Duffinator
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So how much does your console weigh? Mine is probably 120 lbs or more so I bet yours was very heavy.
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TheRed1
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My guess would be about 250 lbs. I can tote my Cornwalls with realitive ease by myself and they are about 100 lbs . I really struggled with my end getting it into the house this afternoon, not to mention the looks I was getting from my girlfriend - though my neighbor was impressed.Duffinator said:
It really is in astonishingly good shape. It looks fantastic at the foot of the stairs. It'll be the first thing I see when I come down in the morning. The FM tuner works surprisingly well without an outside antenna connection - just the usual multipath I get from jets since I live between two glide paths for a major airport. The AM tuner only pulled in 1 strong station but I live in an aluminium sided house and the console is almost dead center and not near any windows.
It's interesting that the receiver doesn't have a model number on the faceplate: just says 'Premiere' on the left and 'Stereophonic' on the right. But it's obviously a 600. The sound is definitely warm and nostalgic. I am impressed by how well the sound fills the middle floor of my home - at moderate volume levels it's comfortable to listen to in the kitchen, the dining room and the living room. At only a slightly higher lever it reaches out to the deck - if we just didn't have so many pesky jets flying around...
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TheRed1
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In talking with the previous owner's daughter I gathered that she had perhaps received higher offers but from individuals who just wanted the receiver and weren't interested in the console. I assured her I would be using it as it was designed to be used and that it would occupy a prominent place in my living room.
Her mother had passed about 6 months ago, the house had just been sold and she and her husband were in the final stages of clearing out her mother's belongings. It was evident that there was quite a bit of sentimental attachment to the console and she was prepared to put it on the same truck with her mother's piano unless she could find a good home for it. The clincher might have been when I asked what kind of music her mother listened to and I told her that I have and often listen to The Three Suns.
So when I went to test the turntable I got out my Twilight Memories album. It didn't seem as if the platter wanted to turn at first. But I persisted, assuming correctly that the mechanism that feeds the album from the stack to the platter was jammed or caught in mid-cycle, which it was. A little assistance rotating the platter and setting the control from Auto to Manual did the trick. The needle looks brand new and "Twilight Time' and 'Delicato' sounded wonderful.
I'm hoping the previous owner approves and maybe some of this good Audio Karma will rub off on some of my more troublesome gear.
Her mother had passed about 6 months ago, the house had just been sold and she and her husband were in the final stages of clearing out her mother's belongings. It was evident that there was quite a bit of sentimental attachment to the console and she was prepared to put it on the same truck with her mother's piano unless she could find a good home for it. The clincher might have been when I asked what kind of music her mother listened to and I told her that I have and often listen to The Three Suns.
So when I went to test the turntable I got out my Twilight Memories album. It didn't seem as if the platter wanted to turn at first. But I persisted, assuming correctly that the mechanism that feeds the album from the stack to the platter was jammed or caught in mid-cycle, which it was. A little assistance rotating the platter and setting the control from Auto to Manual did the trick. The needle looks brand new and "Twilight Time' and 'Delicato' sounded wonderful.
I'm hoping the previous owner approves and maybe some of this good Audio Karma will rub off on some of my more troublesome gear.
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I am glad you took the plunge and bought the console....they are a wonderful part of hi-fidelity history, and Fisher consoles are just about at the top of the heap.
Fisher "de-modeled" a lot of their components which were available as separates when they were installed in consoles. Since all of the consoles were sold as a series (Premiere, Executive, President, Electra, etc) they normally have what ever the console model name is on the face panel(s). I guess this made the item more exclusive and less "off the shelf feeling"....and considering the cost of Fisher consoles in the 1950's and 60's- this was a pretty important step.
Did you open up and see if in fact has Jensen drivers???
Fisher "de-modeled" a lot of their components which were available as separates when they were installed in consoles. Since all of the consoles were sold as a series (Premiere, Executive, President, Electra, etc) they normally have what ever the console model name is on the face panel(s). I guess this made the item more exclusive and less "off the shelf feeling"....and considering the cost of Fisher consoles in the 1950's and 60's- this was a pretty important step.
Did you open up and see if in fact has Jensen drivers???
TheRed1
Console Conservationist
Well, I hadn't until I saw your post this morning but now I have. (see 1st picture) It's a 3-way but I don't see the company name on any of the drivers. The woofer has P12PL C6791 & LS-765-106 stamped on it. The midrange driver is black and somewhat mysterious with no markings of any kind on it. The tweeter has LS-547-124 stamped on it. Are these Jensens? Whatever they are they sounded mighty fine last night even before the wine.el-37 said:
Do you know in which order the models are ranked? I make the assumption, based on Duffinator's post, that the President model would be at the top of the heap - where would the Premiere fall?el-37 said:
I haven't messed with the device (see 2nd picture) I found wired into the speaker terminals yet - since the speakers are functioning fine. Any idea why it's there? While I was inside the console I checked out the back of the receiver - very interesting: the individual level controls for the various inputs, especially. The output tubes are Telefunken EL-84s.
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Yep...those are Jensens...the 8" one looks to be a P8-R.
The speakers somewhere should have 220 followed by a 3 digit number. 220 is the EIA code for Jensen and the three digit number is the date code. The date good will give you a good idea when your console was made. The date code is year than month (IE- 220-010 will read as Jensen 1960 10th Month)
The LS numbers appear to a Fisher internal part number.
I just unsuccessfully searched for my console brochures. The President was always the top of the line. Fisher usually kept the same names- but added a number (ie- President IX, Premier III) to denote a change.
The Premier is one of the mid level units.
The speakers somewhere should have 220 followed by a 3 digit number. 220 is the EIA code for Jensen and the three digit number is the date code. The date good will give you a good idea when your console was made. The date code is year than month (IE- 220-010 will read as Jensen 1960 10th Month)
The LS numbers appear to a Fisher internal part number.
I just unsuccessfully searched for my console brochures. The President was always the top of the line. Fisher usually kept the same names- but added a number (ie- President IX, Premier III) to denote a change.
The Premier is one of the mid level units.