Aristocrat Bestone V-60 two dials

Hyman, Henry & Co., Inc.; New York City, New York

  • Year
  • 1925
perfect model
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 44801

 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 4
  • Main principle
  • TRF without regeneration; 2 AF stage(s)
  • Tuned circuits
  • 2 AM circuit(s)
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast only (MW).
  • Power type and voltage
  • Storage and/or dry batteries
  • Loudspeaker
  • Horn
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: Aristocrat Bestone V-60 [two dials] - Hyman, Henry & Co., Inc.; New
  • Shape
  • Tablemodel, high profile (upright - NOT Cathedral nor decorative).
  • Notes
  • Aristocrat Model The Bestone V-60 Four Tube Receiver in antique Polychrome cabinet, with built-in high-grade loud speaker and battery compartment. Radio Coll. Guide 1921-1932 calls it a table style spinet model (?) and is in error about the tube and dial count!

    The ads are from January 1925, but the UX201A came to the market not before August 1925! The UV201A was still the correct tube complement.

    Contemporary ads (both from Jan.1925) show different prices:
    165 $ in Radio News, and
    150 $ in Radio Broadcast...

    In an ad it is called a 5-tuber. That is somehow unlikely, since 5 tubes are normally used for a 3-dialer (2 RF, Det., 2AF). Bunis/Slusser are listing it with 2 dials and 4 tubes, which looks more likely.

  • Price in first year of sale
  • 165.00 $
  • External source of data
  • Ernst Erb
  • Literature/Schematics (3)
  • Jan.1925 Radio News, p.1293
  • Literature/Schematics (4)
  • January 1925 Radio Broadcast advertisement page 638

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