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

[Phil Vourtsis]

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> 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
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