1950s
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Help with speakers. Lorenz s-888?
Once again I'm calling on the collective knowledge of AK to help me identify these speakers. The only identifying Mark found on them is a stamp on the cone that says Lorenz the speaker is a whizzer with red whizzer flange. I have found comparable in appearance the German made Lorenz s-888... -
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Rare Magnificent Magnavox 289H?
For several years I've owned a ca. 1957 Magnavox model 289H, and am finally getting around to electronically restoring it. The model number appears on a small sticker about the size of a pair of small postage stamps, on an interior cabinet wall. It has the bi-amp with the eight 6V6s and...- AutomatonWiz
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- 1950s bi-amp console magnavox magnificent
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- Forum: Tube Audio
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Vintage Record Player Humming/Buzzing!
Hello, I recently acquired what I presume to be a Sylvania Record Player from the 1950s. It plays records excellent without problems, however.... it has this buzzing coming from the speakers that can't be ignored when on medium/high volumes. It only starts when the record turntable is engaged...- DoctorJon
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- 1950s buzz fix ground hum noise phonograph record player repair vintage
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- Forum: Turntables
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Louis Armstrong's Audio Gear
The Washington Post ran an article last week about the Louis Armstrong museum releasing some of his home recordings online. The photograph at the top of the article shows the jazz legend in his den in 1958 with his audio gear in the background: what looks like two reel to reel decks, an...- artsybob
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- 1950s louis armstrong record changer satchmo tube gear
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Why do Onken & other old enclosures sound so different?
There are all these antique Altec, Onken, Jensen & other bass reflex enclosures that sound so different & have a certain magic with their huge & very shallow ports. Something has been lost as everyone has shrunk the openings & lengthened the bass reflex ports to increase bass. Some of these old...