Unusual HiFi products from the past.
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I like the name "Presto" for audio gear, kind of suggests magic is involved. -
I presume that Presto's stacking, multi-disk record player was the Presto Change-o.
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^ That's a good one!
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Not quite unusual -- other than the fact that few if any tts to date have been as well and precisely made as the Fairchilds (Fairchildren?)
Ad from High Fidelity Feb. 1963.
https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Audio/Archive-High-Fidelity/60s/High-Fidelity-1963-Feb.pdf -
Grateful Dead Wall-of-Sound Is coming back
https://newstimes.com/entertainment/article/Grateful-Dead-Wall-of-Sound-Connecticut-17147223.php?t=4481aa74a6&src=nthpdesecp#photo-22437878
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Goldenear Technology Triton 1 - Benchmark AHB2 - Benchmark LA4 - Auralic Vega - Auralic Aries Mini - Marantz TT-15S1 - Clearaudio Nano -
Paywalled.Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously.
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"10 PRINT "DAK IS WONDERFUL"
20 goto 10
RUN"
..."Next time, I'll tell you how to get out of the program..."
LOL
Hadn't thought about this in years...how I don't miss loading paper of that era, the box to feed it, etc.
As a young database manager, one of my duties was to load/print on small refrigerator sized, mainframe controlled, high-speed Unisys Remote Line Printers (RLP's). Anyone in the military in 80's/90's will remember "greenbar" rips.
Worst was working w/multipart pages separated by carbon paper. Sometimes, we'd have to breakdown, say, 5 part paper into 1, 2 or 3 parts. Used this huge machine called a decollator that had to be threaded to sections and then run at very high speeds. Lord help us if it jammed or ripped. Afterward, we'd have to separate the miles of carbon paper. Hands and uniform were always a mess and I can still smell the paper/carbon combo.
Kids these days are so spoiled w/PDF's....which I'm a huge fan of.
Edit to add....since this the "Unusual hi-fi products from the past" thread, I'll keep w/the audio theme and say the sound of RLP's was music to my ears (not).
➀Speakers: Polk1.2tl's (Uber Mods) ➁Pre/Amp/DAC: PS Audio BHK Signature & 250, DirectStream ➂Cables/IC's: MIT S1Bi-Wire/S1 Balanced +Avel Lindberg 1000VA "Dreadnought" ➃Power Conditioner: PS Audio P15 Power Plant ➄Power Cords: Core Power Technologies Gold, DH Labs Power Plus DIY w/Neotech NC-P301 & P311ends ➅Streaming: Roon ROCK on wifi'd NUC, TP-Link WAP, & Uptone EtherREGEN, AfterDark, Emperor Double Crown Clock, Black Modernize LPS, PS Audio AirLens⟿Ω☯☥☮⟿🔊♩♪♫♬♩♪♫♬♩♪♫♬ -
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The B&W Matrix was a Stereophile approved speaker system.
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This 1949 advertisement shows how many different record playing EQs were needed to be able to play all of the available formats. -
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From my dad's collection. I finally got it working. These sell for crazy money now
"This may not matter to you, but it does to me for various reasons, many of them illogical or irrational, but the vinyl hobby is not really logical or rational..." - member on Vinyl Engine
"Sometimes I do what I want to do. The rest of the time, I do what I have to." - Cicero, in Gladiator
Regarding collectibles: "It's not who gets it. It's who gets stuck with it." - Jimmy Fallon -
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From my dad's collection. I finally got it working. These sell for crazy money now
I've never seen anything like that.
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https://www.ps-f5.com/about-the-sony-ps-f5-portable-turntableMore pictures please, how do the records go in?
➀Speakers: Polk1.2tl's (Uber Mods) ➁Pre/Amp/DAC: PS Audio BHK Signature & 250, DirectStream ➂Cables/IC's: MIT S1Bi-Wire/S1 Balanced +Avel Lindberg 1000VA "Dreadnought" ➃Power Conditioner: PS Audio P15 Power Plant ➄Power Cords: Core Power Technologies Gold, DH Labs Power Plus DIY w/Neotech NC-P301 & P311ends ➅Streaming: Roon ROCK on wifi'd NUC, TP-Link WAP, & Uptone EtherREGEN, AfterDark, Emperor Double Crown Clock, Black Modernize LPS, PS Audio AirLens⟿Ω☯☥☮⟿🔊♩♪♫♬♩♪♫♬♩♪♫♬ -
A Gorilla Banana was my first printer. I used it with my Commodore VIC-20 computer that had a cassette tape for data storage. That was the good ole days... naw, not really.SeleniumFalcon wrote: »
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aprazer402 wrote: »^^^^ Sorry, No value added.
Good example of curable functional obsolescence. Remove it.
I'm sure in the late 50's early 60's this was a top of the line unit.
I've seen a few of the top two pieces. I've never seen a Nutone turntable.
They were great value to the installation company especially when any type of surge or storm went through the area...they would always blow
Did a lot of NuTone installs back in the day.....they suxx2-channel: Modwright KWI-200 Integrated, Dynaudio C1-II Signatures
Desktop rig: LSi7, Polk 110sub, Dayens Ampino amp, W4S DAC/pre, Sonos, JRiver
Gear on standby: Melody 101 tube pre, Unison Research Simply Italy Integrated
Gone to new homes: (Matt Polk's)Threshold Stasis SA12e monoblocks, Pass XA30.5 amp, Usher MD2 speakers, Dynaudio C4 platinum speakers, Modwright LS100 (voltz), Simaudio 780D DAC
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^^^ I don't have one of those, but I do have one of these
Radio Craftsmen C-810 AM-FM tuner.
Kindly given to me, years back, by its original owner.
(sorry I don't have a better photo of it handy!)
source: https://www.hifi-archiv.info/Radio-Werbung/Craftsmen/index.html
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Sorry I missed this earlier. Here are a few more pics (sorry for the warmish tint):I've never seen anything like that.
More pictures please, how do the records go in?
The large knob (in the original pic) secures the vinyl disc to the spindle for playback. This turntable incorporates a phono pre-amp, so output can be either via headphone, or variable output to a line-level preamp, or an integrated amp.
The turntable can be oriented vertically, or horizontally...user's choice...wall-mounting is also an option "This may not matter to you, but it does to me for various reasons, many of them illogical or irrational, but the vinyl hobby is not really logical or rational..." - member on Vinyl Engine
"Sometimes I do what I want to do. The rest of the time, I do what I have to." - Cicero, in Gladiator
Regarding collectibles: "It's not who gets it. It's who gets stuck with it." - Jimmy Fallon -
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I thought only Klipsch products caused 'Dimensia'...
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