Bigcheese327
05-18-2004, 12:23 PM
Okay, a non-car question but it's the right era and I figure some people on here would know since cars aren't the only old stuff we play with:
We have an old Hi-Fi in the basement, real high-end stuff from the era, shortwave receiver, AM (maybe FM too but I don't recall) and a turn-table. All monophonic equipment. The case is a beautiful blonde wood with Danish Modern styling (although my grandparents had it black laquered to match their Japanese furniture in the early sixties). My dad and I keep toying with the idea of hauling it out, cleaning it up (ie; going back to blonde wood) and using it. If not, my girlfriend and I will probably take it to grad school.
In either case, it works well with the exception of the turn table. The original wore out sometime in the Johnson administration and my grandfather adapted another unit but the result is somewhat cobbled looking. Regardless, the needle is worn out and I can find no source for a new stylus of that brand. I'd like to replace it with a compact disc changer but they're all stereophonic, naturally. Any way I can "plumb" this through the monophonic amp? Thanks in advance for the help!
PS If I don't figure a way to keep the old equipment, Dad keeps threatening to gut the whole case and put completely modern innards in it, but that would ruin the look when it's being used.
We have an old Hi-Fi in the basement, real high-end stuff from the era, shortwave receiver, AM (maybe FM too but I don't recall) and a turn-table. All monophonic equipment. The case is a beautiful blonde wood with Danish Modern styling (although my grandparents had it black laquered to match their Japanese furniture in the early sixties). My dad and I keep toying with the idea of hauling it out, cleaning it up (ie; going back to blonde wood) and using it. If not, my girlfriend and I will probably take it to grad school.
In either case, it works well with the exception of the turn table. The original wore out sometime in the Johnson administration and my grandfather adapted another unit but the result is somewhat cobbled looking. Regardless, the needle is worn out and I can find no source for a new stylus of that brand. I'd like to replace it with a compact disc changer but they're all stereophonic, naturally. Any way I can "plumb" this through the monophonic amp? Thanks in advance for the help!
PS If I don't figure a way to keep the old equipment, Dad keeps threatening to gut the whole case and put completely modern innards in it, but that would ruin the look when it's being used.