The recent flurry of Fisher console activity has inspired me to clear away the old TV stand, my Fisher 400 and a set of Klipsch KG-3 speakers to make way for the Contemporary II. I lugged it up from the basement piece by piece and reassembled it in the living room yesterday eventing. I still have to replace the nasty old acoustic insulation I removed and put the back panel on. Surprisingly, it sounds OK as it is; though I'm sure it will sound better once I get it restuffed and buttoned up.
I haven't hooked up the model 560 'Stereo Companion' since it's amp still needs to be recapped. I also want to run the RCA and power connection down through the floor and across the basement ceiling to avoid wires running along the wall in front of the window.
My original plan was to have the Contemporary II on the right and the 560 on the left (see my avatar) but the room looked unbalanced and the TV, though it fit, looked top heavy on the 560. It still looks wrong even on the bigger unit. Someday, if that old Toshiba CRT TV ever dies, I'll get one of those flat ones that can fold away out of sight behind the console when not in use.
I listened to the radio for a while today to make sure I had reconnected everything correctly. That 15" speaker really imparts some serious authority to mono FM! I wonder how much of the "thunder" I will lose when I replace the insulation and put the back panel on.
The braided rug really has to go. I'd like to find a nice old Persian rug with faded colors to replace it. My wife would rather have some sort of semi-shag in a boring neutral color like cream or tan. Unfortunately, it is definitely my turn to make some home decor concessions. With two consoles now in the living room, I'll need to be deferring to her for quite some time to come. But I'm very pleased with how it looks and I'm confident she will be, too. (She IS out of town but she knows what I've been up to - in fact, she suggested I tackle this project while she was visiting back home.)
What do you all think?