a budget set to get one. But the Mac battery has taken its place lol! BTW you can get the tubes but you need to keep looking everyday until you find a good deal and grab it immediately! Some like the 12AX7 are pricey but with some digging you will find cheap ones, once in a while though only.
@@randomscience4k Yeah the radio missing tubes I got actually is a German radio. A Grundig from the 1950's.
It's not even on my back burner anymore till I get my life straightened out. (Long story)
But I did the research like 5 years ago. And at the time I knew what tubes I needed and I think on one of my computers there should still be a text file with the info haha.
From what I can tell. It SHOULD work once I got them. Everything else seems to be their & in surprisingly good condition.
The other one I have doesn't even have a brand. And I think it was made between the 40s & 30s.
& the one that stopped working that I couldn't solve was a clock radio from the 50s that surprisingly sounded great!
So I was very disappointed when it stopped working....
I even have an antique clock that you wind up & plays the Westminster chime every 1/4 hour!
& vintage computers from the 80s.
Also just about every video game system from the mainstream market.
Likely more haha. I'm a vintage Collector for sure. Or vintage horder.....
One or the other.
Also on the main thread we were talking on I did leave one last reply.
I know sometimes youtube randomly decides to stop sending notifications....
So figured I'd mention it.
@@TheIdleCrow Well you are also an electronics collector! :) I think more to the radio side I think. I too like those old Philco radios from the 40 & 50s. It's quite hard to get these at a low price since most of them that are in good condition and restored got for like $400 too 500. Only if they need a proper restoration you get lucky to get it under $100 provided you have the know how.
I do agree some of the tubes can sometimes be pricey but keep looking. I've noticed that some tubes sold in UK are cheaper than they are in the US.
Computers are also great to collect. I've one of those Intel's first CPU and its motherboard still in its original packaging sealed with the cards and stuff and all. I intend to sell it someday on eBay. I think it still contains the manuals everything.
Thanks for pointing that out. The dozens of youtube notifications I get drown the messages sometimes. I'll head there.
Yeah, the old tube radio I got working that isn't branded, It is still 100% original & still works great!
I should really find the time one of these days to at least replace all the capacitors & stuff..... But before I even think of restoring one that already works.... I want to figure out the problem with the clock radio one I mentioned.
Then perhaps deal with the old German Grundig radio, I'd love to hear how it sounds, looks like it was a decent radio for it's time!
I think in the past I noticed that tubes are cheaper in the UK as well, & I only really need to pay import charges from eBay if its from the US.
UK I'm only going to be mumbling about the shipping costs.... But strangely often isn't much of a difference from something coming from the states..... (Shows how expensive shipping is from them, even tho we are neighbours)
I hate getting things that are still in the original packaging.... I like to enjoy the things I collect..... but be damned if I open something that's been sealed for 30 + years & ruin its value.....
But if I get a good deal on something like that I'll buy it to hold onto & sell one day..... But I would like a 2nd one to fiddle with!
If the radio already works I would suggest you just replace only the paper wax and electrolytic capacitors only. The electrolytic particularly should be replaced as they can stress the tubes sometimes.
Yes even USPS shipping is very expensive. But I usually prefer tubes from UK that are usually Mullard or sometimes Philips and they are cheaper as most sellers use Royal Mail Economy which can take like 14 to 18 days Or by using the tracked one you can get it little more faster.
The only reason I didn't open it was because I don't have the display or the particular connector for the display. It is some kind of circuit display port found on those old AMD PC GPUs. I have to admit I've been spoilt by the speed of the new computers that I fond it difficult to get used the old command line interface.