Vintage Stereo Oddities: Our First Reaction Video!

In this video, Kevin is joined by Jon and Eric to get their instant reaction to some of the weirdest vintage stereo products ever produced. You will see things you didn't know existed.
Let us know in the comments if you have ever seen any of these oddities or better yet, owned one of them! Also, if there are weird vintage stereo products you'd like to see us react to in a future video, let us know in the comments. Enjoy!
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[@JackT_Music_on_Vinyl]

We didn't see where Columbo turned around before he left and said "one more thing....who's your audio guy?"

[@davepounds8924]

The Kenwood Jumbo is a Jack of all trades but master of none!!!!

[@emeeul]

My dad bought a Jumbo Jet new in Thailand. It was the stereo I was raised with, and still works but one channel is sorta iffy. It still sits on the top shelf of his audio stand. They sound just fine, but he uses a simple little Yamaha CR something now. As a kid, I’d use it to make hiphop beats in the 80s and me and the cousins would rap over them, like karaoke. It was such a cool thing for kids. Dad never had an issue with us playing with it. It started my love of audio gear. Thanks for covering this unit - it’s a great memory machine.

[@seandavis6600]

I grew up with the Jumbo Jet as our home stereo and, unbelievably, an Accutrac turntable as well. Dad was an engineer and loved bizarro audio stuff. I played a Matsumoku Les Paul into the reciever, it was my first amp. Good times!

[@pervertedalchemist9944]

That Kenwood Jumbo Jet is the only receiver I know of to have a drum machine built into it.

[@jim010109]

My sister owned a Magnavox console in the later 70's early 80's, 8 track, receiver, turntable sparklers all in one box, that thing had to wrigh 500 lbs, lol. Great video.

[@jimfarrell4635]

Two words. Technics Sl-ql15. I just fixed one and it's sitting in my living room right now. Has the track programming and is direct drive, full auto and a linear tracker. Great table but 5-10 years after the 4000. The programme feature is super cool. Happily the problems with mine were mechanical. Seemingly in that Columbo episode the killer programmed the table to play the cannons of the 1812 overture to cover up a gunshot. As for vertical linear trackers, I also own a Technics SL7 which usually sits on its stands at 45 degrees, but can play vertically and even, I'm told, upside down. I'm not brave enough to try that. It is also just the size of a record and built like a tank. Even heavier than it's sibling the SL-10. I've become kinda obsessed with these 80s linear trackers and now have three. They are great tables. Vinyl without the pissing about.

[@stevengagnon4777]

I have the SL-7 and currently is the record player that I'm using. It's fitted with a Stanton L747S (681 EEES P-MOUNT) with the brush . It's truly a close"n"play. It is heavy ,,,sitting on top of a stack and 4 feet from the subs with no feedback problems . Seems to be we'll designed. Got it out of a dumpster. It does play that last track better as I noticed when comparing it with my SL-D2 with the exact same stylus and the 681. Thinking about it it did play upside down with the Ortofon tm14 after seeing someone do that. Anyway it's a cute little thing and fun to use.

[@johnwhite6005]

You are Awesome Man to post this; and I love it. God Bless you.

[@carolynmaxwell-hc4co]

It just shows the level of innovation buy manufacturers in the 70's...lol

[@OldGuyHifi]

There was a lot of strange hifi gear in the late 60's & 70's. L-Cassette comes to mind. Quad headphones and albums. The BIC Beam Box antenna. The "Hiss Assassin," the B&O Beomaster 8000 I had one of those for a while. There were lot's of other oddities as well. Fun video my friend, took me down memory lane. Thx. On the Zenith Allegro speakers that thing in the upper right corner is a port for the box. The Zenith logo also rotates so if you place them on their side you can rotate the logo so it is correct. Like the center caps on a Rolls Royce's wheels.

[@harlest71]

You could've at leased brought in a clip of the Dominator MX10 from Ruthless People !!! I mean com'on man! When you die they can bury you in it LOL!!!! Great video Kevin as always love the channel.

[@tgtrout]

Very interesting and informative, gentlemen. Please keep up the great work.

