Unusual HiFi products from the past.

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

Paywalled.

^^^
"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).

SeleniumFalcon wrote: »

an... interesting... assembly of Technics components.

pitdogg2 wrote: »

More pictures please, how do the records go in?

https://www.ps-f5.com/about-the-sony-ps-f5-portable-turntable

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 suxx

pitdogg2 wrote: »

I've never seen anything like that.
More pictures please, how do the records go in?

Sorry I missed this earlier. Here are a few more pics (sorry for the warmish tint):


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

jdjohn wrote: »

pitdogg2 wrote: »

I've never seen anything like that.
More pictures please, how do the records go in?

Sorry I missed this earlier. Here are a few more pics (sorry for the warmish tint):
...
The turntable can be oriented vertically, or horizontally...user's choice...wall-mounting is also an option