Labarum;412886 Wrote: > Been in Cyprus a few days and made a start at sorting the house out. My > wife inherited it from her aunt, and the old lady threw nothing out > since the house was built in 1952. > > Been "mucking out" the kitchen cupboards. They were lined with > newspapers from 1962. > > But in one of the outhouses . . . two remarkable finds. A Philips > BX230U table top wireless (radio), and a PYE BLACK BOX!!!! > > I have know for years there was an acoustic gramophone in the house, > but the Black Box is a very nice find. I changed the plug - it had a 2 > pin 5A plug with only one pin! I put one of the 78s from the gramophone > on the Monarch Autochanger, and off it went. > > The Philips radio does work but may need some attention - it's an > average wireless of the day. The Black Box was rather up market - what > do they sell for today? > > I am staring at a very silent Boom I brought with me from UK. My laptop > works if one chair is precisely positioned near the open lounge window - > then I can borrow (with permission) WiFi from a neighbour. There is not > enough signal for anything serious, that will have to wait for > http://www.cyta.com.cy/index-en.htm and http://www.prime-tel.com/ to > get themselves sorted out! > > In the meantime I keep thinking about what I can do with that black box > - one small lounge in the house (the Cypriot style entrance) we will > leave entirely 50s retro . . . now could I hitch up a hidden SB3 for a > "Wireless" in that room?" Lots more pressing issues before fun like > that! > > (Look well down this page > http://www.rewindmuseum.com/vintageturntable.htm for pics of Black Box)
The nifty fifties, what a nice find indeed. Did you notice they didn't call it a record player or a turntable? They called it a Hi-Fi Record Reproducer. The web article says it was mono with two speakers.value or collectibility. -- iPhone *iPhone* Media Room: Transporter, VTL TL-6.5 Signature Pre-Amp, Ayre MX-R Mono's, Vandersteen Quatro, VeraStarr 6.4SE 6-channel Amp, VCC-5 Reference Center, four VSM-1 Signatures, Runco RS 900 CineWide AutoScope 2.35:1 Living Room: Duet, ADCOM GTP-870HD, Cinepro 3K6SE III Gold, Vandersteen Model 3A Signature, Two 2Wq subs, VCC-2, Two VSM-1 Kitchen: Squeezebox BOOM Bedroom: SB3, GFR-700HD, Thiel 2.3, Second Boom Home Office: SB3, NAD C370, two VSM-1 Home Gym: SB3, Parasound Vamp v.3, Thiel PowerPoint 1.2 House Portable: SB3, Audioengine A5 Thunderbird: Duet, Mac Mini Expedition: SB3, ToughBook ------------------------------------------------------------------------ iPhone's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13622 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=62139 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
