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Majestic 181
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This Majestic is a Majestic71, that uses 27's in place of the 26's throughout the receiver chassis, then a pair of 50's in place of the 71A's as used in the 70 chassis.

The speakeris the same one as on the 71 sets, and I even think that the interstage transformers, and te output transformer are the same as on the 71.

Anyway, the power supply has a pair of 81's for the rectifiers. The 50's make that speaker earn its keep. They do to that speaker whet the 71A's can't!! I have one of these sets, amnd it really made me in love with G&G Majestics, after a lifetime of poking fun at them.

Now, on the tuning condenser. I've always been able to get a screwdriver in betwen the plates, and pry them into alignment, right at the pot metal attachment. The use of pot metal was a bonanza for manufacturers at the time, but impurities in the zinc they used caused all of that intergranular corrosion. There were some examples of good die castings, but the cheaper stuff (just look at Crosley's stuff), and there are bad examples. If you get this Majestic shaped up, you'll have a very nice set there.


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Majestic 181 - by Jayce - 03-23-2012, 11:42 PM
RE: Majestic 181 - by Arran - 03-24-2012, 02:34 AM
RE: Majestic 181 - by Jayce - 03-24-2012, 01:03 PM
RE: Majestic 181 - by Arran - 03-24-2012, 09:26 PM
RE: Majestic 181 - by Ron Ramirez - 03-24-2012, 09:44 PM
RE: Majestic 181 - by Jayce - 03-24-2012, 10:43 PM
RE: Majestic 181 - by Jayce - 03-24-2012, 10:40 PM
RE: Majestic 181 - by Doug Houston - 03-25-2012, 12:56 AM
RE: Majestic 181 - by TA Forbes - 03-25-2012, 12:57 AM
RE: Majestic 181 - by Jayce - 03-25-2012, 01:18 AM
RE: Majestic 181 - by Doug Houston - 03-25-2012, 09:33 PM
RE: Majestic 181 - by Jayce - 03-25-2012, 10:51 PM
RE: Majestic 181 - by Arran - 03-26-2012, 12:05 AM
RE: Majestic 181 - by Doug Houston - 03-26-2012, 11:14 PM
RE: Majestic 181 - by TA Forbes - 03-27-2012, 01:54 PM
RE: Majestic 181 - by codefox1 - 03-27-2012, 09:03 PM
RE: Majestic 181 - by Doug Houston - 04-05-2012, 11:19 PM
RE: Majestic 181 - by Arran - 03-27-2012, 07:43 PM
RE: Majestic 181 - by Jayce - 03-29-2012, 07:56 PM
RE: Majestic 181 - by Arran - 04-03-2012, 11:30 PM
RE: Majestic 181 - by Doug Houston - 03-29-2012, 11:53 PM
RE: Majestic 181 - by Jayce - 04-04-2012, 12:39 AM
RE: Majestic 181 - by codefox1 - 04-04-2012, 02:57 AM
RE: Majestic 181 - by Arran - 04-05-2012, 01:26 AM



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