[@phatsmitty]

Kevin, I miss the groovy cool intro outro music..... love this channel, thanks for doing this!! Nice to hear from Jon and Eric 😎

[@themikekellett7012]

I've always believed the number of times "Hugo Montenegro's Greatest Hits" is heard through a pair of Allegros directly correlates with a person's propensity towards becoming a serial killer.

[@paulp6983]

The Kenwood jumbo jet is giving me Fisher 904 quad vibes!

[@j.patrickmoore9137]

The left side cabinet on the Koronette looks like the best turntable design ever!

[@Sprenklefish]

Just started the video and I wanted to say the I just bought a Harmon Kardon 730 Twin! Luckily a kid from my area has one and offered it to me! Can’t wait to pick it up! Thanks Skylabs!!!

[@SurnaturalM]

That's a very cool receiver. Good for you. I'm sure you will like it a lot. These twin power are great.

[@JukeboxAlley]

Keep it. It's very very good.

[@tomsoil9909]

You guys are great!! Every time I watch your vids it brings me back in time!! All the equipment I had and my friends had back in the 70's and 80's! I wish I still had my good ole stuff!! Keep it up!! I may one day show up in your store to get something!!

[@michellevey9608]

Laugh all you want. I own them all and....my MCS 3125 is my favorite! It kinda ties into your video. For me it just pushes all the buttons. Great sound too.

[@andersencoates2389]

I knew "Mother" would be on the list as soon as you mentioned certain songs needing to be skipped, ha! Great video - some wild pieces of gear here.

[@jskobe808]

Really enjoying this video with my coffee on Sunday morning. Great context and conversation.

[@txc500]

I had an ADC 4000 it was cool as hell to show off. I still have the demonstration record, currently for sale.

[@DanTatic]

I think the Accutrac "silver base that was the IR sensor for the remote control" looks more like an ultrasound receiver for a pre-IR ultrasound remote (that has been used also on some TV sets in the 70's).

[@rotaxtwin]

I have pretty wide margins for audio gear but when it has an 8-track player in it, I'm out. A buddy that I worked with heard that I was into retro electronics so he gave me his old Sears receiver (no 8 track...). He didn't use it any more, but he was really proud of it. It had script labels for all the many controls, kind of an equalizer setup and - a first for me - a reverb tank. I opened this thing up and was underwhelmed, talk about an empty box. There was a small circuit board in it with a pathetic little amplifier and I had never seen a reverb tank before, so it took me a minute to figure out what that was. It was also from the early 70s I suspect, when the printed circuit boards were phenolic and it smelled. Strong. Bad. Made for Sears by AGS, which, after some searching, stood for American General Supply. I disposed of it and when buddy asked about it I said my brother took a shine to it so I gave it to him. It was a hideous piece of gear, I posted it on Facebook with a caption "Liberace wants to know when his stereo is fixed".

[@jamesantosca4005]

Kevin, this reaction video format is a fantastic idea! Keep 'em coming. Not only is it very interesting and informative but your reactions are quite amusing. However primitive these devices are by today's standards, it's nonetheless impressive to see analog cutting-edge features which would otherwise be simple to incorporate with even the most basic digital electronics.

[@fritzsmith7794]

I sold Zenith Wedge stereos in the 70s/80s. That one has an 8 track recorder. It was fairly popular. You could get it with Allegro 1000, 2000, or 3000 speakers. I am currently working on a Mini Wedge. Zeniths smaller version.

[@roberttoews2775]

I really enjoyed this video. I like the aesthetic reaction parts but also your opinions from a servicing point of view. Great stuff!

[@jrockthecasbah]

Thanks for the heads up of what not to buy no matter how quirky it is.

[@jimtarr6215]

I still have an SAE declinear noise reduction unit. ie: tick and pop machine.

[@davidbailey6350]

Some pretty wild stuff they had back in the day.

[@johnreis8520]

I own the MCS VTR Component. Love it. Had the monitor set up. I can send youtube into it. Mostly fun to watch the scope

[@johnstump2433]

I have one of those as well 👍🏼

[@pedrofernandez8729]

Used to love the Grundig consoles back in the 70's

[@junkyardvinyl4811]

A term I’ve used for years is “furniture that hurts the eyes” in reference to that all in one fireplace thingy!

[@davealexander59]

But how did the record player figure into the actual Columbo plot? Or was it just one of the first "product placement" paid ads?

