Heathkit W-5M (ca. 1958)
Documentation on the Heathkit W-5M is thin, and most of what survives is Heathkit's own advertising from 1958. The record shows a 25-watt high-fidelity amplifier kit priced at $59.75. It was the smaller companion to Heathkit's W-6M, a 70-watt kit at $109.95. The two were advertised side by side, with the W-5M pitched as the lower-cost route to top-flight performance. Heathkit's ad, which ran in High Fidelity (April 1958, p.32), promised exactly that: top-flight performance at the lowest possible cost, built from the latest design techniques and quality materials.
No independent review of the W-5M has turned up in the archive, and no detailed spec sheet survives here. The usual amplifier particulars - tube complement, output stage, frequency response - aren't on the record for this page. What's known:
- 25-watt high-fidelity amplifier kit
- Advertised price: $59.75 (1958)
- Sold alongside the W-6M (70 watts, $109.95)
- Advertised in period audio magazines in 1958
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