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EICO HF-85

Valve preamplifier kit designed to sit with the HF-87/HF-89 (list price $65.95).

Catalogue code
HF-85
Years
1959
Type
integrated amplifier kit
Valves & speakers
Valve preamplifier kit designed to sit with the HF-87/HF-89 (list price $65.95)
Lifecycle
retired
Confidence
Medium
Technology
tube
Channels
2
Inputs_outputs
phono, tuner, aux
Safety

Valve chassis: HT rails stay live after switch-off; never power up on original electrolytics. Check the output transformers and the power transformer for overheating - replacements are unobtainable.

How this model is dated
01 / Witnesses

What applies here

Marks that can be entered for this maker: Model / catalogue number, Model / catalogue number, British capacitor code (Hunts, Mullard), Japanese capacitor code (Nichicon, Chemi-Con, ELNA), EIA component code.

02 / Bounds

The model year is a floor

Nothing predates 1959; components only push the date later.

03 / Value

What moves the price

Sold-price aggregates are not collected yet, so the archive gives no figure — condition, originality of the transformers and a documented recap move this model more than any list price.

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Evidence: Ohio University — vintage electronics archives · Glow in the Dark Audio — vintage restorations · +1 more