1960 Admiral "The Allante" Way Cool Console

[Hi-Fi-Mogul]

Hi all,
I just happened across this Admiral, and its
very hip design.
Never seen one, but this one sounds super.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNizz_hMcRw

[walyfd]

That is cool... nice looking unit, too.

[Firedome]

Nice amp but odd how Admiral uses the Euro nomenclature of EL-84 for 2 output tubes and the JEDEC name 6BQ5 for the other pair. Wonder if they sourced or spec-ed them differently too? No obvious reason why they would as their all just 2 sides of a push-pull pair. I prefer to use the US name as the 1st 1 or 2 digits do actually tell you something about the tube.

[electra225]

Did anybody get a good look at the changer? He closed the door before I could look at it really well. That's a nice looking console.

[William]

I wonder if that was an Admiral built changer? The leveling arm looks VM, the tone arm head looks a little like Garrard, and, the controls look similar to the Zenith's of that era with the Cobra tone arm. Nice looking unit, and, definitely a TOTL model.

Bill

[electra225]

I remember Ken saying Admiral built their own changers. I just never seen one like it before. I believe that is the same amp as the one my uncle had. His was a 1963 model.

[William]

That's right, Ken just recently posted the lineage of changers. Thank you Ken! I need to copy and past that somewhere in my computer where I can't find it when I want it.

Bill

[Hi-Fi-Mogul]

The record changer is an Admiral RC607 series,
per the photofact.

I slowed down the playback, and you can just
see the classic Admiral controls on L/R sides of the base.

It does look similar to a V-M, but the mech seems
simpler underneath.

[TC Chris]

Nice amp but odd how Admiral uses the Euro nomenclature of EL-84 for 2 output tubes and the JEDEC name 6BQ5 for the other pair.

That was exactly my response. At first I thought it was a single-ended amp but then I saw "EL84" and thought wait... that's a 6BQ5. Two of them. Maye that's how they keep the L and R channels of the amp labeled....

Chris Campbell

[Ken Doyle]

Did anybody get a good look at the changer? He closed the door before I could look at it really well.

The plastic bezel surrounding the control levers is the same as the earlier Admiral RC600. The later changers were 4 speeds, which accounts for the left lever sitting in a different position.

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[hermitcrab]

Those swivel speakers are cool!