Silvertone 8125 Ch= 101.831-1 Type 47

Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago (IL)

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  • Year
  • 1947–1950
perfect model
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 181350
    • Brand: Silvertone

 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 19
  • Main principle
  • Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455/10700 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)
  • Tuned circuits
  • 10 AM circuit(s)     9 FM circuit(s)
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast, 2 Short Wave plus FM or UHF.
  • Details
  • Other Combination - see Notes
  • Power type and voltage
  • Alternating Current supply (AC) / 110-120 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 11.825 inch = 30 cm
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: Silvertone 8125 Ch= 101.831-1 Type 47 - Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago
  • Shape
  • Console, Lowboy (legs < 50 %).
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 38 x 35 x 18 inch / 965 x 889 x 457 mm
  • Notes

  • The Silvertone model 8125A from Sears, Roebuck & Co. is one of the top models of the season for the Silvertone brand. It has an expensive wire recorder and a record changer and is called "AC operated combination Phono-Wire Recorder-Multi-Band AM-FM Superheterodyne Receiver. The radio panel pulls out as one opens the right door. The bands are broadcast 540 - 1650 kc, SW 11.5 - 12 mc and 14.5 - 15.4 mc plus FM 88 - 108 mc. The Power consumption is 170 Watts.

    The tube line up is for the radio (12 tubes): 6AG5 FM RF Amp.; 7F8 FM Conv.; 7N7 AM Conv.; 7W7 1st IF Amp.; 7W7 2nd IF Amp.; 7C7 FM 3rd IF Amp.; 7A6 FM Ratio Det.; 7C6 AM Det.-AVC-Phase Inv.; 7C7 AF Amp., 2 x 7C5 Power Output (parallel); 5U4G Rectifier. Wire Recorder (7 tubes): 1273 1st AF Amp.; 7A4 2nd AF Amp.; 7C7 Wower Output; 7N7 Ind. Amp.; 6E5 Record Ind.; 7C5 Erase Osc.; 7Y4 Rectifier.

    SAMS Photofact of May 1948, set 41, folder 20 lists the models Silvertone 8127 with Chassis 101.831A, Silvertone 8128 with chassis 101.831 plus the wire recorder amplifier chassis 101.773. Our model here is not listed on the sheet but includes the following models in the index (1973 and Master Index Feb. 1963) for these documents: 8124, 8125, 8126 for chassis 101.831A. -1 which might be 101.831A and 101.831-1. But also 8127, A, B, C, CX, 8128, A, B, C for chassis 101.831, A. and 101.773.

  • Price in first year of sale
  • 264.95 $
  • Author
  • Model page created by Ernst Erb. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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