[@jimfarrell4635]

The killer programmed the 1812 overture to come on at just the time for the cannons to cover his gunshots. Columbo, of course, figured it all out just before the credits.

[@davealexander59]

@@jimfarrell4635 Thanks. I miss that show.

[@sergiogomezphotography]

Fun video guys. I have an ADC 4000 works perfect with the demonstration record . With other records not as much. I bought from original owner , it’s in mint shape with silver brain and all . 😎

[@billsmith5166]

I had a car stereo, I think it was made by Sharp, that had square buttons covering the entire face (and lots of them). No knobs at all. The buttons weren't organized very logically and the functions were printed on the buttons. The lettering wore off in the first six months. I wonder how many car wrecks it caused.

[@BobTrainor]

Fun video. Thanks

[@chrisblock6697]

Gotta believe that Kenwood could be used as a great chick magnet back in the day.

[@MicrophonicFool]

I immediately recognized the voice on the video of the Kenwood drum machine. I watch that guy for his Chrysler/Plymouth/Dodge repair videos. He is a subscriber of mine. I had no idea he also reviewed stereos.

[@mikecampbell5856]

My son has a receiver called "The Arch" by Marantz. It is arch shaped. He loaned it to my wife and she used it at her office for awhile and her co-workers had never seen anything like it.

[@darylyancey5398]

"...and they managed to get the prototype done before they sobered up." I fell off the sofa when I heard that. And that Accutrac 4000, always wished they made something like that. Can you change out the cartridge on that thing? Thievideo was a blast! You 3 should do this more often with other subjects.

[@toddfleury7324]

More of this content please ❤

[@Kane26510]

I’ll go you one better on that Mitsubishi Vertical - they also made it into an all-in-one (The Mitsubishi X-10 Interplay System) with Am-Fm Stereo and a cassette deck. I bought one for college with a pair of Polk Monitor 5s back in the summer of 1982. It fit into a dorm really well and a definite conversation starter. Great video. Cheers

[@SurnaturalM]

Awesome video as always 👌 I remember these fireplace with a stereo/record player in them, and they were awful. I remember that sears had these mitsubishi turntables, but they were branded differently.

[@TheAgeOfAnalog]

I rescued an AccuTrac 4000 from the garbage, decades ago, but I never could get it to work, so I sat it out by my garbage and someone else rescued it.

[@map4000]

props to Eric for the ND in the BG. ;) Would you look at that IR ball. Pure Coolness space age ❤ Cool video guys! 🛸

[@markdowns1]

Too funny! Good Sunday morning video. Kenwood made everything, sears craftsmans of electronics

[@jacobsgarage1458]

Fantastic video ❤

[@TheRealJimmyP]

I've been around a while, and I've never even heard of the Jumbo Jet. Thanks!

[@BryanHooper]

Great info thanks Kevin

[@MrG9002]

My good friend had the Accutrac, It worked some of the time. He just used it as a regular turntable most of the time.

[@hawaiisteve932]

Aloha Guys ,I had a local chap bring me an Accuphase turntable for me to try & get it working after I repaired his Wintec R1120 , what a nightmare that thing was , I too gave up when I couldn't even get the turntable to move !! I do the repairs for myself as an amateur , that Accuphase was way above my pay grade. Nice , fun video Kevin .

[@davidcorkran3720]

I have an Accutrac 4000. Aside from the tracking head that never really worked all that well as turntables go it was really cheaply built. BSR built them for ADC. For a while you could get NOS cartridges but I think they're all gone now. As a side note there was a Heathkit version of the Accutrac 4000. I've kept mine because it was a purchase of pure curiosity off Ebay some 15 years ago when they were cheap. I have the original box, manual, all packing supplies and tools and the remote receiver and remote. The remote was an option. I always thought about the Accutrac 4000 as something a guy with a waterbed and a Playboy club key would own.

[@SurnaturalM]

A heart shaped, red waterbed.

