EARLY 60s DUMONT CONSOLE STEREO, NANCY SINATRA - SUGAR TOWN

I absolutley LOVE and worship Nancy Sinatra - here's my all-time favorite Nancy song, Sugar Town. Canadian blue Reprise label, monaural and super-bassy, played on my Dumont console stereo circa early 1960s, solid wood cabinet w/walnut veneers, a fine piece of furniture made in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and kept in immaculate condition. 100% solid state (all transistorized), probably one of the first of its kind as it still uses speaker output transformers. Model T-100 tuner/pre-amplifier is what's visible in the console and a separate power amp chassis is located inside and concealed in the cabinet. The technicians at the shop tell me she's pumping out 20 watts RMS per channel; all the electronics have been rebuilt. AM/FM/FM stereo with AFC, scratch and rumble filter settings, mono button for monaural recordings (reduces groove noise). VU meters for audio balance and also for tuning strength in both AM/FM. Buttons for selecting headphones/internal/external speakers or both at once. This splits the output to 4 X 10 watts when both int/ext speakers used. Garrard 'lab series' type A record changer completely overhauled, new Shure cartridge and elliptical stylus for incredible frequency response and tracking at 3.0 grams. Each speaker chamber is air-tight and acoustic suspension with: 12 inch polypropylene woofer w/rubber surround; 5 inch midrange; 4 inch tweeter and 1-1/2 inch supertweeter each with dedicated crossover. This piece of equipment kicks butt, if you're playing this back with a subwoofer and tweeters you'll hear what I mean. This piece of history looks as good as new and fills the room with larger than life sound!

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• DUMONT
• CONSOLE
• STEREO
• EARLY
• 60s
• TRANSISTORIZED
• SOLID
• STATE
• WALNUT
• CABINET
• GARRARD
• RECORD
• CHANGER
• VINYL
• 45RPM
• 78RPM
• WOOFERS
• TWEETERS
• STEREOPHONIC
• SHURE
• MAGNETIC
• CARTRIDGE
• NANCY
• SINATRA
• SUGARTOWN

[ninjabluewings]

I Totally LOVE THIS SONG! And It Sounds SO BEAUTIFUL! On That Dumont Console, Your Right About That Bass, It's So Powerful & Clear And The Sound Quality Is AWESOME! Is That A Valve Driven Amplifier Or A Transistor? I Live In The UK And You Don't Ever See These Beautiful Players Over Here But If I Did I Would Certainly Buy It. You Must Have Been A Kid When You Bought This Record And It Sounds So Well Looked After. I Think IWas Born About 30 Years Too Late Coz I Love These Songs And I'm A 80's Kid

[75capriceconvertible]

@ninjabluewings hey thanks so much for the positive comment, very much appreciated. I just watched part of this vid again and thought, OMG how dorky I look and sound! Haha-not one of my better appearances. The Dumont is a very early transistorized pre-amp and power amp... and all new speakers for that thumping bass response and great treble. And the magnetic cartridge makes even these old records sound great; this one's been played hundreds of times. Yes I've had this record since new!

[MRMILO57]

That would have been super duper technology when it was released.

I do love looking at vintage hifi...

Well, I very fortunate I have my $17,000 thousand dollar glass turntable, on a solid glass pedistal.

[75capriceconvertible]

@MRMILO57 yes I believe it was a real 'rich mans' toy in its day, I really enjoy the Dumont and also enjoy looking at other people's vintage stuff on here too. $17,000 turntable? Wow! That's way too rich for me!!

[dumpstermower]

Nice stereo console, and LOVE the song. You're right; it is basy. I have the base on my computer speakers all the way off and it's still rattling my computer desk. :) I'm on the hunt for a '60's console myself. Thanks for the vid.

[75capriceconvertible]

@dumpstermower a lot of Nancy's recording on Reprise are very bassy... especially in monaural... I have the same disc in the jukebox and same result! It makes the china cabinet rattle and shakes the floor. Thanks for your comment I do appreciate it

[75capriceconvertible]

@levitt54 Thanks for that... I seemed to have encountered some negativity from a disturbed individual... if you noticed the other comments... just sent you a friend request

[levitt54]

these records sound fantastic !!!

[75capriceconvertible]

@caprise75 Sorry to tell you how wrong you are, but a bitchy queen venting is not 'constructive criticism' any way you look at it. As I said this is my channel, and this is my vid. Try spending as much time being more constructive, as you do creating bogus youtube accounts and making nasty remarks. I'm leaving this here too, tells people all they need to know about you.

[caprise75]

Tut Tut... Cant take constructive criticisms, hey!.. Never mind... you'll get over it. sweets.