EC, 8-tube Superhet Ch= E

Lafayette Radio & TV Corp; New York (NY)

  • Year
  • 1931
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 163892
    • alternative name: Wholesale Radio

 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 8
  • Main principle
  • Superheterodyne (common); 2 AF stage(s); Screengrid 1926-1935
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast only (MW).
  • Power type and voltage
  • Alternating Current supply (AC) / 110 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: EC, 8-tube Superhet Ch= E - Lafayette Radio & TV Corp; New
  • Shape
  • Console, Lowboy (legs < 50 %).
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 25 x 38.5 x 15.5 inch / 635 x 978 x 394 mm
  • Notes
  • The Spring-Summer catalog 1931 offers this chassis "E" with local-distance switch (in the center) and the console EC and the mantel (midget) EM with this chassis.

    This console Lafayette Super-Het EC has a list price of $ 106.50 and a Lafayette selling price of $ 63.46 or $ 54.75 without tubes or $ 66.29 with RCA tubes. See details and summaries in this catalog.
  • Price in first year of sale
  • 63.00 $ !
  • Author
  • Model page created by Ernst Erb. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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