[NJARC] High Fidelity Was - 'See through' Radio moved at NJARC Museum

[Al Klase]

Yes, a vintage tape deck will fit right in.

See ya,
Al

Phil Vourtsis wrote:
> Al,
>   Sounds great! (no pun intended). I've still got that Viking tape 
> deck from the late 1950s that might fit right in. Glad to see the 
> display now covers windups through high fidelity.
> See you at the swapmeet.
>  
> Phil Vourtsis
> ExPrez- NJARC
>
> On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 10:04 AM, Al Klase <al at ar88.net 
> <mailto:al at ar88.net>> wrote:
>
>     Hey Phil,
>
>     You confused us a little because, before we got your email, we'd
>     moved a nice walnut credenza into that space, along with a Klipsch
>     designed corner speaker, a Heathkit Williamson amp, and Fisher
>     preamp.
>     My concept is to cover the audiophile, high-fidelity,
>     component-system scene starting with the early post-war stuff.
>      There's a lot of room (unfortunately not physical space) for
>     elaboration here.  So, you guys pitch in.  We can substitute
>     better stuff as it shows up.
>
>     So far it's a mono system with a medium-power amp and efficient
>     speaker.  Yesterday I made some holes in the back of the credenza,
>     and hid a Toshiba CD player inside to provide a hassel-free
>     program source.
>
>     Some comments on the components so far:
>
>     Speaker:  This is a Paul Klipsch designed folded-horn corner
>     enclosure from a company called Cabinart.  It's border-line ugly
>     and could be refinished, but it contains an Altec 604 coaxial
>     15-incher with sectoral horn for the tweeter.  This is the speaker
>     that was used almost universally for studio monitor because, as a
>     recording engineer friend says, "everybody knew how they sounded."
>      Listen to it!
>
>     Power amp:  The Williamson design led the way to clean
>     beam-power-tube amps.  The fact that tis one was a kit emphasizes
>     another aspect of the hi-fi phenomenon.  (I wish I still had my
>     Fisher 70, but it developed a short in the output transformer, and
>     I sold it, without comment, to one of the ebay vultures at
>     Parsippany.)
>
>     Preamp: Fisher 50 (50C ?).  Has switchable phono equalization to
>     accommodate pre-RIAA recordings.
>
>     Turntable: We need one.  I'm sorting through a number of
>     possibilities.  Easiest thing right now is one of the early brown
>     Garrard changers that Rob Flory donated, a good example of what
>     people actually used.  The museum owns an impressive looking
>     Presto Pirouette, but it has issues.
>
>     Tuner:  A multi-facesetted problem, if we want one that actually
>     works in the fringe area at InfoAge.  Anybody have a Marantz 10B?
>
>     We also need accessories and ephemera.  Dave S. brought in a nice
>     record care kit with Zero-Stat ion gun.  I'd like to have one of
>     the radioactive brushes.
>
>     We can go on and on.
>
>     Later,
>     Al
>
>
>
>     Phil Vourtsis wrote:
>
>         Board Members,
>            I noticed last Sunday (7/5) that the 'See through' Radio
>         that Harry had built was moved to a different location in the
>         museum leaving some room in the 'History of Recorded Music'
>         area. Previously we had discussed adding a history of
>         hifi/stereo area and a novelty radio area. Is this an area
>         where we might do that? We really should have a board meeting
>         (phone meeting would be fine) to discuss these matters.
>          Phil Vourtsis
>         ExPrez- NJARC
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>     Al Klase - N3FRQ
>     Jersey City, NJ
>     http://www.skywaves.ar88.net/
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