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KA5PIU
02-20-2010, 01:42 PM
Hello.

Anybody remember what a HiFi was?
This is a really fancy cabinet with a record player in it, very little electronics in a massive cabinet.
Console? a TV with a radio in a very fancy cabinet.
Got me some cheap.
The console was my first task.
It had a record player at one time but was missing, big hole.
The radio portion was "MPX stereo ready" meaning mono.
Only one amplifier but a place for 2.
The TV was an old RCA Victor with a somewhat round tube, broken.
Remote control for everything is this ultrasonic unit that runs off the power supply for the amplifier, motors turn the pots.
I pulled the chassis of the TV and radio, stripped for parts.
In place of the TV is a LCD display.
I kept the front end of the radio, complete with dial pointer and knobs, tuning cap and pots, and of course, motor control.
Replaced the speakers with car stereo speakers and run a 50 watt per channel car amplifier.
30 Amp 12 volt supply runs everything, including the TV.
In place of a record changer there is now a home CD/DVD player and a 2 meter/440 rig.
I got a solid state home type stereo chassis and connected it to the original radio front end.
I left the original power supply in to run the remote control but did replace the rectifier with diodes.
I added a rectifier and filter/regulator circuit to the filament supply, 12.9 volts at 7 amps max.
Minus 6 volts, 12.9, 45, 90, and 135 volts are now available if ever needed.
Selenium rectifiers were everywhere.
This all sits in a really nice cabinet that when closed looks like a piece of fancy furniture.
Nothing about it says geek or ham in any way.
I remote the mic with a section of cat 3 cable and have that next to the sofa.
And, the cabinet went for cheap, $20 at a sale, complete with the giant remote.

kf0rt
02-20-2010, 01:47 PM
I think we're gonna need pictures.

W2NAP
02-20-2010, 01:48 PM
pics or it didnt happen?

kf0rt
02-20-2010, 01:49 PM
pics or it didnt happen?

You know the rules. :snicker:

KC2UGV
02-20-2010, 04:18 PM
/isle/ delivers...

http://www.dalarry.com/GM/KS490/Grundig_Console-2.jpg

kf0rt
02-20-2010, 04:28 PM
Schweet!

Drop some real amps in there, and it'd look nice next to a pair of Klipschorns. :clap:

KA5PIU
02-20-2010, 05:16 PM
/isle/ delivers...

http://www.dalarry.com/GM/KS490/Grundig_Console-2.jpg

Hello.

VERY nice, but this one had a CRT in the middle and the top slides.
Pix when I get a chance, the "girlfriend" is over and I do not want to spoil the secret. :snicker:

K8YS
02-25-2010, 03:26 PM
in the 70's, I worked as a tech for a chain store that has inhouse service... Yamaha, SAE, Bose, JBL, Sansui, Pioneer (US and Pioneer of America) and so on....

One of the techs got an old Zenith console thing. He stripped it out, replaced the speakers with Yamaha drivers - I think he used NS500 drivers, a Yamaha CR800 receiver and a Pioneer CT1000 tape deck.

It LOOKED old, but it rocked.

Everything was accessable by lifting the lid.

HUGH
02-26-2010, 03:26 AM
I'm lucky enough to have one of these in working condition:
http://static.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld-ic/imageasset/iclarge/historyworld-webapp/user/Cathys/object/KfjHzGabTBSXBptaTsmrQQ/asset/1
It is seriously loud with two built-in horns, volume controlled by closing one or both doors.
This picture is of Sir Edward Elgar's gramophone, I have no picture of mine. The dog and horn was the trade mark of the HMV Company and this is exactly what my dog does on the 'phone:
http://www.artland.co.uk/HisMastersVoicebyFrancisBarraudSPN4100.jpg