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Year of manufacture: 1964 - 1971
Manufactured by: Radford Electronics Ltd., Ashton Vale Estate, Bristol, 3
Price when new (in the UK): £52 10s
Description: power amplifier
Mono/stereo: Stereo
Power output: 36 watts per channel (nominal 1% distortion) (1 Kc/s, resistive load 16 Ohms RMS continuous sine wave)
rated (0.1% distortion) 25 Watts per channel
Intermodulation distortion: (SMPTE method at rated power output) less than 0.15%
Frequency response: (at 1 Watt level) -1dB at 20 c/s and 60 Kc/s
Power frequency response: -1dB at 20 c/s and 40 Kc/s
Signal to noise ratio: 85dB
Crosstalk: not exceeding —55dB anywhere in the 20-20,000 c/s range
Transient characteristics: rise time less than 5 microseconds, overshoot less less than 3%
Input sensitivity: 500mV into 100K
Output characteristics: output resistance 0.45, damping factor 35, stability unconditional, rated power with short circuit or open circuit at full drive indefinitely, rated power into load resistance between 10 and 25 on 16 position (4 and 8 positions also provided)
Tubes: 2 x EF86, 2 x ECF82, 4 x EL34, 1 x GZ34
Dimensions: 14 in. wide by 10¾ in. deep by 8½ in. high (356 x 273 x 216 mm)
Weight: 36 lbs (16.36 kg)
External power supply: 350 Volts at 10 mA and 6.3 Volts at 2 Amps
Power supply: 100-140 and 200-250 V, 50-60 c/s, 175 Watts