[@WireHedd]

That Kenwood Jumbo looked hilarious. The weirdest audio system I ever saw was in 86 and it was a Mitsubishi "home stereo" that had a "7 cassette" cassette deck that you could literally load in 7 audio cassettes in a slide out drawer where they were sat in the drawer vertically like a card catalogue drawer. We got one in the store I worked and I loaded it with a selection of audio cassettes we kept for audio demos and hit play. It ate the first tape and jammed the drawer to the point I had to take it to our repair shop to get the music out of it to send it back to Mitsubishi. The turntable and CD player were separate components and the speakers were utterly awful. The entire system sold for about $500Cdn at the time.

[@SurnaturalM]

Weren't the sears branded sound system made by mitsubish ? I remember having to repair the whole control screen, "liquid cristal" on one of them.

[@roysonparsons3300]

Oh boy! I bought one of those exact stacks of Mitsubishi components 3 years ago on eBay for $600. The whole set up was optimized for hands off operation. The 7 cassette changer, 5 cd changer, and a turntable that could individually select tracks like the ADC. Also included an integrated amp, EQ and an AM/FM tuner. In my case everything worked perfectly. The cassette player even included a second single transport for recording. I didn’t own any cassettes, so I bought blanks and dubbed a bunch of CD’s. I found the whole setup quite fascinating, truly remarkable for its time. But, honestly, the audio quality was just meh. And it bugged me that all controls were buttons and sliders, nothing rotary. Had kind of a Miami Vice aesthetic. I ended up giving it away.

[@WireHedd]

@@roysonparsons3300 That sounds like the one. I'm glad someone got some joy from one of those systems lol

[@christopher3963]

Electrohome Apollo needs a mention, the flying saucer turntable with spherical speakers!

[@jeronronnunkoffunk4691]

Well, excellent and hilarious video so believe it or not I came across one of the 10 years ago of course it was in its. What should I say terminal stage but I actually saw one in the flesh lol keep up the great work.

[@kelleyhagan960]

Sure enjoyed the video.😊

[@ripjones5294]

The BEST line -- "It wasn't enough". Yep, wet myself.... You loaded that thing in the back of your AMC Pacer, and hoisted it up those stairs !! Never did see the Kenwood Jumbo in any shop in Atlanta. Did see the Optonica, I think at Hi-Fi Buys in Buckhead (ritzy part of Atlanta). In its day and time, I would have to say it was cool. Thoroughly enjoyable !!

[@Boblobblaw88]

Maybe they were trying to get their product line into music stores?

[@johnperiard9594]

I enjoy your videos

[@GovernmentGlen]

Technics SL-V5 and Tandberg Fasett speakers are two oddities in my collection that I plan to hold onto forever.

[@passqualecaiazza7728]

love the video

[@vincentrockel1149]

The Kenwood must have been geared towards budding musicians. I remember plugging into some of those old console units. There weren't a lot of effects pedals in the early seventies.

[@keithknaggs1554]

I just sold one in my small stereo store and it sold in less than 3 days. Go figure! Didn't think it would ever sell.

[@marcparsons1726]

Kenwood KR-44 receiver 1970 has a mono out I use for a powered subwoofer. Runs like a diesel engine! G.E. 8 track receiver with the joy stick is cool too!

[@scottmelneal]

Another oddity is the Luxman RX series. I purchased the 103 model several weeks ago and I’m getting laughs at its “Servo Suck Face” feature 😅

[@christopherstorey1125]

Woo hoo! Sunday funday

[@user-kk6of4jk8y]

I purchased an Accutrak 4000 and still have it. It worked fairly well on clean records. It’s packed up in my garage someplace.

[@Texmotodad]

Damn! Well said sir!

[@keithpaul4629]

Panasonic RS-296US. This thing is wild!

[@roysonparsons3300]

Cool stuff! I desperately wanted one of those ADC turntables in the mid 1970’s. Couldn’t afford. As I recall there were a few later ADC models that used that track selection technology. There is a company out here in California called DAK that stocked ADC turntables up into the 1980’s, I got the impression they had bought up all the remaining stock. Also that Mitsubishi LT-5V. Those have become quite collectible going for $800-$1,000. I have a really nice set of the Mitsubishi DA separates from that era and I’ve come close to buying a LT-5V, it would be a perfect match. I settled on a Mitsubishi DVD player instead that cosmetically matches pretty well and even plays SACD’s. I definitely enjoy this kind of nostalgia.

