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raiken4

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I was at Goodwill the other day and moved what looked like an old 8-track tape holder out of the way. But when I picked it up, I realized it was too heavy (10 lbs?). I flipped open the smoked plastic hinged cover and found this unique tuner.


Brand: Sears Roebuck & Co. USA
Sears Stereo Music System
Year: unknown (late 60's - early 70's?)
Model: 7415
Chassis # 540.10100
35 Watts

The case is plywood with wood veneer and has a cool classic green tuner display. Everything works, but I am unable to find ANYTHING on the internet that looks even remotely like this tuner, as a Sears brand or Silvertone. Has anybody seen this before? It was obviously designed for add'l components (plug-in jacks in back for Tape, Phonograph plus Speakers). I paid a little over $10 (after senior discount :>} ). It looks like is should have a built-in speaker.. but it doesn't. Now I need to find some period speakers. But I'd love to know a little more about this little gem. Anybody?

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Moved from "Tuner" threads to General Audio since this is an all in one receiver rather than just a "tuner"
To be helpful, please include more pictures of the back of the unit, showing connectors and such.

Basic thought is its a low power receiver that you add some inexpensive speakers to and have a nice radio.
It probably has an AUX jack on the back so you could also add a small CD player to it and have a decent little system.
But again, pictures of the back and the Source switch would tell us more.
 
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It will be hard to tell as a search brings up little. As a former Montgomery Ward buyer, not that long go though, lol, it would depend on the buyer if he is an enthusiast or just hitting a price point. Amp could be Pioneer SX424 level or Lloyds, but probably closer to Panasonic compact systems of the day, which could be nice, but not quite revealing HiFi. It probably had a ceramic cartridge TT, but who knows. As a kid and enthusiast at the time, it has quality looking esthetics, but in the late 60s, early 70s I liked the Panasonic compact stereos.
 
raiken4 said:
I was at Goodwill the other day and moved what looked like an old 8-track tape holder out of the way. But when I picked it up, I realized it was too heavy (10 lbs?). I flipped open the smoked plastic hinged cover and found this unique tuner.


Brand: Sears Roebuck & Co. USA
Sears Stereo Music System
Year: unknown (late 60's - early 70's?)
Model: 7415
Chassis # 540.10100
35 Watts

The case is plywood with wood veneer and has a cool classic green tuner display. Everything works, but I am unable to find ANYTHING on the internet that looks even remotely like this tuner, as a Sears brand or Silvertone. Has anybody seen this before? It was obviously designed for add'l components (plug-in jacks in back for Tape, Phonograph plus Speakers). I paid a little over $10 (after senior discount :>} ). It looks like is should have a built-in speaker.. but it doesn't. Now I need to find some period speakers. But I'd love to know a little more about this little gem. Anybody?
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If you read 35 watts on the rear, thats most likely the max wattage it draws from the wall. It's probably 5 to 10 watts per channel. If you find yourself a couple fairly sensitive speakers, say with around a 93db rating it should be able to get pretty loud. I have a small 5wpc tube amp I built and it does pretty well with a pair of 93db rated speakers in a larger room.
I like the looks of the slanted front panel and tinted cover. :thumbsup:
 
hjames said:
Moved from "Tuner" threads to General Audio since this is an all in one receiver rather than just a "tuner"
To be helpful, please include more pictures of the back of the unit, showing connectors and such.

Basic thought is its a low power receiver that you add some inexpensive speakers to and have a nice radio.
It probably has an AUX jack on the back so you could also add a small CD player to it and have a decent little system.
But again, pictures of the back and the Source switch would tell us more.
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Added a couple pics of the back to my original post. Thanks!!
 
Lavane said:
If you read 35 watts on the rear, thats most likely the max wattage it draws from the wall. It's probably 5 to 10 watts per channel. If you find yourself a couple fairly sensitive speakers, say with around a 93db rating it should be able to get pretty loud. I have a small 5wpc tube amp I built and it does pretty well with a pair of 93db rated speakers in a larger room.
I like the looks of the slanted front panel and tinted cover. :thumbsup:
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Thank's for the advice!
 
With Sears model numbers, the first digits (before the decimal point) usually indicated the manufacturer of the product (Sears hadn't made their own products for decades at this point). I looked at several Sears model number lookup charts and none of them had 540 listed. Would be interesting to figure out who actually made it. It's quite possibly a Japanese manufacturer that only does OEM sales.
 
It's very well done, design wise. With some nice efficient speakers, definitely makes a nice radio, plus the phono or tape in jacks you can add a CD player or even a streamer like a WiiM.
 
Danddd said:
It's very well done, design wise. With some nice efficient speakers, definitely makes a nice radio, plus the phono or tape in jacks you can add a CD player or even a streamer like a WiiM.
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The tape in is a line stage input, so ya, a CD player, or even a cheap Bluetooth receiver would work well streaming Pandora from a smart phone.
You could even get a reverse RIAA board and be able to use the phono input as a line stage input.
 
audiotemp said:
Harman Kardon Slimline SL1012 (?).
There's a two-page "owner's manual" here.
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i "thought" I'd seen that design somewhere else - very cool looking system -
that wedge front thats covered with the smoked cover. Nice style!
 
A pair of Realistic Minimus 7 speakers would probably go well with it.
Or even a pair of Dayton B65's from Parts Express. You can get the B65's in wood veneer too. They're not very expensive either. Less than a hundo!
 
audiotemp said:
Harman Kardon Slimline SL1012 (?).
There's a few page "owner's manual" here.

edit: there's a better copy of the OM at support.harmankardon.com ... search for "slimline"
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Nice find. Green lights too. I wonder if HK out sourced this or made in one of their factories that produced their regular HK line in Japan. That's just the old buyer in me curiosity...
 
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