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118 console price? - sdradioman - 10-15-2015
What would be a fair offer for model 118 console. It is complete, works, and the cabinet is in decent shape.
RE: 118 console price? - morzh - 10-15-2015
Depends where. In SD - good question. Here it can go over 100 bucks. Somewhere in IN it will probably be about $70-80 give or take.
RE: 118 console price? - Ron Ramirez - 10-15-2015
It also depends on which 118 console you are speaking of.
Go here and look over the several different styles.
Page 1 - http://www.philcoradio.com/gallery/1935a.htm
Page 2 - http://www.philcoradio.com/gallery/1935b.htm
Page 3 - http://www.philcoradio.com/gallery/1935c.htm
An early or late 118D (pages 1 and 3) would command a premium over the others as these are much harder to find than the others.
RE: 118 console price? - sdradioman - 10-15-2015
It's the 118X model console with the 3 vertical bars.
RE: 118 console price? - sdradioman - 10-15-2015
From what I can find on it, it appears to have a class "A" output circuit with 3? #42 tubes. Is this correct? If so, what makes it so special?
RE: 118 console price? - Steve Davis - 10-15-2015
The 118 is a very good performer. The 118 does indeed have three 42s, one as a driver and two as PP outputs. I have a 118 chassis in my shop that I listen daily. I plan to someday make a cabinet for it.
Steve
RE: 118 console price? - morzh - 10-15-2015
I have the cathedral one.
RE: 118 console price? - TA Forbes - 10-19-2015
All the 118s were 10W undistorted output sets. That's a fair amount of power for 1935.
RE: 118 console price? - radiohenry - 10-19-2015
For what it's worth I paid $ 25 for a 118x console this summer . It is non working, with the grill cloth gone but with a very clean chassis. My hope at the time was to find a cathedral cabinet to put the chassis in.The cabinet has normal wear. I am located in Ma. just south of Boston.
Henry
RE: 118 console price? - Arran - 10-20-2015
The Philco 18/118 all use a class A-B power output stage with three triode connected type 42 tubes, what Tom says is no exaggeration, they really can put out about 10 Watts of undistorted power. Now what is the set worth, well I would try to keep it at under $100 complete, unless it's in really nice condition with all the paperwork or something, if it needs knobs or cabinet repair start docking value accordingly. As for me I would like to find a model 118MX myself, to go with my 3118B.
Regards
Arran
RE: 118 console price? - codefox1 - 10-20-2015
Of course you have to compare delivered price (or factor in cost of you going to get the set yourself.) Anyway $100 for a nice winter project that you feel can reasonably be done is not more than a trip to a really good restaurant, so go figure.