[@lamarw9901]

I love the idea of the accutrac but no way I'm touching one. Agreed sadly many tracks have been overplayed. I have a LT-10V, let me know if you'd like to restore it. The fireplace needs to be in an Austin Powers movie. Groovy Baby!

[@mcaddie7]

JVC JR S201. Beautiful but very funky looking

[@RollingLiving]

I say this not to be nitpicky but because I think it's super cool. You mentioned that the Accutrac had an IR sensor. It was actually an ultrasonic receiver, which detected the sounds from the remote. Each button produced a slightly different noise. Cool for its day.

[@christopher3963]

I think the cartridge has the ir sensor to read the tracks

[@frischma1]

This is a fun one

[@panicrevmaster]

I know this guy kevin. He can fix anything

[@brunohebert1351]

I remember in high school, one of my friends' dad had a B&O turntable that was vertical linear tracking but also would play both sides of the records without you having to flip the record. That was so neat I can't remember if it had 2 tonearms or if the one tonearm flipped around to play the b side That was late 80s-early 90s, I cannot imagine the nightmare it must be to be serviced first as being a B&O product and second the complexity of the whole mechanism Yet, cool as hell product. I heard about the Diatone 5V by chance, found a video where they play a track I wanted to listen to and it turns out it was being played on that very turntable. The guy did say it has been modified by himself. Can't remember what he did to it but he sure knew the TT inside out. I think it was a British gentleman

[@Boblobblaw88]

A lot of things to potentially go wrong on that thing.

[@SuperWooba]

The Realistic STA-71 is an analog receiver from the early 70s where the font on the dial is early digital. It's an excellent example of retrofuturism.

[@haqitman]

Some similar features made their way into 80s boomboxes as well: music search, drum machines, etc.

[@TheVintageNewbie]

I had an Aiwa D80 turntable that ejected the turntable platter like a CD tray! It was super cool but sometimes it would take several tries of returning the platter before it finally stayed in place. It would go back in and the pop right out 4 or 5 times. This was before I knew anything about fixing gear (there’s still a ton I don’t know but if I had one now I’d at least be confident enough to take it apart and see what’s up)

[@alanmaier]

Way back in the day, I had an Accutrac 6 turntable. Not only was it programmable, with remote - it was also a record changer and you could program it to play X track on the Y record in the stack.... and it raised records back up on the umbrella spindle as needed. The system worked, but the unit had really high rumble from the belt drive system it used. I remember the Zenith Wedge well. It was basically a top end console chassis with 12 W/Ch true power and depending on the age, either a VM or BSR changer with either a 2 gram ceramic or Shure magnetic cartridge. You chose which Allegro bass reflex speakers you wanted and paid accordingly. They bridged the product grade between crappy console / compact stuff and entry component stereo. Some Allegro speakers were okay, some were horrible.

[@robertwright5487]

The Accutrac reminded me of a Technics turn table that I owned . People would make fun of it and call it a close and play. It had numerous push buttons along the front to select what tracks you wanted to hear or you could program your selections. It would mute the sound as it lifted or lowered and worked really well. It finally bit the dust so I turned it over to Jefferson College who were having a electronic recycling event.

[@jimfarrell4635]

SL-QL15 perhaps? Really nice sounding table. I think the SL-6 did the same thing but is smaller and chunkier.

[@markmcminn5100]

I think there's many more to be discovered.... :)

[@user-rc3kh4pv9u]

How much fun.

[@Trojan0304]

Picked up a Technics SL-V5, vertical turntable. Got very nice condition from retired Panasonic dealer. Like to play picture records on it

[@sguttag]

The LT5V was definitely a cool turntable. There was an "all-in-one" built around it too. I opted out of the novelty of the vertical disc and bought the LT-30, which was Mitsubishi's top of the line. It remains my #1 turntable. It is a linear track. It never gave me a lick of trouble. I have read on some of the forums where there are some internal light/photo sensors that can cause some grief. Fortunately, it's tracking is conventional counterweight. If you watch the other parts of Flux-Condensor's videos, he does get into rebuilding the Kenwood Jumbo a bit. I was intrigued by the Accutrac, back in the day. I seem to recall that it was easily confused and not the most stable performer. This is just going by what I was told when I was shopping. As usual, money was a factor in my shopping decisions. Plus, nobody wants a repair-shop queen that lives there as much or more than being used. That's all I got on your "Oddities" video. As usual, I enjoy your assessments. In truth, if one is a good bench tech, particularly if they have schematics, they can attack most any receiver or turntable. They'll be able to cross parts over to what is currently available and make it perform as well or better. That can be a plus or minus to the "collector."

