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[pauldrewry]

LLOYD'S H545 stereo amplifier - electronics - by owner - sale (craigslist.org)

Is this the same company that's known for cheap stereo gear?
no affil.

 

[swechsler]

Most likely; occasionally those companies made something good. Morse Electrophonic sold a couple of decent looking receivers as well.

 

[SiliconTi]

I think so. Maybe it is just a pretty face with poor guts inside?

 

[Bone Yard]

I'm sure there's some pressboard around there somewhere....

I'm sure the Hong Kong/Taiwan Suppliers had all the plug and play parts to make even a basic stereo nice. Lloyds even had some crapo boomboxes that are now collectable because they're over the top and kinda of cool for lasting this long. Personally I'd probably keep the R809 for the same reasons, where are you going to find stuff that looks like this?
https://www.mkvirtual.com/vintage_audio/Amplifiers/Lloyds_R809.html

 

[Mrv8q]

^^^^ Spectacular!

 

[Yodathedog]

I'm sure there's some pressboard around there somewhere....

I'm sure the Hong Kong/Taiwan Suppliers had all the plug and play parts to make even a basic stereo nice. Lloyds even had some crapo boomboxes that are now collectable because they're over the top and kinda of cool for lasting this long. Personally I'd probably keep the R809 for the same reasons, where are you going to find stuff that looks like this?
https://www.mkvirtual.com/vintage_audio/Amplifiers/Lloyds_R809.html

With everything so spacey about it, you’d think they could’ve come up with something better, or more fitting, than the standard FM/AM radio dial.

 

[KiM3Ce]

"Phono no input." What does that mean? There's a phono selection on the front panel.

 

[Yodathedog]

"Phono no input." What does that mean? There's a phono selection on the front panel.

Looks like someone’s stupid “I didn’t bother editing my listing” error

 

[Lavane]

I'm sure there's some pressboard around there somewhere....

I'm sure the Hong Kong/Taiwan Suppliers had all the plug and play parts to make even a basic stereo nice. Lloyds even had some crapo boomboxes that are now collectable because they're over the top and kinda of cool for lasting this long. Personally I'd probably keep the R809 for the same reasons, where are you going to find stuff that looks like this?
https://www.mkvirtual.com/vintage_audio/Amplifiers/Lloyds_R809.html

Flashy! You gotta love the angled display.

 

[E2]

where are you going to find stuff that looks like this?
https://www.mkvirtual.com/vintage_audio/Amplifiers/Lloyds_R809.html

The dump?

 

[E2]

The dump?

I really had to think about this and I can swear remember seeing it for sale perhaps in Sears, or some now extinct box store. May have been Montgomery Wards since we lived very near one in Towson when I was a kid from 72-76'.......

 

[Danddd]

I really had to think about this and I can swear remember seeing it for sale perhaps in Sears, or some now extinct box store. May have been Montgomery Wards since we lived very near one in Towson when I was a kid from 72-76'.......

Montgomery Ward usually tried to have something better. In the 70s I was working at Target while going to school. Lloyds and Sound Design were the biggest players there.

 

[Danddd]

I'm sure there's some pressboard around there somewhere....

I'm sure the Hong Kong/Taiwan Suppliers had all the plug and play parts to make even a basic stereo nice. Lloyds even had some crapo boomboxes that are now collectable because they're over the top and kinda of cool for lasting this long. Personally I'd probably keep the R809 for the same reasons, where are you going to find stuff that looks like this?
https://www.mkvirtual.com/vintage_audio/Amplifiers/Lloyds_R809.html

That is an awesome looking unit that I've never seen before. And...wait for it...a massive 5 watts per channel.

 

[E2]

Montgomery Ward usually tried to have something better. In the 70s I was working at Target while going to school. Lloyds and Sound Design were the biggest players there.

Later they did. Maybe it was Two Guys. Sound Design was definitely Sears. Targets weren't in the area until 2000. There wasn't even a Walmart around here until the late 90's. Sears was here, and Ben Franklin. I don't know how BF lasted.
It's been a long time ago, memory has faded.

 

[Danddd]

Later they did. Maybe it was Two Guys. Sound Design was definitely Sears. Targets weren't in the area until 2000. There wasn't even a Walmart around here until the late 90's. Sears was here, and Ben Franklin. I don't know how BF lasted.
It's been a long time ago, memory has faded.

Ben Franklin's became and were mostly franchises so they could tailor their merchandise to the local market. Sam Walton started out with a Ben Franklin. How do I know this? I was a retail buyer at Montgomery Ward and then was a vendor the last 25 years...so kind of a retail geek.

 

[hjames]

K-mart, Zayres, or even Sam Goodys maybe?

 

[E2]

Ben Franklin's became and were mostly franchises so they could tailor their merchandise to the local market. Sam Walton started out with a Ben Franklin. How do I know this? I was a retail buyer at Montgomery Ward and then was a vendor the last 25 years...so kind of a retail geek.

BF sold junk. They were like a dollar store. I never thought they could compete, to much around here even then but being a kid I didn't care. It was just a place to roam through like many of the places around here then.
Now Walmart & Targets are ubiquitous.

The only audio place that's local is Gramophone. And it's a prefect fit for around here.

Still remember seeing that unit. And I saw one in a thrift in the late 00's. Absolute junk. Fun though.

 

[Edroom]

I always though Ben Franklin was the same as Woolworths…