Thread Number: 70228
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: Fisher President Stereo Console Restored - $1500 (Coconut creek) |
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Post# 931412   4/9/2017 at 11:45 (2,545 days old) by ovrphil (N.Atlanta / Georgia )   |   | |
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I need to spend $1500 in other ways, but these don't show up on CL like some of the vintage appliances from CL.
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Post# 931428 , Reply# 1   4/9/2017 at 14:00 (2,545 days old) by kb0nes (Burnsville, MN)   |   | |
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Wow what a beautiful piece of history, looks to be in great shape and even includes all the documentation.
I wish they would have defined what "restored" means though. I suppose that $1500 is a reasonable price for one of these, especially in this condition. But for that price it would be easy to put together a superior sounding component system. |
Post# 931451 , Reply# 2   4/9/2017 at 18:20 (2,545 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod)   |   | |
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Post# 931560 , Reply# 4   4/10/2017 at 08:43 (2,544 days old) by firedome (Binghamton NY & Lake Champlain VT)   |   | |
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their own speaker components in their PA plant.
Later SS version around '67, IMHO not one of their more attractive cabinet design, a tad ornate. Around 15 yrs ago we had a '62 President with 400-CX preamp, SA-300B amp, FM200B tuner, Miracord turntable, Ampex 202 tape deck, think we paid $200 for it, probably should have kept that one but it was 6ft long and weighed at least 200 lbs. |
Post# 931561 , Reply# 5   4/10/2017 at 08:45 (2,544 days old) by firedome (Binghamton NY & Lake Champlain VT)   |   | |
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Post# 931610 , Reply# 6   4/10/2017 at 11:50 (2,544 days old) by ovrphil (N.Atlanta / Georgia )   |   | |
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What kind of speakers behind the grills?
Good question, other than knowing they're 15" woofers. I haven't looked inside my 1967 Fisher Statesmen S692-IP(Italian Provincial)console(it was free) but those President 15" woofers are three inches bigger than in the Statesman. When I get a chance to look inside my unit, maybe I'll be able to identify the manufacturer? |
Post# 931655 , Reply# 7   4/10/2017 at 16:26 (2,544 days old) by firedome (Binghamton NY & Lake Champlain VT)   |   | |
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Post# 931684 , Reply# 8   4/10/2017 at 19:14 (2,544 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod)   |   | |
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Post# 931699 , Reply# 9   4/10/2017 at 20:06 (2,544 days old) by ovrphil (N.Atlanta / Georgia )   |   | |
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Post# 931760 , Reply# 10   4/11/2017 at 02:51 (2,543 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc)   |   | |
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I haven't owned or used Fisher consoles-so I don't know a lot about them.Since this is 1968-early SS then was pretty bad-better off tubed.It does have a nice Dual TT.Not familiar with the tape machine-only know Ampex pro and broadcast,commercial recording machines. |
Post# 932008 , Reply# 11   4/12/2017 at 13:03 (2,542 days old) by 48bencix (Sacramento CA)   |   | |
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You could hang an HDTV or UHDTV above and use this for the sound through the Aux. input. Same for your phone as the sound source. Bonus is that you can play vinyl on it. |