Vintage theater audio

[Bdbras84]

I want to hear about this radio shack stuff too!? Don’t leave that part out

 

[EastPoint]

Don't repair or clean any of this. Sell it as-is.

 

[nolasally]

I recommend if you have other drivers loaded in cabinet TO NOT REMOVE! You likely will cause damage to cones...If selling put driver you removed back in cabinet and other than testing drivers on meter to sell AS-IS UNTESTED! The less you do the better chance you wont accidentally F things up!

 

[nktrapp]

I recommend if you have other drivers loaded in cabinet TO NOT REMOVE! You likely will cause damage to cones...If selling put driver you removed back in cabinet and other than testing drivers on meter to sell AS-IS UNTESTED! The less you do the better chance you wont accidentally F things up!

Gotcha. I removed the speakers to more properly identify and photograph them, but I was extremely careful and each and every screw is accounted for. The cabinets are in rough shape and very large so I didn’t think anyone would want them because of the added shipping costs. I’m new to audio equipment, but I’ve really been geeking out on it lately, and after my hours of research last night, I realized it was ignorant of me not to assume that the design of the cabinets are just as much a part of the sound system. So if nothing else, a buyer might want to use them as a template. I do custom woodworking for a living and all this has sparked my interest to use my skills to start building custom speaker cabinets.

 

[EastPoint]

Don't disassemble anything else, just leave the speakers together. They have more value whole. Shipping this stuff is not that difficult for the people who do it for a living.

 

[nolasally]

The Asian buyers know how to hire freight forwarders to sent big stuff overseas.

 

[nktrapp]

I recommend if you have other drivers loaded in cabinet TO NOT REMOVE! You likely will cause damage to cones...If selling put driver you removed back in cabinet and other than testing drivers on meter to sell AS-IS UNTESTED! The less you do the better chance you wont accidentally F things up!

Makes sense, it’s no problem to put them back in the cabinets. The backplate of the 18” speaker isn’t visible without removing it, so in hindsight, had I not done that I wouldn’t have seen that it was a ERPI, and that took me down a whole other internet research wormhole, which educated me more on the value.

 

[nktrapp]

I want to hear about this radio shack stuff too!? Don’t leave that part out

It’ll take me months to go through all that stuff so keep checking in on this thread. I don’t know much about electronics so I might not recognize something that someone else might have a use for, so if there are certain things I should look out for let me know.

 

[bobabode]

Welcome to AudioKarma, nktrapp.

A Radio Shack's contents in the attic?

 

[nktrapp]

Welcome to AudioKarma, nktrapp.

A Radio Shack's contents in the attic?

It’s not as good as it sounds. Yes it was a RadioShack, but a RadioShack in a small town in rural Deep South. Some local guy that mostly repaired tv’s opened it up in maybe the late 80’s to early 90’s. What’s left of it is mostly random parts to stuff, maybe a few cool things.

 

[titanstats]

>>best way to clean things up

Best way to clean things up with gear like this is to do nothing at all. Let the buyer decide what to do, else you can kill value/desirability. Good rule of thumb for anything truly rare and collectible.

 

[Dazaa]

Cleaning or messing with any of this stuff is only going to reduce it's value

 

[Luckyorleans]

I'm sorry. What is OP?

Original poster. i.e. you.

Best posts in the thread

 

[nktrapp]

Best posts in the thread

Not my finest internet moment.

 

[markshan]

Not my finest internet moment.

Welcome to AK. This has been a very interesting thread.

 

[Luckyorleans]

Not my finest internet moment.

I had the same question once as well.!!

 

[Audio Fan]

For this crowd, probably anything you find that was in for repair in the 80's that is audio related is probably something of interest. So once you get to that point, please feel free to share any pictures or questions.

 

[nktrapp]

Here’s a small sample of some stuff leftover from the RadioShack days and a few pics of things I need help identifying. Most of what’s left are TV’s and TV parts. And also several boxes full of random parts like circuit boards, etc. I included a pic of a RadioShack catalog I found from 1988. It’s a long shot, but if you have a piece of electronics that was sold by RadioShack around that time period and you’re missing a part to it, there’s a small chance I might can find it for you.

 

[bobabode]

Thanks for the pics, nktrapp. Back to your original topic, there will be buyers on eBay for the amps and speakers. Other than blowing the dust and cobwebs off don't try to clean them up too much. The buyers for your items will want to do that themselves or pay a professional to restore them. Too bad you don't have the projector and some films to go with. In my opinion you're right about the age, '40s -'50s.

ps Don't plug in those tube amps without a load on the outputs. You could fry an unobtanium output transformer and turn the amplifier into scrap.

pps I wouldn't be too surprised if those IBM computer monitors would sell, too.

 

[markshan]

The geiger counter (at least I think that's what it is) might fetch a few bucks also.