RGD amplifiers? - Page 2 - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

Valvepower · 15th Sep 2020, 10:02 am

Hi,

After 46 years it's confession time…

Regards the 50p RGD amplifier I bought from a friends Dad. This was bought with the intention to build an amplifier for disco/guitar use using EL34’s…. so sadly, it came to an ignominious end being morphed into an EL34 amplifier back in 1974.

I stand guilty as charged, mi’ Lord

Regards
Terry

Herald1360 · 15th Sep 2020, 12:13 pm

Well, you didn't strip it out and it ended up with another perfectly reasonable life.

And a pair of PX4 was about £70 in today's money whereas a pair of EL34 was only about £20......

dave walsh · 16th Sep 2020, 1:25 am

Good point GJ [post 18*] and Bill's 8 ohm observation is very interesting. Even in an original 1046 cabinet you could sneak in an extra speaker. A few years back, one Forum member got an empty rare RG cabinet and against the odds, replicated the original set up [on top] with a "temporary" modern amp below before sourcing an original. I questioned, if it had been left in place, whether anyone would have noticed and got some interesting and quite intriguing responses. Mind over matter perhaps?

Dave W

dave walsh · 1st Oct 2020, 10:03 pm

Further to my comments about a 4 Cube RGD [post 11*] I was looking up my Marconiphone 292 RG tonight. In the "Best Radiograms 1930's" thread [Machineage 8/1/12 post 10*] I tell the same RGD tale. It's from Radio Bygones [1994] regarding the RGD 1050C. Curiously, I say that I remember the "barn find" story also being in Chas Miller's The Radiophile

[The article in RB says it was the electrical equivalent of a 1046]. I'm lucky enough to own one of those [sans cabinet]. I also said that only 3 out of the 4 Barn 1050 sections remained!

Dave

Re the Marconiphone 292, I've asked before but never found another one in anyone's possession

I've got the original Instruction Book.

15th Sep 2020, 10:02 am	#21
Valvepower Octode Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Rayleigh near Southend-On-Sea, Essex, UK. Posts: 1,883	Re: RGD amplifiers? Hi, After 46 years it's confession time… Regards the 50p RGD amplifier I bought from a friends Dad. This was bought with the intention to build an amplifier for disco/guitar use using EL34’s…. so sadly, it came to an ignominious end being morphed into an EL34 amplifier back in 1974. I stand guilty as charged, mi’ Lord Regards Terry

15th Sep 2020, 12:13 pm	#22
Herald1360 Dekatron Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Leominster, Herefordshire, UK. Posts: 16,536	Re: RGD amplifiers? Well, you didn't strip it out and it ended up with another perfectly reasonable life. And a pair of PX4 was about £70 in today's money whereas a pair of EL34 was only about £20...... __________________ ....__________ ....\|____\|\|__\|__\_____ .=.\| _---\__\|__\|_---_\|. .........O..Chris....O

16th Sep 2020, 1:25 am	#23
dave walsh Dekatron Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Ramsbottom (Nr Bury) Lancs or Bexhill (Nr Hastings) Sussex. Posts: 5,817	Re: RGD amplifiers? Good point GJ [post 18] and Bill's 8 ohm observation is very interesting. Even in an original 1046 cabinet you could sneak in an extra speaker. A few years back, one Forum member got an empty rare RG cabinet and against the odds, replicated the original set up [on top] with a "temporary" modern amp below before sourcing an original. I questioned, if it had been left in place, whether anyone would have noticed and got some interesting and quite intriguing responses. Mind over matter perhaps? Dave W Last edited by dave walsh; 16th Sep 2020 at 1:31 am.*

1st Oct 2020, 10:03 pm	#24
dave walsh Dekatron Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Ramsbottom (Nr Bury) Lancs or Bexhill (Nr Hastings) Sussex. Posts: 5,817	Re: RGD amplifiers? Further to my comments about a 4 Cube RGD [post 11] I was looking up my Marconiphone 292 RG tonight. In the "Best Radiograms 1930's" thread [Machineage 8/1/12 post 10] I tell the same RGD tale. It's from Radio Bygones [1994] regarding the RGD 1050C. Curiously, I say that I remember the "barn find" story also being in Chas Miller's The Radiophile [The article in RB says it was the electrical equivalent of a 1046]. I'm lucky enough to own one of those [sans cabinet]. I also said that only 3 out of the 4 Barn 1050 sections remained! Dave Re the Marconiphone 292, I've asked before but never found another one in anyone's possession I've got the original Instruction Book. Last edited by dave walsh; 1st Oct 2020 at 10:13 pm.