![]() Here me out on this, a good turntable, with a good needle run into a small tube amp, 200$, then headphones is going to blow away a lot of high dollar stuff. Sorry for the crappy pic, but you get the idea. That's what the little Maggie in my office looked like when I got it. Build a nice little wooden base and you're stylin'. A little basic soldering to replace all the power supply caps and wire up a fuse, power cord and maybe a switch and you usually have a working amp. If you find one that was just pulled and listed, you can usually get it pretty cheap. But there are loads and loads of these amps out there. I've trashed one that was kind of a mess. Personally, I don't realy like to trash a working console to pull the amp, especially if the cabinet is in good shape. Shoot, I'm listening to a SE EL84 amp from a Magnavox console right now and even this little guy sounds pretty great. I don't think I've ever heard a PP EL84 amp that sounded bad. The amps, though- many are really nice and sound very, very good. If that's the case, you have to figure out how to disable that. But sometimes, the pre-amp section has EQ built into it to 'correct' for the speakers. Many times, upgrading the speakers in the console can make a big difference. There are exceptions- if you get one, make sure to google the turntable and see if it's any good. ![]() The overwhelming majority have turntables I wouldn't want to play a record I valued a lot on. Very high end consoles from the era sound very, very good. This is picture of something I'd be interested in, as long as it's tube amplified (and preferably tube rectified, too): What about prices? I've found prices ranging from $40 to $200 for working and non-working pieces. If I get something like this it will probably be for some light vinyl and radio use in my bar area.Īre they worth having a good deal of floor space taken up just for tube sound? (I do have room for one if it sounds good.) Going back to the '60s or so will get you the longer, lower style of cabinet and some of them are still tube amplifiers! Then the 'Ah-ha!' moment: Large console stereos with record players and speakers built right into the furniture. Looking at stereo tube kits gets expensive quickly so I started looking for used gear which is, usually, also expensive. I'm currently planning and researching a kit build of a Fender Champ, all tube, guitar amp, but I've strayed into Hi-Fi territory lately. I've been on this kick lately: Vacuum tube aplifiers and their magical powers.
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