• Country
• New Zealand-Aotearoa

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Ultimate (Brand), Radio Ltd. & Radio (1936) Ltd.; Auckland

• Year
• 1956 ?

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 348305

Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.

• Number of Tubes
• 7

• Valves / Tubes
• 6BA6 6BE6 EF41 6AV6 EF41 6X4 EF22

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 460 kHz; 3 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 7 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast plus more than 2 Short Wave bands.

• Details
• Changer (Record changer)

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 230 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 12 inch = 30.5 cm

• Power out
• 3.5 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Ultimate Baby Grand RCE - Ultimate Brand, Radio Ltd. &

• Shape
• Console with any shape - in general

• Notes

• 7-valve superhet with RF stage 4 band console lowboy with Garrard RC121 MkII 4 speed auto record changer, preamp, Hifi switch, and 12" speaker. 

  This appears to be an update of the original 1954 model with the addition of a Hifi switch, revised dial, and 4-speed record changer.

  See also 3 speaker version Ultimate Symphony RCE.

• Price in first year of sale
• 135.33 NZ £

• Mentioned in
• -- Original prospect or advert (Press 19 November 1954 Page 8)

• Author
• Model page created by Brian Stevens. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 152 models, 127 with images and 133 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Ultimate (Brand), Radio Ltd. & Radio (1936) Ltd.; Auckland