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[schan1269]

Perusing Craigslist...

http://chicago.craigslist.org/nwi/ele/4016907047.html

 

[gene c]

My uncle had something like that back in the 70's, Packard-Bell I think. About 8' long and weighed a ton, especially when stocked with all the alcohol that thing could hold.

$2800? Good luck.

 

[schan1269]

Oh, come on Gene, you know you want them speakers...

 

[Mike Frezon]

Oh, come on Gene, you know you want them speakers...

You KNOW he does!

My uncle had a big honking console like that in his living room. My cousin and I listened to many an album on it in the late 60s/early '70s.

I couldn't tell you the make. Wonder whatever happened to it. Maybe my cousin has it at his house...

 

[Al.Anderson]

I remember the big honkin' cabinet systems, but I confess I've never seen the separate speaker cabinets. I kind of like them, give you a cool table and maybe makes better use of space..

It's also appears that they were addressing WAF from the early days.

 

[gene c]

Actually, the value of that thing is in "The Fisher 250" . And the amount of previously mentioned alcohol that thing can store.

The cabinet looks like high quality. But what's that thing in the third picture?

 

[schan1269]

Gene...

Never had a reel to reel?

 

[gene c]

Sorry...before my time!

I've never seen a reel to reel in a consol. Only 8-tracks.

 

[zoetmb]

The Ampex tape deck looks funny because he took the head cover off and put it where the right-hand reel goes.

He's now asking $1800 for the whole thing, which actually is a really good price, if only because turntables go for a lot of money these days. If those Altec speakers have working tweeters, they probably sound great. Although that Fisher is not very high end, the whole thing probably has a wonderful, warm, analog sound.

And if those cabinets are solid wood and not veneer, it's a bargain.