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Clairtone G2 Stereo Console Space Age 1966 - $5400 (Greenville SC) |
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Post# 866125   2/8/2016 at 10:29 (2,971 days old) by ovrphil (N.Atlanta / Georgia )   |   | |
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Just thought someone might be interested. LOL. (ok, you billionaires are the exception).
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Post# 866178 , Reply# 1   2/8/2016 at 15:42 (2,970 days old) by firedome (Binghamton NY & Lake Champlain VT)   |   | |
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Post# 866179 , Reply# 2   2/8/2016 at 15:44 (2,970 days old) by firedome (Binghamton NY & Lake Champlain VT)   |   | |
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Post# 866183 , Reply# 3   2/8/2016 at 16:07 (2,970 days old) by kb0nes (Burnsville, MN)   |   | |
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Sure is neat looking! Although I have no interest in mid-60's solid state electronics.
Full disclosure, I'm not a fan of consoles, but I can't imagine that this one can have any significant low end extension. That turntable is just itching for acoustic feedback. Pricing might hint at substance a habit to support... But then again there are lots of people for whom form precedes function! |
Post# 866187 , Reply# 4   2/8/2016 at 16:26 (2,970 days old) by firedome (Binghamton NY & Lake Champlain VT)   |   | |
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Post# 866316 , Reply# 6   2/9/2016 at 08:34 (2,970 days old) by estatesale_gary (Golden Valley)   |   | |
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I have one of these. I bought it many years ago at a sale in an affluent western suburb (Excelsior) of Minneapolis. Nobody wanted consoles regardless of style 15+ years ago so I got it really cheap. Still works great. Sounds nice but my tube sets are my preference.
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Post# 866322 , Reply# 7   2/9/2016 at 09:30 (2,970 days old) by firedome (Binghamton NY & Lake Champlain VT)   |   | |
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yep that's a Lab 80... iirc they touted the Afromosia (sp?) wood used in the arm. TOL around 1967ish, one of Garrards best imo. I also had one of their (now) nutty expensive 301 Transcription tables w/ SME arm, imo it was nice but nothing all that wonderful. Like so many things by the mid '70s Garrard TTs started to slide downhill and looked progressively cheesy. Not sure about performance of later ones as I never had one, by then I'd gone on to Dual, then Empire, Thorens, and now a Phillips 212. I can't swallow prices for current high end tables, just insane. A good Dual, Garrard &c with a decent cartridge is plenty listenable afaic.
Most consoles had rather mediocre changers that were not all that easy on the LPs they played, so it's usually worth upgrading to a good functioning Dual, Garrard, Miracord or some such if preserving records is a goal. None of those are terribly expensive or hard to find. |
Post# 866379 , Reply# 8   2/9/2016 at 16:06 (2,969 days old) by jamiel (Detroit, Michigan and Palm Springs, CA)   |   | |
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Post# 866458 , Reply# 10   2/10/2016 at 10:58 (2,969 days old) by twintubdexter (Palm Springs)   |   | |
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