[@primalartifice]

I sold a nice classic Zenith Allegro that wasn't a wedge on fb marketplace last year. It has paired with the original speakers I pulled it out of a dumpster. Only the radio and the aux inputs worked. I now have a proper Wedge in beautiful shape with the original speakers for sale. I actually paid 25 dollars for it. I just pulled out the BSR ttable this evening to get it going. If I make that happen, I'll raise the price. It's not audiophile by any stretch, but they do play loudly and with some fullness and clarity. I may take on the 8-track player also at this point.

[@onefatstratcat]

That Kenwood reminds me of my Mintek Karaoke Disc - CD - CDR- - DVD - MP3 - Kodak Picture Disc .. Player :)

[@Jordanmilo]

So did the Accutrac turntable play a big part in the solving of the murder in the Columbo episode? Because a lot of the murderers in Columbo use automation to establish their alibi.

[@jeffshaw9405]

A koronette? I'm watching this video listening to music streaming on a Koronette. BSR turbtable, tube chassis from Fisher Sonic and a bar. No fireplace. It weighs 125# and sounds remarkably good. I found your podcast two days ago while looking for information on the turn table. Koronronette was made in East Germany, the radio chassis is a 2070D

[@TheAgeOfAnalog]

Had a guy trying to sell me a Wedge at my store last year and I was like, nope.

[@marcdich]

That’s funny. I actually owned that piece right now. The Accu track 4000 and it’s an excellent shape and it works perfectly although I have it in storage at the moment just because I’m in the middle of moving and taking care of some stuff but I do own that piece, I actually picked it up at a Stereo shop in Columbus Ohio because nobody else wanted it. I got it because it looked cool and it looks so vintage from the 70s ha ha ha ha I’m all weird looking stuff. I love that Kenwood to that one you were advertising I never owned one.

[@101squirley]

Have you ever reviewed a Lafayette receiver, my first receiver was a Lafayette LR 1500 from 1970. I bought the receiver and a pair of Magnavox 8766 speakers I remember that big 15 inch woofer and horn tweeter. I thought the sound was incredible for the day.

[@owenlaprath4135]

My friend Peter, proprietor of Tacoma's Turntable Treasures, really does not like linear trackers either. 😁 It may be worse with this Mitsubishi vertical player, but in general, even the simple low end ones were at times finicky, and had all sorts of circuit boards packed with no longer made ICs. When they quit, they tend to be tossers, since they are too expensive in parts and labour to fix, IF you can get the parts.

[@vibrationsandlibations]

I often see the vertical model on market place. I've thought about purchasing one but it seems like a lot of stuff could go wrong and then be stuck with a huge ornament on my shelf.

[@jjjcmo]

I recall that Sansui had a drum machine in some of its receivers

[@paullongtailpair3812]

I like this format additionally on your channel. You said that the remote-control of the Accutrac is a infra-red one but by the look of it's remote-receiver I doubt it. It appear to me a ultra-sonic remote-control. That reminds me of a anecdote told by a TV repair man. The early TV set remote's where ultrasonic and give frequently strange effects as randomly switching channels or volume up and down. TV repair-shops got such complains by there customers taking in the TV-sets for investigation and repair. In virtually all cases no defects to be found. Then the TV sets set on test with the remote-control in front of it, days on end, no random effects what so ever. At last a visit at the customers place and indeed the random behaviour of the TV set is there. The TV repair man at first had no clue what to do about it until he discovered a parrot in the corner. He asked the good lady to cover the parrot cage. Problem solved. Best regards from the Netherlands.

[@pccougar895]

Koronette is Perfect for the cabin.

[@CraigHollabaugh]

This was awesome! Every girl I go out with becomes my mother in the end. Ha!

[@skylabsaudio]

MOTHER! Ha! Thank you!

[@austin1842]

do a video about the pacific stereo concept line please! mainly the 11.0!