Technology from the 1960's to the 1990's

[Sam Tyler]

Jan 24, 2018 22:32:12 GMT Gene Hunt said:

Great thread Del.

I have a top notch 80s JVC Amp tucked away in storage. I'll try and dig it out over the weekend and grab a couple of smudges.

It cost me a fortune in the very early 80s but the quality was second to none. Weighs a ton!

Gene.

I finally got shot of my old JVC amp, tuner, and cassette deck separates some years ago but still kept the graphic equaliser which is now in the loft. It was an SEA-70 as shown below and was still working well.



It is the speakers that I miss the most, being Mission 720s and despite listening to many pairs of speakers have never managed to match the 'warm' sound that the 720s gave:



As for your Technics SL1210MK2 Del, one of the record decks I had was the older Technics SL1200 which came after the Leak 3001 Transcription turntable (with manual change of the belt between 33 and 45rpm) but was replaced with a Dunlop Systemdeck complete with Mission 774 tonearm and Mission moving coil cartridge.

I shudder to think how much in today's money that lot would have cost. 

Sam.

[Del Boy]

Love the JVC equalizer Sam  
I always struggled to set up an equalizer to a setting i was truly happy with. For sure if I changed music genre I found myself wanting to 
start the set up again     

As for the high end audio gear that can certainly add up to telephone numbers 
Sytemdek dont even publish price on their site. That tells you its going to be mega 


Sam I found a Dunlop Systemdek with a Mission 774 Tonearm on ebay. It certainly needs some TLC but it will be interesting to see
how much it goes for.
Dunlop Systemdek and Mission 774 tonearm

[Sam Tyler]

That's exactly like mine is apart from the felt on the platter and that mine still has the stylus. I still have it sat up in the loft.

Buying the three components separately in '85 came to about £350 which equates to about £1100 today. 

Sam.

[Bojan Scores]

Jan 24, 2018 23:29:30 GMT The Saint said:

Great idea for a thread Del

My neighbours had an identical video recorder to that in the late 1970s, I recall it had a velvet dust cover!

I have a collection of GPO telephones from the 1960s/1970s all in working order, I will post some smudges at the weekend.

The Saint

I’m like yourself and own a few GPO 706, 746 and a few trimphones too. I buy old scrappers off eBay or from car boots, and they’re pretty straight forward to fix up or convert. Lots of spares (new old stock, re-manufactured, used) for the 706/746, a little harder to get trimphone bits. The old GPO phones were only supposed to have a short working life, but still work 50 plus years on. Like a lot of old technology they need a bit of TLC occasionally to keep going, and each phone I have rings slightly differently. The biggest snag is the plastic cases can fade over time, so white phones look absolutely dreadful while green or grey keep there colour better. There’s loads of good technical information on the internet, to help you and it’s nice to have a challenge with something I don’t completely understand yet.

[Brown Granada]

Slightly different but I'm still using an Akashi microwave that my parents bought in 1984. They bought it when i started college so i could reheat my dinner when i was home late. Still going strong.

[Del Boy]

What a result BG. I wondered how much it was in 1984 and after some scouting about
The average figure allowing for different brands was £200

About 500 sovs in todays dough.

Because of its long service that microwave has cost your family a whopping
£5.08 per year

[Brown Granada]

Yes Del i seem to remember it was about 200 sovs.

[The Saint]

Jan 26, 2018 6:28:03 GMT Bojan Scores said:

Jan 24, 2018 23:29:30 GMT The Saint said:

Great idea for a thread Del

My neighbours had an identical video recorder to that in the late 1970s, I recall it had a velvet dust cover!

I have a collection of GPO telephones from the 1960s/1970s all in working order, I will post some smudges at the weekend.

The Saint

I’m like yourself and own a few GPO 706, 746 and a few trimphones too. I buy old scrappers off eBay or from car boots, and they’re pretty straight forward to fix up or convert. Lots of spares (new old stock, re-manufactured, used) for the 706/746, a little harder to get trimphone bits. The old GPO phones were only supposed to have a short working life, but still work 50 plus years on. Like a lot of old technology they need a bit of TLC occasionally to keep going, and each phone I have rings slightly differently. The biggest snag is the plastic cases can fade over time, so white phones look absolutely dreadful while green or grey keep there colour better. There’s loads of good technical information on the internet, to help you and it’s nice to have a challenge with something I don’t completely understand yet.

Likewise Bojan Scores, I also buy my 706 and 746 telephones from eBay - there are some real bargains to be had if you know what you are looking for! 

I enjoy taking them apart, cleaning, converting and then polishing them to look (almost) as good as new!

They are an iconic British design and I always have one plugged into my home phone line!

Here are some photos of my collection of 16 telephones....

The Saint


Red, White & Blue!



The red one is a very rare 746L, the others are 706 phones (the mustard coloured one is a genuine GPO colour called Topaz)



A collection of 706 and 746 phones



These two 706 phones are from 1959 - the first year of production and hence quite rare, especially with the chrome dials

[Cartman]

Those phones are great. Ours at home, from the 60s was the cream coloured type, 746/706, the dial was the same colour as the phone

[The Saint]

Jan 27, 2018 13:49:40 GMT Cartman said:

Those phones are great. Ours at home, from the 60s was the cream coloured type, 746/706, the dial was the same colour as the phone

Thanks Cartman, your 60s phone sounds like a 706.

The Saint