• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Lafayette Radio & TV Corp; New York (NY)

• Year
• 1932/1933

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 161257

• • alternative name: Wholesale Radio

• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 57 58 57 47 80

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 175 kHz; 1 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 25 - 40 cycles, 220 - 240 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: M-72 Thriller - Lafayette Radio & TV Corp; New

• Shape
• Tablemodel, Tombstone = decorative upright, not cathedral but can have rounded edges.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 11 x 14 x 8 inch / 279 x 356 x 203 mm

• Notes
• In the Lafayette Catalog no. 53 for 1933 (season 1932/33 with copyright 1932) the model is named M-71 Thriller for 105 - 120 volts and M-72 Thriller for 220 - 240 volts 25 - 40 cycles. Built-in antenna. "Full vision dial". American walnut finish.
  
  List price is $ 38.00, Lafayette sells the M-71 for $ 16.95 and the M-72 for 18.95 (list price $ 41.00). See details and summaries for the models of this catalog no. 53 for 1933 (Season 1932/33).

• Price in first year of sale
• 19.00 $

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Lafayette Radio Catalog (1938 Lafayette Catalog Nº 53 for 1933, page 5.)

• Author
• Model page created by Ernst Erb. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 1406 models, 1233 with images and 424 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Lafayette Radio & TV Corp; New York (NY)