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Should Consoles come back?

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Posted on March 24, 2017 at 12:40:19
BigguyinATL
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 If anything The Hi-Fi Console is perfectly suited for a rebirth - especially as a flat screen TV support. Would Klipsch - with their fine wood working skills creates a console - say 15 inches deep and 72 inches or more wide to hold the TV - including some modern electronics - amplification, etc.

Maybe it's a job for Harmon, or Wilson or Dali or... restoration hardware!

Somewhat related story...
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Yes, all is forgiven (nt), posted on March 24, 2017 at 13:25:02
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Here's another one ..., posted on March 24, 2017 at 13:46:54
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 ... from Zu Audio.


If you aren't quite noticing or accepting what is really going on in the present,
but are responding based on your thoughts or feelings about what ought to be,
then you are apt to collide with what is really going on.

 

Better to ask: Should horse and buggy come back, should outhouses come back..., posted on March 24, 2017 at 14:12:04
3+4=5
 Console is like so 1950's.
I cannot imagine anyone wanting a stereo console.

Now a shelving unit which looks something like a console might be saleable.
But all the spaces are just shelving. Not built in.

 

RE: Should Consoles come back?, posted on March 24, 2017 at 14:26:31
Inmate51
 "Should Consoles come back?"

Maybe, if there's a market for them.

Buggy whips might be good, too - for kids in the grocery store. But, hey, whatever.

:)

 

RE: Here's another one ..., posted on March 24, 2017 at 14:47:23
Picklesnapper
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 If one could be made that takes into account the lack of space between the wall and the unit and could still sound good in a dedicated listening position that might do it. Maybe it would be best for people who still want their listening position on the couch against the back wall so the room still has "organic flow through".

I think I'll stick with my speakers and the 1/3 rule. I live alone so I can do what I want.

 

I never found consolation prizes that compelling. -nt, posted on March 24, 2017 at 14:55:10
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Jim

 

RE: Better to ask: Should horse and buggy come back, should outhouses come back..., posted on March 24, 2017 at 15:05:50
Sondek
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 I'm with you, but there is a shop in my locality that sells vintage mid-fi gear. When I was trying to sell my old CAT SL1, I went to see what they might offer me for it. The guy was interested, but ultimately told me his customers wouldn't know a high-end piece of gear if it bit them on the butt and he declined to make an offer. Anyway, while I was there I looked around his shop to see what all he had for sale. I was stunned to find fully 20% of his floor space dedicated to old consoles. He told me that he sells lots of them to kids. I'm sure he didn't literally mean children, but rather folks in their early 20's. He told me they were good movers for him. Go figure ...

 

Yes ..., posted on March 24, 2017 at 15:45:29
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 ...not for us, but for millennials, hipsters and folks who want nothing to do with piecing together a system and then figuring out how to make it look good and hide all the wires.

Consider the number of folks who think their Amazon ECHO or their single Sonos speaker sounds amazing.

Its a totally different demographic from us and I think there is a market for it.

Dean.




reelsmith's axiom: Its going to be used equipment when I sell it, so it may as well be used equipment when I buy it.


 

They're back here.., posted on March 24, 2017 at 16:18:50
PAR



...Ruark R7. Over here consoles were called radiograms. A console, sorry Consul :-), was a family saloon from Ford.

BTW, Ruark have a bona fide background in hifi.

 

Stacking records and having them come down automatically was pure genius. Nt, posted on March 24, 2017 at 16:40:39
geoffkait
 Nt

 

Ok, so not really a console, posted on March 24, 2017 at 17:20:20
rlindsa
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 but I'd take one!







rlindsa

 

YES Perfect for HT, posted on March 24, 2017 at 17:25:00
Ross
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 Comes with equipment and speakers installed, or available with spaces to place your equipment and speakers.

HT requirements are slightly different than 2ch audio. Many prefer HT speakers to be close to a wall surface rather than in free space.

A console can be very easy to incorporate into home decor.

