Vintage Pilot AA-901. Tubes are not included. These are beautiful sounding amps. I have a number for sale. I am allowing a full refund (less you pay shipping both ways) on this item if you aren\'t satisfied. If you are familiar with this amp, you don\'t need convincing. If you\'re not familiar, do yourself a favor and check it out.
I have set the reserve on this amplifier to 999$
Go check-out the Pilot Yahoo Group (pretty active)!
The Pilot Rado Corp was founded Isidor Goldberg in 1911. He was born
in Manhattan, New York, in 1893 and graduated from Hebrew Technical
Institute in Mechanical Arts in 1908. From 1910-1914, Isidor Goldberg
was a test pilot for Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Corporation or
Curtiss Airways. Afterwards he sold aeronautical supplies and model
airplanes. In 1915 Goldberg was granted a U.S. patent for his
invention of an emergency lamp.
In 1919, Isidor Goldberg founded Pilot Electric Manufacturing Co. in
Brooklyn, New York, to manufacture parts and kits for home radios.
In 1930 a second plant was established in Lawrence, Massachusetts.
The name of the company was later changed to Pilot Radio and Tube
Corp. and, as of 1932, to Pilot Radio Corp. By 1936 Pilot products
were being sold in more than 90 countries. In the late 1940s and
early 1950s plants were built in Britain (prior to World War II),
South Africa (by 1953), and Israel (in 1947). All three plants were
sold in 1959. Goldberg was president of the company from its
inception until his death in 1961.
As a president of Pilot Radio Corp., Isidor Goldberg was a leader in
developing and introducing new products and new uses for
communications equipment. The company was the first to introduce a
civilian short wave radio (WASP, 1925) and a battery-powered,
portable radio (1937). In 1930, he also developed long distance
ground-to-air communications with his \"flying laboratory\". In 1937,
Pilot introduced the first \"popular-priced\" FM tuner (Pilotuner).
For the same year, the company was producing ready-made TVs. Ten
years later Pilot marketed the first miniature (portable) TV receiver
(Candid TV).
During World War II, Pilot Radio Corp. produced communications
equipment for
the war effort and in 1945 won the prestigious Army Navy \"E\" Award
for excellence
in production of war equipment.
Pilot Radio Corp first introduced its high fidelity (Hi-Fi) product
line since 1952. In the early year, the company worked closely with
RCA, the production of product was handling by Pilot itself and the
design work was handle by RCA. Most of the early hi-fi product of
Pilot was License by RCA. However, Pilot slowly taken over the
product development in the late 50\'s.
No question that Pilot Radio Corp is one of the most successful hi-fi
brands during the golden year of hi-fi and the company was focusing
on the affordable and reliable hi-fi products. Pilot had produced
various hi-fi products included power amplifier, preamplifier,
integrate amplifier, receiver, AM and FM tuner, speaker and audio
consoleÂ…etc. The consumer report in 1954 rated Pilot AA-903 as one of
the best buy amplifier of the year and most of the Pilot\'s products
were also highly rated by audiophile during 1950 – 60\'s.
Many audiophiles believe that Pilot Radio Corp affected the
development of Marantz, because the engineer of Marantz such as Sid
Smith and Dick Sequerra were also worked in Pilot Radio Corp before
they worked for Saul Marantz.
Pilot\'s hi-fi products was slowly turned out of the market during
70\'s under the heavy competition with the low price Japanese hi-fi
products. However, the Pilotone Radio and hi-fi gears are still
highly rated by the vintage audiophile today.
One of Pilots first true home \"High Fidelity\" products was the model
AA-901 mono amplifier. This model was only made for a few years and
then was replaced by the AA-904. It\'s obscure enough that it\'s not
even listed in the \"Vintage Hi-Fi Spotters Guides\". The AA-901 is
VERY similar to the Craftsmen C-500: Williamson push-pull KT66,
triode-wired, 6SN7 input and driver tube tubes, 5U4 rectifier (the C-
500 uses a 5V4, the C500A uses the 5U4).
Buyer is responsible for customs fees and/or import taxes.
Unfortunately, I can only accept buyer with a response record of 30 or higher.
I will only ship to countrieswith paypal confirm address (those that qualify for Seller Protection).
Please contact me prior to offerding to find out shipping cost. The shipping costs listed are only for estimate/approximation purposes.
*** I WILL RE-LIST ITEM IF PAYMENT ISNOT RECEIVED WITHIN2 DAYSAFTER sale. WINNER MUST CONTACT ME IF PAYMENT GETS DELAY MORE THEN 2 DAYS.
Thank you for looking and good luck offerding.
On Oct-24-14 at 05:30:17 PDT, seller added the following information:
I have had a number of questions regarding a second amp for stereo. I have four more of these amps. Anyone for 5 channel tube-driven surround?
On Oct-24-14 at 08:02:09 PDT, seller added the following information:
Please see my other listing: for your stereo setup.
Please note the \'On\' light on the front appears burned-out. These units have been in storage for many years, so you should have a tech check-out the caps... before you enjoy the full quality of these amps.
