• Country
• Australia

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Radio and Hobbies, Radio Television & Hobbies, Electronics Australia magazine; Sydney

• Year
• 1962

• Category
• Audio Amplifier or -mixer

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 274390

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• Number of Tubes
• 4

• Valves / Tubes
• 6GW8 6GW8 6GW8 6GW8

• Main principle
• Audio-Amplification

• Wave bands
• - without

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 240 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• - This model requires external speaker(s).

• Power out
• 10 W (undistorted)

• Material
• Metal case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Playmaster 101 [without tuner] - Radio and Hobbies, Radio

• Shape
• Chassis only or for «building in»

• Notes

• 2 x 10 watt, ultra linear stereo power amplifier designed by John Davidson & Neville Williams of Radio, Television & Hobbies magazine. The amplifier has no controls and was designed to connect to previous/future Playmaster tuner and preamplifiers. For example, ceramic pickup use the Playmaster N. 9 Control Unit (RT&H July 1959) and for a magnetic pickup the Playmaster No 10 Control unit, (RT&H May 1960). Playmaster designs in Radio & Hobbies date back to October 1951 when the editor John Moyle designed the the Playmaster 1 amplifier and pre-amp control unit

• Mentioned in
• Radio & Hobbies, August 1962, Vol 24, No 5, Pages 73-79

• Author
• Model page created by Gary Cowans. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 35 models, 19 with images and 29 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Radio and Hobbies, Radio Television & Hobbies, Electronics Australia magazine; Sydney