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Vintage Audio (record players, hi-fi etc) Amplifiers, speakers, gramophones and other audio equipment. |
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16th Sep 2018, 9:01 pm | #1 |
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Unidentified amplifier
Hi guys, I was wondering if anybody here could help identify an amplifier that has just come in to my possession.
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16th Sep 2018, 9:41 pm | #2 |
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Re: Unidentified amplifier
That looks like the control panel. Is there another part to this?
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16th Sep 2018, 9:50 pm | #3 |
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Re: Unidentified amplifier
What does the text that is almost illegible in the photo say, it looks like "Sound Sales"
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16th Sep 2018, 11:39 pm | #4 |
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Re: Unidentified amplifier
Sound tales
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17th Sep 2018, 5:56 am | #5 |
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Re: Unidentified amplifier
Looks homemade.
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17th Sep 2018, 6:52 am | #6 |
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Re: Unidentified amplifier
"Sound Sales" made good quality, somewhat heavily-built, Amplifiers and AM Tuners from the late 1940s until early 1950s. After that, I don't know any more.
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17th Sep 2018, 7:30 am | #7 |
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Re: Unidentified amplifier
Sound Sales were active in 1960-ish, making PA and hi fi amplifiers. The legends on the knobs look hand written, but the unit itself is of commercial manufacture.
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17th Sep 2018, 7:34 am | #8 |
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Re: Unidentified amplifier
The hand-written labelling seems to be over some much classier engraving. I think we're looking at the victim of some period re-purposing.
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17th Sep 2018, 7:57 am | #9 |
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Re: Unidentified amplifier
I recall a new Sound Sales radio/gram amplifier being installed in my primary school to feed the existing loudspeaker network. It was in a grey metal cabinet with businesslike knobs and dials on the front. The date would have been around 1952; it was used to feed 'Singing Together' and other schools programmes to the various classrooms. As a 'warm up', the BBC programme would often be preceded by music on records selected by the Headmaster.
I have a particular memory of us all being called to assemble in the school hall to hear John Snagge announce "The King is dead". Martin
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17th Sep 2018, 8:16 am | #10 |
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Re: Unidentified amplifier
Sound sales never seemed to make it to the big time alongside Quad etc. But they were a long established company making high quality equipment and pioneered the active crossover for loudspeakers.
See https://m.review33.com/forum_msg.php...=1&number=1520 |
17th Sep 2018, 9:33 am | #11 |
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Re: Unidentified amplifier
In the late 1950's / early 60's an upmarket furnishing store in Southport had a Sound Sales mono amp/speaker unit. They used it as a demo system for their excellent record department. They also sold some hifi equipment and I recall a very large 3 way Sound Sales system, presumably with 3 separate amps and speaker chambers with bass mid and treble filter networks on their respective inputs.
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17th Sep 2018, 10:47 am | #12 |
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Re: Unidentified amplifier
Looks like the original designation of this unit was TYPE TC/1
The printing of the "level" indication also looks original so peeling off the labels might give you an idea of the original use. Cheers Mike T
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18th Sep 2018, 3:27 pm | #13 |
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Re: Unidentified amplifier
Yes it says TYPE TC/1 in the centre and at the bottom it looks like Patents Pending.
So it looks like a part of a Sound Sales TC/1 what ever that was. It looks incomplete. Mike |
18th Sep 2018, 3:30 pm | #14 |
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18th Sep 2018, 5:48 pm | #15 |
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You can always trust Lawrence to find a photo, a video, whatever! He's da man!
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18th Sep 2018, 6:12 pm | #16 |
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Re: Unidentified amplifier
At a guess TC/1 is short for Tone Control Type#1
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20th Sep 2018, 6:01 pm | #17 |
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Re: Unidentified amplifier
Most likely formed part of a factory or working men's club PA system from around the 1950s.
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