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Thread Number: 78954
/ Tag: Other Home Products or Autos
1959 Zenith HiFi stereo |
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Post# 1029211 , Reply# 1 4/7/2019 at 12:53 (1,838 days old) by RP2813  (Sannazay) |
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1959? | ||
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Post# 1029219 , Reply# 3 4/7/2019 at 14:05 (1,838 days old) by RP2813 (Sannazay) |
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Post# 1029229 , Reply# 4 4/7/2019 at 18:46 (1,838 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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| Post# 1029233 , Reply# 5 4/7/2019 at 20:40 (1,838 days old) by cfz2882 (Belle Fourche,SD) | ||
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yes,eyes are there ! hadn't noticed that until you mentioned it -too cool! | ||
| Post# 1029235 , Reply# 6 4/7/2019 at 20:59 (1,838 days old) by cfz2882 (Belle Fourche,SD) | ||
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Post# 1029242 , Reply# 7 4/7/2019 at 22:11 (1,838 days old) by RP2813 (Sannazay) |
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| Post# 1029244 , Reply# 8 4/7/2019 at 23:24 (1,838 days old) by TheSpiritOf76 (Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, and OZ All Together. ) | ||
I would deffeintly say 1958, or 1959. 
Yes, that arm was called the Cobramatic. Introduced in 1946 (at that time their changers were 78 only), it was equipped with a special radionic cartridge. Unlike any of the crystal cartridges of the time, it was routed with its own tube, and some how used radio waves. It was gave a very light touch, and supposedly stopped noise, and other interference. The next generation Cobramatic had two tone arms, for the invention of the 33 L.P. Then there was the last two which are the most common that still used the radionic cartridge. These both were not only multi speed, but were also variable speed too, and could be set in between set speeds.
The changer unit in your set was actually made by VM, The Voice Of Music, and was the last changer to use the cobra arm. Also, by this point in time, the arm just held a magnetic cartridge. The radionic Cobramaitic cartridge was no longer in use. It was only a few short years that Zenith rplaced the Cobramatic with the new, and improved Micro-Touch 2G, that only tracked at 2 grams! Un heard of at the time! I am also posting a kinda timeline on the Cobramatic for you. Congrats on your new set! Hope you have lots of fun bonding with her, and giving her the restoration she deserves! | ||
| Post# 1029303 , Reply# 10 4/8/2019 at 18:18 (1,837 days old) by cfz2882 (Belle Fourche,SD) | ||
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missing pic. A "money shot"showing the turntable and controls had been taken,but missed including it,so will fill that in later when some close up chassis pics are taken.The little amp is rated at "distortionless 10 watts"The amp in my(mono) '54 Zenith HiFi is much beefier,but that one uses a sealed speaker enclosure. | ||
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Post# 1029401 , Reply# 13 4/9/2019 at 22:03 (1,836 days old) by ovrphil (N.Atlanta / Georgia ) |
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Reply #6
What a nice catch - especially with the two satellite speakers. I have a Zenith speaker with three controls on the side. It's a floor model, standing nearly as tall as your main unit and nearly as big. One day I might find what it was "married" to.
Also, I love the image posted by TheSpiritof76, thank you. Best wishes on the restore and enjoy using it.
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Post# 1029905 , Reply# 16 4/15/2019 at 00:03 (1,831 days old) by SudsMaster (SF Bay Area, California) |
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My dad always seemed to prefer Zenith. our TV's in the 50's were all Zenith, as well as a monaural portable that could play 33 rpm hifi recordings. It sat at one end of the living room and the big speaker in front gave a great bass response if listened to from the other end of the room. I think it was circa about 1958. All our radios were Zenith, including a small white transistor pocket radio. It was lost years ago, but I found an exact replacement (albeit not working) at an antique show, so I still have another radio just like it. I recall at some point, maybe it was in the 70's, that Zenith was sold off and the new products didn't seem to have the quality of the old American made ones.
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| Post# 1029911 , Reply# 17 4/15/2019 at 01:28 (1,831 days old) by LordKenmore (The Laundry Room) | ||
>I recall at some point, maybe it was in the 70's, that Zenith was sold off and the new products didn't seem to have the quality of the old American made ones.
It was sold in the 1990s to LG. I can remember reading the newspaper articles at the time. Sad ending of an era for US electronics companies--by that point, all their American competitors were out of business, or had been sold off. Although I suspect the Zenith quality at that time wasn't what it had been. | ||
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