Comments on: One of the rarest pieces of vintage 1950s hi-fi http://www.deviantsynth.com/2007/09/10/one-of-the-rarest-pieces-of-vintage-1950s-hi-fi/ Analogue Heaven is poison. We are the antidote. XD Sat, 04 Sep 2010 20:31:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: mooncaine http://www.deviantsynth.com/2007/09/10/one-of-the-rarest-pieces-of-vintage-1950s-hi-fi/comment-page-1/#comment-49 mooncaine Fri, 05 Oct 2007 16:18:19 +0000 http://www.deviantsynth.com/2007/09/10/one-of-the-rarest-pieces-of-vintage-1950s-hi-fi/#comment-49 In 1982, I worked at an arcade for coin-operated video games [a few pinballs, too], basically as a gatekeeper and money changer. Fun, easy job, and I got to play all I wanted. Anyway, the owner was the electronics wiz who maintained the machines, and he had an old tube stereo amp head in the back, driving our ceiling speakers and connected to a more modern FM receiver. It looked a lot like this. I think it was even a Fisher. I am not even sure it was stereo, but I think so. It had a more goldish-tone color on the front, but otherwise looked very much like this piece. Sometimes I would warm my hands over it. I wish I had learned something about electronics from him, but he gave me a serious case of the heeby jeebies -- that man was creepy. I wouldn't be surprised if he had a JW Gacy deco theme in his rumpus room. In 1982, I worked at an arcade for coin-operated video games [a few pinballs, too], basically as a gatekeeper and money changer. Fun, easy job, and I got to play all I wanted.

Anyway, the owner was the electronics wiz who maintained the machines, and he had an old tube stereo amp head in the back, driving our ceiling speakers and connected to a more modern FM receiver. It looked a lot like this. I think it was even a Fisher. I am not even sure it was stereo, but I think so. It had a more goldish-tone color on the front, but otherwise looked very much like this piece. Sometimes I would warm my hands over it.

I wish I had learned something about electronics from him, but he gave me a serious case of the heeby jeebies — that man was creepy. I wouldn’t be surprised if he had a JW Gacy deco theme in his rumpus room.

]]> By: udenjoe http://www.deviantsynth.com/2007/09/10/one-of-the-rarest-pieces-of-vintage-1950s-hi-fi/comment-page-1/#comment-44 udenjoe Thu, 04 Oct 2007 05:04:55 +0000 http://www.deviantsynth.com/2007/09/10/one-of-the-rarest-pieces-of-vintage-1950s-hi-fi/#comment-44 Like the lazy eyes. Like the lazy eyes.

]]> By: flight http://www.deviantsynth.com/2007/09/10/one-of-the-rarest-pieces-of-vintage-1950s-hi-fi/comment-page-1/#comment-30 flight Tue, 11 Sep 2007 12:45:18 +0000 http://www.deviantsynth.com/2007/09/10/one-of-the-rarest-pieces-of-vintage-1950s-hi-fi/#comment-30 Impressive, I never knew that "naval battleship" was fashionable decor in the early '50s. Impressive, I never knew that “naval battleship” was fashionable decor in the early ’50s.

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