50/50A

Crosley Radio Corp.; Cincinnati (OH)

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  • Year
  • 1924
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 36367

 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 3
  • Main principle
  • TRF with regeneration; 2 AF stage(s)
  • Tuned circuits
  • 1 AM circuit(s)
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast only (MW).
  • Power type and voltage
  • Storage and/or dry batteries
  • Loudspeaker
  • - For headphones or amp.
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: 50/50A - Crosley Radio Corp.;
  • Shape
  • Tablemodel, Box - most often with Lid (NOT slant panel).
  • Notes
  • Receiver 50 and amplifier 50A in a train. Slusser (7) describes it differently: "50/50A, table, 1925, wood, low rectangular case, receiver/amplifier in one unit, lift top, BC, 3 tubes, battery." If this single case 50/50A turns up with a picture (in the literature or as a set), then we will create a variant "single box" and name this in the variant "double box".

    Schematics show often replacement tubes - which can be used - but we want to show the original tube line up used when the model was sold in its first year. Don't confuse this Crosley model 50 with the later model 50 from Crosley. The Rider's schematic for Crosley 51 (50 plus one AF stage) shows as detector the tubes '01A or X'99 or 12 and for the AF amplifier '01A or '12A or '71A or X'99 or '20 or 12. Some of the designations are newer tubes, others are written in then used short form to cover different manufacturers.
  • Price in first year of sale
  • 32.00 $
  • External source of data
  • Ernst Erb

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The combination of a Crosley Audion model 50 and a two stage audio amplifier 50A.

This model 50/50A was created in 2005 by the information of second hand literature, namely "Radio Collector's Guide 1921 - 1932" by Morgan E. Mc Mahon, page 52 (but term "boxes") and Slusser (I looked up vol. 7, page 65) with the text "50/50A, table, 1925, wood, low rectangular case, receiver/amplifier in one unit, lift top, BC, 3 tubes, battery."

I found the very nice, just uploaded pictures, uploaded by Alan Larsen - which show a typical "train" of two boxes - but no tubes mentioned. Tehrefore I tried to revise the page - and stumbled over those contradictionary facts: "one box" / "two boxes". Therefore I wrote to some members and received an answer from Alan Douglas which has also a logical conclusion which tells me: There is most probably only this "two boxed combination.

His answer:

Hi,
    I'm not an expert on Crosley, but a local friend Dave Crocker was.  I used sets from his collection for photos in my book.  If he didn't have a "single box" 50-50A, then it didn't exist, because he devoted years of concentrated effort to building his collection of Crosleys.

   Just thinking about it, a "single box" for either the 50 or 51 wouldn't make any sense: Crosley would simply have sold model 52s which were cheaper to make. The amplifiers were only for buyers who started out with the simpler model and then wanted to upgrade to a "52" without discarding their existing sets.

   If I see a photo of an actual set, I'll believe it, but otherwise it's a unicorn.

Alan

By the way:
Mc Mahon begins for Crosley this way on page 51: "Precision Equipment Co. (ACE) was controlled by Powel Crosley and was brought into Crosley Radio Corp. in 1924. AMRAD was brought inot the Crosley line by 1930.

Then follows the following list of models:
1921: Two models: Harko; Ace AVC.

1922: 14 models: C.R.No-1; RFTA Amp.; Audion Det.; Two-Step Amp.; Harko Sr.; Harko Sr. Audio; Harko Sr. V; Crosley VI; AceTru Concert Receptor; Ace; IV; X; XV (X with speaker); XX (Console X).

1923: 15 models: Ace TRU; 3B Ace; 3C Ace; V Ace; V special; VC; VC and 2 A Ace; VI; VI Portable; VIII; VIII Portable; XJ Super, XL; XII; Harko Sr.Reg.; XXV.

1924: 24 models: Ace 3C; Super VI; Super XJ, XL; XL; 50; 50 and 50A amp.; 50P; 51; 51 and 51A amp.; 51P; 51S; 51SD Special DeLuxe; Trirdyn 3R3 Panel;... Stand.; ... Special; ,,, Panel; ... Newport; ... Biltmore; ... Super (for $ 50); ... Super (for $ 60).

1925: The 4 models: Pup; Super-Trirdyn Regular; Super-Trirdyn Special; Super-Trirdyn DeLuxe.

- followed by 9 models in 1926, 6 in 1927, 10 in 1928, 30 in 1929 and 20 (incl. AMRAD) in 1930. etc.

Ernst Erb, 10.Nov.10

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