Wow! A lot of interesting equipment, most of which I remember well. I used to look forward to my family going to the local mall about every other week. My sister and mother would go clothes shopping and my father and I would go to the Lafayette Radio Electronics store. I would walk up and down the isles looking at all the electronic parts and gadgets, but my favorite part of the store was in the back. That is where they had a lot of the LRE branded equipment. Tuners, amps, receivers, speakers, open reel recorders and such all hooked up for a listen, but off to the side was an enclosed glass room that was the best part, the sound room. A big switchboard where you could connect any turntable, tuner, amp, receiver, speakers tape deck, etc. together to have a listen and a dedicated store employee to handle the switching and commentary. Fisher, Sherwood, AR, Dual, Garrard, ADC, KLH, Dynaco, Ampex and more were all on hand. I had always liked the KLH Model 5's, but they were way out of my price range at the time.
My next step up in the audio world was a Fisher 210-T receiver and a pair of ADC 303AX speakers. I still have them as well and they still work, but the FM multiplexer in the receiver is out, so no FM stereo, but it will get fixed someday!
When mapman mentioned the Heil Air Motion Transformers, I started having flashbacks! Good flashbacks! I had a lot of good times in that sound room! Whenever the switchboard guy saw me and my father coming, he would always go out and fill up his coffee cup, because he knew we were going to be there a while! :-)
My next step up in the audio world was a Fisher 210-T receiver and a pair of ADC 303AX speakers. I still have them as well and they still work, but the FM multiplexer in the receiver is out, so no FM stereo, but it will get fixed someday!
When mapman mentioned the Heil Air Motion Transformers, I started having flashbacks! Good flashbacks! I had a lot of good times in that sound room! Whenever the switchboard guy saw me and my father coming, he would always go out and fill up his coffee cup, because he knew we were going to be there a while! :-)