I was just fondly recalling consoles with another member.It just doesn't seem like putting a turntable in the same cabinet as speakers can ever be a good idea. It might be a nostalgic concept, but not a good one.
They look awesome, which is important to their target market. And they're even made in a low-cost geo - San Diego!
Perhaps like smelly mothballs?
I think I would prefer an old Curtis Mathes or Grundig to a new. Or one of these with dual 40W tube monoblocks for the 15" woofers, and 10W amps for the horn tweeters, a tuner with a dozen tubes: It certainly played very loud.
Such beautiful cabinetry! If I had one and the room for a big toy, make it like a auto restomod.But seriously, we probably do need to discuss the value of making new replicas vs. refurbishing old classics!
We definitely know the feeling. There's some sort of law of human nature that says you will fill up with stuff any space you live in, however large. We have the space (five bedrooms and three bay garage) for two people, and every usable square foot of it is filled with stuff. When we visit my son and his wife, who live in a one bedroom condominium, we're often envious of their spare by comparison lifestyle. It is just so tedious and painful to get rid of TMJ once you accumulate it, and also every once in a while some of the TMJ comes into actual use, and then I have second thoughts about down-sizing.
A long time ago I came across a Crown CX-822 tape deck listed in an estate sale. I was told the owner's wife never saw it being used, and it looked absolutely mint when I examined it. I was the only bidder, and got it at a silly low price. Complete with the walnut cabinet. I bought numerous reels of Ampex 456, a Calrec mic, and recorded mostly my wife playing our pianos. For many years I kept it around just for the novelty of it. When Ampex tape went out of production in 1995, I lost interest, and in the mid-2000s I sold it to a co-worker. A few years later I regretted selling it, so I still have the Marantz 2110 tuner (with a scope) in mint condition I found in the same estate sale. It sits in a closet, part of my TMJ.
You got a little nostalgia on your shoe.
Alright, I give up. If John says it's ok, I'm convinced that well-designed consoles are at least good enough for Harry Bosch classic jazz listening levels.
I will tell you that that old 50s and 60s Grundig's and Telefunken's with the austere mid century modern style go for ~$1500 in the US including the that periods electronics and speakers.
The one pictured above, the M1, is $16,800, in the US. If John wants one, good luck with that, especially shipping.
