And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
The physical form is exactly what my parents had over 50 years ago in a 'Clairtone' console that was made and sold in Canada. One long cabinet with speakers either end, a turntable on the left under the centre lift up lid and an AM/FM tuner on the right. And a place to store about 20 LPs. It was the bee's knees at the time. Steve_in_Ottawa
Cabinets with tops that have to be moved to access the inside are problematic. Invariably stuff gets piled on top which discourages opening the cabinet which means whatever is inside ends up not getting used.
Originally from the 50's it has since been highly modified. I likes that slab of walnut across the front. At low volumes the turntable will do just fine. The foam grills on the speakers are acoustically transparent.
I'm looking at my outlaw's console as I type this. It was the first piece of real furniture they purchased. They gave it to us as a first house warming gift. It turned 60 last year. Gerard record player, solid wood, might be walnut might not, tube amp of unknown origin, analog radio tuner by Phillips. Have half a mind to gut it and put in a Macintosh amp, Thorens turntable and Advent speakers. Weighs a ton.
I like it, except the posters should be Bach and Mendelssohn. Can't stand the Rolling Stones.
ReplyDelete- macxcool
Bach is God. The Well Tempered Clavier is the basis of my statement.
DeleteI would prefer Grateful Dead posters and music
Delete...discuss...? Rolling Stones are so...shallow.
ReplyDeleteRussian masters...so full and deep.
The physical form is exactly what my parents had over 50 years ago in a 'Clairtone' console that was made and sold in Canada. One long cabinet with speakers either end, a turntable on the left under the centre lift up lid and an AM/FM tuner on the right. And a place to store about 20 LPs. It was the bee's knees at the time. Steve_in_Ottawa
ReplyDeleteCabinets with tops that have to be moved to access the inside are problematic. Invariably stuff gets piled on top which discourages opening the cabinet which means whatever is inside ends up not getting used.
ReplyDeleteYou don't put a speaker in the same cabinet as a turntable. Period.
ReplyDeletePlus you'd get a better presence if the speakers were farther apart.
DeleteStones !!! Six decades of rock and roll music. Who can come close?!
ReplyDeleteClapton. Winwood. Santana. Floyd.
DeleteI wouldn't cross the street to see the stones.
And more versatile than you'd think!
ReplyDeletehttps://youtu.be/SwEOZtJm8pU
Yes, late 60s early 70s
ReplyDeleteOriginally from the 50's it has since been highly modified. I likes that slab of walnut across the front. At low volumes the turntable will do just fine. The foam grills on the speakers are acoustically transparent.
ReplyDeleteAI generated...Although the speakers seem to be "matched" their logo's are different...
ReplyDeleteHeard a lot of Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Doris Day on one of those things.
ReplyDeleteI'm looking at my outlaw's console as I type this. It was the first piece of real furniture they purchased. They gave it to us as a first house warming gift. It turned 60 last year. Gerard record player, solid wood, might be walnut might not, tube amp of unknown origin, analog radio tuner by Phillips. Have half a mind to gut it and put in a Macintosh amp, Thorens turntable and Advent speakers. Weighs a ton.
ReplyDeleteSpin Drift