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Also, radiotvnut described this type of console earlier on on his YouTube videos. This is the original style "Jimmy Swaggart" console. Cheapie amplifier and speakers, cheapie BSR changer, and phono finish cabinet. Most of the lowest income, lowest educated buyers tended to purchase these units. Still better than a modern Crosley!
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The way, I interpreted it was a comparison with fake, phony, etc. The thing isn't that bad. |
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Agreed, I have one of the red big band box sets and it's surprisingly good, certainly worthy of high quality playback equipment.
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That means that the horrible consoles of the 70's, namely Capehart, Morse-Electrophonic and store brands are listed up north (usually with exxagerated prices), mid and upper level Zeniths, RCAs and Magnavox locally (sometimes at reasonable prices), and the really interesting ones far enough away and at the expected big-city prices of course.Its just not worth a 2-3 hour trip just to drool.
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The "Jimmy Swaggart Playback Device" phrase is a result of me finding so many such records inside the cheaper consoles that I'd find. By the mid-'70's, the main people buying consoles was likely older people and as long as it worked good enough to play their Jimmy Swaggart record, their "no name" 8-track that they bought of a group who performed at the local gospel singing, and the once a year playing of the "Firestone Christmas Album"; then, that's all that mattered. Usually, when the people got bored with their limited supply of records and tapes, the console became a place to sit pictures of the grandchildren. When the owner passed away, 30 years later, someone would come in and discover that the BSR record changer was frozen, the belt had melted on the 8-track player, and the pots were so dirty that they wouldn't even work. At that point, it was donated to the thrift store and then they dumped it in the e-waste pile.
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