If you were lucky enough to be into HiFi in 1962 your "all out assault" system would look something like this (aside from the power conditioner and transporter).
I prefer the sound of vintage gear and found this combination to be just right. I didn't really plan it that way but it's just the way it worked out. This is an example of what a system from the "golden age of HiFi" can look and sound like. Check it out and let me know what you think.
Very nice system.I bet it is very good. Although my system dates back to 1981, so it is really really a modern design compared to yours, I could make the same sentences concerning the quality of old gears as far as musicality concerned.
The Fairchild is a really sweet and musical table. It has a very rare Fairchild arm that was only made one year. I am using a Shure V15VxMR Cartridge. I use to have a Nottingham Space Deck with a Benz Micro Glider cartridge. The Fairchild 412 is a lot more musical and seems put you into a time warp. The Nottingham plays records like a CD player plays CD's but that's where it stops. Once you hear the 412 you can't stop playing, Its like "oh whats this record going to sound like"
Viewing your system brings back memories as I began putting together a system in 1956, it was mono then.
I remember looking for a turntable. I'd peruse through the buyers guide over and over and always paused when I got to Fairchild. They had two models in the 412 series; a single speed, oscillator driven model for mega bucks and a multiple speed model for more mega bucks. Fairchild was a big name in the recording industry and never made anything cheap. I've never seen one of their tables or knew anyone that owned one; they were just that rare and expensive.
I ended up with second hand table made by Components Corp. It was a belt drive model with a 30 lb. platter driven by a Bodine motor all mounted on a plywood deck. I paid $55 for it with a Pickering arm.
I'd still like to see a Fairchild table some day, just for the fun of it.. Have you done any comparisons to modern day tables and if so, what were your impressions?
When they made the jump to "Stereo". Wow! just Wow! Buddy, Elvis and Roy would have loved it, not to mention Stan Kenton, Shorty Rogers, June Christy and Doris Day. Nicely done.
