At the behest of a good AK buddy of mine, here are some photos of my Ampex stereo consoles.
Ampex was light-years ahead of the other hi-fi companies, mainly because they had been involved with multi-track recording
and saw that stereo was going to become a reality. Nobody else was doing "stereo" in 1957...not consumer-grade, anyway.
First, my 1957 "crescendo":
This one has the same components and is also from '57, but I am unfamiliar with the cabinetry:
I've had two "custom" model consoles...they utilize the Ampex 6973 stereo amp (which wasn't their best effort):
So I retrofitted mine with Ampex EL34 mono amps.
If anyone needs Ampex hi-fi info, I have a whole bunch of literature, brochures, schematics, etc.
that I will gladly email.
Oh, and the grand finale...my "Signature" that cost about $2300 in 1960 and came with a pretty leather-bound owner's manual,
hand-signed by Alexander M. Poniatoff himself :thmbsp:
Ampex was light-years ahead of the other hi-fi companies, mainly because they had been involved with multi-track recording
and saw that stereo was going to become a reality. Nobody else was doing "stereo" in 1957...not consumer-grade, anyway.
First, my 1957 "crescendo":
This one has the same components and is also from '57, but I am unfamiliar with the cabinetry:
I've had two "custom" model consoles...they utilize the Ampex 6973 stereo amp (which wasn't their best effort):
So I retrofitted mine with Ampex EL34 mono amps.
If anyone needs Ampex hi-fi info, I have a whole bunch of literature, brochures, schematics, etc.
that I will gladly email.
Oh, and the grand finale...my "Signature" that cost about $2300 in 1960 and came with a pretty leather-bound owner's manual,
hand-signed by Alexander M. Poniatoff himself :thmbsp:
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