Finally got my GE Stereo moved..
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super-sweeper
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Lovely GE!
You've gotta love those wood console models!
If i may, Who's the Artist on the ABC-Paramount Label? I have a couple records under that label, 45 R.P.M's.
-Alex.
You've gotta love those wood console models!
If i may, Who's the Artist on the ABC-Paramount Label? I have a couple records under that label, 45 R.P.M's.
-Alex.
suckolux
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Lovely
i would say between 1965
and 1967......The Tonal 1 seemed to run from about 65 to as late as 76, with improvements. Yours is differently one if the first, and a way you can tell is the on off , reject is a round dial type....the later ones had a flip type switch, and in some of the last were re designed to make the back end of the tone arm seem much more "High Tech" than it really was...lol.....
Do you have the Porta-Fi units with it?
and 1967......The Tonal 1 seemed to run from about 65 to as late as 76, with improvements. Yours is differently one if the first, and a way you can tell is the on off , reject is a round dial type....the later ones had a flip type switch, and in some of the last were re designed to make the back end of the tone arm seem much more "High Tech" than it really was...lol.....
Do you have the Porta-Fi units with it?
If I can't have a Magnavox, then I will get a GE
Darn, I wish I could get a General Electric console here. I had one years ago, and the stupidest thing I did was swap it off to a friend. Yours is nice, I hope it gives you years of enjoyment! Here's an identical set to the one I had:
Darn, I wish I could get a General Electric console here. I had one years ago, and the stupidest thing I did was swap it off to a friend. Yours is nice, I hope it gives you years of enjoyment! Here's an identical set to the one I had:
thats gorgeous
over here in the uk we called them radiograms i have this one in my lounge we use it all the time the compartment at the bottom used to house a reel to reel taperecorder theres a cd player in there now it sounds great
over here in the uk we called them radiograms i have this one in my lounge we use it all the time the compartment at the bottom used to house a reel to reel taperecorder theres a cd player in there now it sounds great
hoover119dude
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my radiogram. got at bootsale for £5.00. cost £170.00 to get it all working again but well worth it. love it to bits!!!!
nycwriter
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ANTHONY!
I LOOOOOOVE that Danish Modern look!
And the Garrard turntable! With that distinctive pickup head shell.
I still have my 1967 Garrard model 40 MK II. Those Garrards had a very distinctive "click" just as the needle was setting down ...
I LOOOOOOVE that Danish Modern look!
And the Garrard turntable! With that distinctive pickup head shell.
I still have my 1967 Garrard model 40 MK II. Those Garrards had a very distinctive "click" just as the needle was setting down ...
suckolux
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Love that look also!
paulg
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GE amplifiers were surprisingly good.
I grew up (and still exist) in the electronics world.
I still remember comparing designs of GE solid-state amplifiers (in their better consoles) versus the desirable component stereos of the day. Personally I felt GE put surprisingly good electronics in their consoles versus other manufacturers who chintzed out.
I suppose some stereo console manufacturers felt nobody would notice a cheap amplifier if all you listened to was Mantovani - however GE gave you your money's worth.
I grew up (and still exist) in the electronics world.
I still remember comparing designs of GE solid-state amplifiers (in their better consoles) versus the desirable component stereos of the day. Personally I felt GE put surprisingly good electronics in their consoles versus other manufacturers who chintzed out.
I suppose some stereo console manufacturers felt nobody would notice a cheap amplifier if all you listened to was Mantovani - however GE gave you your money's worth.