 

Whips aren't just for the grocery store., posted on March 24, 2017 at 17:57:09
Mr. Dick Hertz
 They can be recreational too! ;-)

 

RE: Should Consoles come back?, posted on March 24, 2017 at 19:05:50
RGA
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 I'd rather a modern day Jukebox with a touch screen and a 20tb hard drive with all your music. Then again VW tried that with the new Beetle and umm - I'd rather the old Beetle complete with hot air that wasn't hot and generally death wish factor high driving on any highway with a speed limit above 55mph

 

Consoles come back?, posted on March 24, 2017 at 20:15:19
hifitommy
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 once, at emmons audio, ( a loooong time ago) i saw a big, 3" thick oak console with mac electronics, revox tape, a ?dual tt, and JBLs in the ends.
MASSIVE.
...regards...tr

 

RE: Should Consoles come back?, posted on March 24, 2017 at 20:59:33
russ69
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 No, but people will buy them anyway. Just think about all those Bose sales and they sound like crap.

 

Bug memories, posted on March 24, 2017 at 21:27:37
Byrd69
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 I don't ever remember going over 55 in my brother-in-law's bug. We did maybe 48...freezing our asses off (smokin' blonde hash) in mid January NY weather. But, we got home. Blasted, but we got home.




Your interest may vary but the results will be same. (Byrd 2020)

I can't compete with the dead. (Buck W. 2010)

Cowards can't be heroes. (Byrd 2017)

Why don't catfish have kittens? (Moe Howard 1937)

 

Ok, so not really a console, posted on March 25, 2017 at 07:09:24
Steelhead
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 Please do not show that eye candy.

I would LOVE to own a paragon!!!!!!!

 

I cannot imagine anyone wanting a stereo console, posted on March 25, 2017 at 08:32:54
DRam
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 I can. There are many who aren't concerned about fantastic sound. My wife, for one, is quite pleased with the Klipsh surround sound we have - four tiny surround speakers and one slightly larger center speaker and a small sub siting unobtrusively next to a wall. Some friends are quite happy with a Bose radio/CD player, others with streaming music through a Bluetooth speaker.

For them music is something to fill a spot of silence, not an addictive drug requiring multiple pieces of space-eating equipment that interfere with interior decoration.

A console satisfies their needs.

To each their own.

 

Well, one small problem, posted on March 25, 2017 at 10:51:01
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 I'm old enough that my parents had a couple of consoles while I was growing up. Both of those, as well as the one in the link you posted had a lid on the top to raise to access the record player, and often the electronics as well. So that would not suit placement of a TV on top.

However there are several furniture companies which do offer flat screen stands which look similar to consoles but have shelving space for components and even speakers. Of course none of those I've seen come with the components. So, easy enough to get that "look" for fans of Mid-Century Modern furnishings.

"The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing, if you can fake that you've got it made." Groucho

 

Totally!, posted on March 25, 2017 at 13:04:52
MannyE
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 The one pictured is ridiculously priced and that will never bring them back, but the one lower down looks great and isn't so crazily overpriced.

As long as they don't sound like shit. And with advances in amp tech and tech in general, there's no need for a reasonably priced and well designed console stereo to sound like shit.

A 6 or 8 inch wide plank sticking straight up from the back would allow one to mount a TV of almost any size AND have a top-hinged cover if desired.

 

From a place that sells $180 a foot cable?, posted on March 25, 2017 at 13:08:40
MannyE
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 No thanks... I bet that console is over 5 figures. Nope.

 

RE: Should Consoles come back?, posted on March 25, 2017 at 17:44:28
Todd Krieger
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That turntable must have primo isolation...... Not to mention a dynamic balance arm..... Otherwise it's a major flawed design.


 

The Music Must Come Back First....., posted on March 25, 2017 at 17:47:22
Todd Krieger
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 Consoles are generally mainstream and "plug and play", it's pointless to get a console that needs audiophile tweaking.... Audiophiles will eventually long for separates again......

 

RE: klipsch?, posted on March 26, 2017 at 20:09:32
BigguyinATL
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one from klipsch. 2012


"The hardest thing of all is to find a black cat in a dark room, especially if there is no cat" - Confucius

 

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