Hello, My name is Sheila and I just recieved an RCA Victor Victrola Pre 1951, beautiful cabinet floor model. Tubes in back and two record changers and am/fm stereo. Has oringinal RCA DOG Logo and serial number and sticker from company inside cabinet. Appears to be in order. Can you please assist me with information regarding my RCA? Forums, Parts, Value, Restroation? Is this cabinet worth keeping? I have photos if needed and a PDF file on this console if you need that to give information regarding it. THank you so much. I appreciate any information that you can assist me with.

Sheila

WOW, and it actually works, both record players and the am stereo! Does anyone know anything about this radio? HELP if you will.

:Hello, My name is Sheila and I just recieved an RCA Victor Victrola Pre 1951, beautiful cabinet floor model. Tubes in back and two record changers and am/fm stereo. Has oringinal RCA DOG Logo and serial number and sticker from company inside cabinet. Appears to be in order. Can you please assist me with information regarding my RCA? Forums, Parts, Value, Restroation? Is this cabinet worth keeping? I have photos if needed and a PDF file on this console if you need that to give information regarding it. THank you so much. I appreciate any information that you can assist me with.
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:Sheila

Hi Sheila

You can find technical information about your RCA A108 here:

http://www.nostalgiaair.org/PagesByModel/401/M0015401.pdf

Norm

:WOW, and it actually works, both record players and the am stereo! Does anyone know anything about this radio? HELP if you will.
:
::Hello, My name is Sheila and I just recieved an RCA Victor Victrola Pre 1951, beautiful cabinet floor model. Tubes in back and two record changers and am/fm stereo. Has oringinal RCA DOG Logo and serial number and sticker from company inside cabinet. Appears to be in order. Can you please assist me with information regarding my RCA? Forums, Parts, Value, Restroation? Is this cabinet worth keeping? I have photos if needed and a PDF file on this console if you need that to give information regarding it. THank you so much. I appreciate any information that you can assist me with.
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::Sheila

AND….in case you don’t interpret the electronics aspects. Might I add that the chassis design is full house in the premium aspects in the respect of being a power transformer
design chassis. Even with the incorporation of a front end RF preamplifier tube for real station pulling/receiving capabilities. The sound should be great since it shows to be utilizing a large 12 inch speaker. That speaker being activated with TWO audio power tubes where 1 is the norm. The tube lineup uses newer miniature tubes common in many
related fields of electronics other than radios so that the acquisition of any required replacements would be easier and more economical in the future. That little 45 RPM player is probably the best in the world. Not such glowing remarks for its companion unit with its heavier tracking tone arm on record health, but it is tolerable.
The cabinet is more up to your eyes and tastes, our reference photo resolution / fine details leaves one guessing.
As for yourself, were you ever familiar with that vintage of a set or are you young enough that it seems like a dinosaur ?

73’s de Edd

I have recently come to acuire one of these units as weel so I appreciate the information found here. A cabinet maker has estimated the cabinet (mine is walnut and in fairly decent shape) at around a $1000. I am working to restore the electronics, currently the radio functions but cannot tune (the cord is broken) I have the 33/78 truntable working but not the 45. I believe the cartirdge is shot

:AND….in case you don’t interpret the electronics aspects. Might I add that the chassis design is full house in the premium aspects in the respect of being a power transformer
:design chassis. Even with the incorporation of a front end RF preamplifier tube for real station pulling/receiving capabilities. The sound should be great since it shows to be utilizing a large 12 inch speaker. That speaker being activated with TWO audio power tubes where 1 is the norm. The tube lineup uses newer miniature tubes common in many
:related fields of electronics other than radios so that the acquisition of any required replacements would be easier and more economical in the future. That little 45 RPM player is probably the best in the world. Not such glowing remarks for its companion unit with its heavier tracking tone arm on record health, but it is tolerable.
:The cabinet is more up to your eyes and tastes, our reference photo resolution / fine details leaves one guessing.
:As for yourself, were you ever familiar with that vintage of a set or are you young enough that it seems like a dinosaur ?
:
:73’s de Edd
:

:I have recently come to acuire one of these units as weel so I appreciate the information found here. A cabinet maker has estimated the cabinet (mine is walnut and in fairly decent shape) at around a $1000. I am working to restore the electronics, currently the radio functions but cannot tune (the cord is broken) I have the 33/78 truntable working but not the 45. I believe the cartirdge is shot

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Very likely, on that now hard to acquire OEM cartridge.
Confirm by putting in the phono position and cranking up the audio gain . Then the tilting up of the tone arm and the application of a moistened fingertip to the ungrounded wire.... of the two at the rear of the cartridge.... should give you one HEALTHY induced 60~
hum pickup from the spkr. Thus confirming the audio amplification up to that point in your system....or sadly the demise of your cartridge if the stroking of the needle+ its saddle with a fingertips scoring doesn't alternatively respond with a like amplified scratching sound thru your speaker.

73's de Edd
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::AND….in case you don’t interpret the electronics aspects. Might I add that the chassis design is full house in the premium aspects in the respect of being a power transformer
::design chassis. Even with the incorporation of a front end RF preamplifier tube for real station pulling/receiving capabilities. The sound should be great since it shows to be utilizing a large 12 inch speaker. That speaker being activated with TWO audio power tubes where 1 is the norm. The tube lineup uses newer miniature tubes common in many
::related fields of electronics other than radios so that the acquisition of any required replacements would be easier and more economical in the future. That little 45 RPM player is probably the best in the world. Not such glowing remarks for its companion unit with its heavier tracking tone arm on record health, but it is tolerable.
::The cabinet is more up to your eyes and tastes, our reference photo resolution / fine details leaves one guessing.
::As for yourself, were you ever familiar with that vintage of a set or are you young enough that it seems like a dinosaur ?
::
::73’s de Edd
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