The British radiograms are every bit as fascinating as our stereo consoles. There is a Fonovox console near hear that's similar to hoover119dude's console, $179, and a Telefunken next to it in a clunky German Colonial cabinet next to it for $300. There's a late model GE near me too, in a strange cabinet, for $150.
hello again
the radiogram in my photo was made by a company called Hacker they were well regarded over here in the UK throughout the 60s and into the 70s they also made very good recordplayers and radios there portable radios sell for ridiculous prices on ebay this one would have been considered top of the range in its day having said that some of the american consoles are fantastic looking things much larger than ours of course but then so are your houses
the radiogram in my photo was made by a company called Hacker they were well regarded over here in the UK throughout the 60s and into the 70s they also made very good recordplayers and radios there portable radios sell for ridiculous prices on ebay this one would have been considered top of the range in its day having said that some of the american consoles are fantastic looking things much larger than ours of course but then so are your houses
Poor Hi Fi console and TV-That console looks pretty nice-would have been nice to rescue it-I spotted A Magnavox console at the curb one time--Had a color TV in its belly and the tubed electronics-but alas the house I lived in didn't have room-and I needed some way of hauling it home.That is the problem with consoles--their size and weight.You have to have a truck and a few to several strong backs to haul them.Just hope the trash truck didn't get them!
suckolux
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Handsome console there.
vacbear58
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Hacker
Anthony
That Hacker looks like a handsome unit and in lovely order. Very much TOL for its time, your parents must have paid a fortune for it.
I have not the room for a radiogram, but have a Hacker "portable" unit - the quotes are there because it weighs a ton.
Anthony
That Hacker looks like a handsome unit and in lovely order. Very much TOL for its time, your parents must have paid a fortune for it.
I have not the room for a radiogram, but have a Hacker "portable" unit - the quotes are there because it weighs a ton.
vacbear58
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headshell
And a close up of the Hacker headshell
And a close up of the Hacker headshell
suckolux
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A fortune for sure! After the landlady died, her daughter and I were clearing drawers and closets and files. Found the receipt for her large console. $1000.00 in 1970 bucks. Our apts were 120 a month then, 650 now, so go figure!
suckolux
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Just as a note, her console still works! Good thing as it's piped throughout the house and even the back yard
hi vacbear
thats a Hacker gondolier gp42 i also have one mine is the other version with an autochanger i got it in 1973 for my 16th birthday it was to replace my old dansette that was a complete wreck it was like going from a reliant robin to a rolls royce they are built like tanks and are worth a lot of money these days so hang onto yours vintage audio is my other passion . the Hacker radiogram 200 cost 174 pounds back in 1968 not sure what that converts to .i can remember the contents of my muns china cabinet rattling when i played Dark Side Of The Moon and that was only at half volume
thats a Hacker gondolier gp42 i also have one mine is the other version with an autochanger i got it in 1973 for my 16th birthday it was to replace my old dansette that was a complete wreck it was like going from a reliant robin to a rolls royce they are built like tanks and are worth a lot of money these days so hang onto yours vintage audio is my other passion . the Hacker radiogram 200 cost 174 pounds back in 1968 not sure what that converts to .i can remember the contents of my muns china cabinet rattling when i played Dark Side Of The Moon and that was only at half volume
vacbear58
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Hacker Radiogram
Anthony,
£174 in 1968 would havbe bought both an English Electric Auto Washer and tumble drier together. An inflation calculator I have tried Says £2,557 in todays money, although I suspect in comparative terms it would probably be even more than that now
Al
Anthony,
£174 in 1968 would havbe bought both an English Electric Auto Washer and tumble drier together. An inflation calculator I have tried Says £2,557 in todays money, although I suspect in comparative terms it would probably be even more than that now
Al
Those Hacker record players remind me of the Califone and Newcomb ones used in schools.The school record players had single play manual TT's.
I love a good working Garrard changer,
I have a automatic laboratory series that use for my delicate 78's from the 40's. Since my Zenith Allegro has a BSR changer, i don't like using it for 78's that are delicate and brittle....The Garrard handles them with great care....thats the nice thing about them...But it always seems like there are so many that need idler wheels replaced, and causes the auto function to not work properly.
I have a automatic laboratory series that use for my delicate 78's from the 40's. Since my Zenith Allegro has a BSR changer, i don't like using it for 78's that are delicate and brittle....The Garrard handles them with great care....thats the nice thing about them...But it always seems like there are so many that need idler wheels replaced, and causes the auto function to not work properly.
