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My Early American Astro has a good sound, unfortunately it needs a cartridge and the tape input/output needs work. I can play CDs through it with a transmitter in the meantime. I have a French Provincial in the same spot right now, with the last model of the sharp pot metal arms and charcoal grey paint. The player on that was fantastic, just three months into ownership, it needs cleaning and lubing. First real Micromatic failure I've ever had.
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1956 Fisher Custom Futura
1963 Fisher Custom Electra Dave
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1958 Motorola
1961 Motorola Dave
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kam, the breadbox thing is a am radio/ 78 only phono combo. i have aboud a dosen of these. it needs a cap job cause all it dose is hum.
magna, when i go back up to get it, and when i bringit down here, im gunna give it a full restoration with a period correct TT. btw i have a magnavox concert grande in there too. can you see it? |
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Let me admit before I begin....I don't have any actual consoles.
What I do have, however, are pulled amps from Motorola consoles. A pair of hs-619 amps to be exact. Bought them from an AK member. Completely rebuilt and refurbished. They're my first tube amps and....wow. I used to think consoles had crappy sound systems in them, the Moto amps have REALLY changed my opinion of them. Excellent, solid amp design. A real joy to listen to. I can't embed the pictures as I don't remember the filenames, however, they're in a folder on my www... http://dewdu.de/moto-amps
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Dave
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Almost forgot to post the latest edition. This one needs a bit of love. And yes, at > 68" long it's a beast!
1967 Zenith YT960 At some point, it will hopefully look similar to this: Dave
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i actually had a shot at scooping one of these not long ago. but the flipper that had it wante too much for it and i didnt have the room
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Wow, Relaximus, what beautiful (and many!) consoles. Looks like a showroom, and they're all in top notch looking shape. Thanks for the pix.
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Thank you for the kind word Reece. I've been quite fortunate to have obtained some true survivors. Most of these have come from the home of their original owner. All but the '63 Motorola have been recapped and get regular use. As much as I enjoy listening to my various stereo systems, there is something I find very comforting in the sound of an old console. It tends to transport me back to my childhood.
Dave
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that pop up reel to reel is awesome - never seen anything like it
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Hey Dave; What Changer is on the 56 Futura. The Cabinet looks a lot like my 51 Coronet.
Larry
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My research says that it's a Webcor Magic Mind TT equipped with a GE VRII cartridge. I still need to find the little red knob for the stylus selector. Dave
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Huge RCA speaker - need other half
Relaximus, that Zenith is a great piece and so is the Motorola. Does that have the 2 6BQ5 (center channel amp) just for the low freq?
I attached a photo of my friend's Zenith, a cousin to yours. KP12-0130.jpg KP12-0131.jpg My RCA speaker has a 15" woofer, I need to find the HiFi half . IMG_1762.jpg RCA speaker.jpg |
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Dave: Your speaker's' pretty much a match for my SHF-5 except she's not set up for stereo.
Larry
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