3 in 1 Hi Fi Sytem

LIFFY FISHING

It would of been around Christmas 35 years ago now that me n my bro & sis's got our first Hi Fi system, tape deck, radio & rocord player all in one.
The old 33 speed LP's , 45 speed singles , and tapes, afraid to tell my 15 year old daughter about it, feeling old enough as it is now lol..

telecinesk

Yeah, I remember one of these in our livingroom in 76..
http://www.radiomuseum.org/r/ferguson_studio_7_3471.html

Record player always ran fast, tape deck recorded low and slightly over to left channel.. otherwise it rocked hehe..
anyone else care to admit owning one?

The Princess Bride

My parents bought one,early 80s I'd say.A twin tape deck,turntable and radio within a black veneer cabinet with a glass door.
They still have it,not sure whether it still works though.

I bought a 4 in 1 retro style stereo system a few years ago-looks great and it works!
Great to play my vinyl again.

BlaasForRafa

msthe80s wrote: »

My parents bought one,early 80s I'd say.A twin tape deck,turntable and radio within a black veneer cabinet with a glass door.
They still have it,not sure whether it still works though

That sounds a lot like the Pioneer 3 in 1 system my father got in the mid 80's except his didn't have a cabinet or door. I inherited it and his record collection when he passed away (well I say inherited, none of my brothers and sisters wanted it anyway).

One of the tape decks is busted and the radio tuner isn't great but the turntable works fine and its got great bigass speakers

steveone

you see them going from time to time in markets, and the recycling centre...
they were ok.. the best we had...sure the kids these days don't believe beans on toast is a meal!!

vektarman

This was our first HiFi system, a Waltham 3 in 1, no more kneeling on the floor trying to listen to our 60's single speaker record player...:)



60's record player, we never called them turntables.

larchill

vektarman wrote: »

This was our first HiFi system, a Waltham 3 in 1, no more kneeling on the floor trying to listen to our 60's single speaker record player...:)



60's record player, we never called them turntables.

We had a 1978 Ferguson 3 in 1 system. It had a radio (FM, MW), tapedeck, & turntable (33 & 45rpm). It went to a local parish jumble sale years ago. It looked a bit like the one above.

Judes

How funny this thread has come up - was discussing same with friends on Saturday night.

Apart from the family stereo - the first one I bought myself in 1985, i.e. Turntable, Radio, Double Cassette in black veneer cabineet with smoked glass door................ well the day I plugged that in my room - I felt like I had arrived! It was the most expensive thing I'd ever bought - and I saved for months to get it. And I think I appreciated it all the more because I worked hard to get it. Ah memories. But I've still got all my vinyl - 33s and 45s in boxes - and I wouldn't part with my records for all the world - scratches, lumps out of them - but I would save them in a fire before anything else. I got a little turntable a few years ago so occasionally have my nostalgic moments and listen to those scratchy records - it's like a comfort blanket.

So apart from car and house - which I will be paying for "years" the last time I experienced that buying glow was last year when I bought myself a Nespresso Machine, ah, that comfortable, happy feeling again..................

Max Headroom

My first 3 in 1 was also a Waldham,its in the attic with the toys..:o...I bought it from McKenna's in Deansgrange...AFAICR they were made/assembled in Sallynoggin....anyone ??

mike65

We never had one! Most disappointing for my childhood, esp as next door did. I did buy a stack system later in my early 20s, like this only even cheaper.

bullets

msthe80s wrote: »

My parents bought one,early 80s I'd say.A twin tape deck,turntable and radio within a black veneer cabinet with a glass door.
They still have it,not sure whether it still works though.

I sent one of these to the local recycle center a few weeks ago
I only kept if because of the turntable to listen to some Vinyl Picture disc's
I bought from ebay.

~B

demanufactured

mike65 wrote: »

We never had one! Most disappointing for my childhood, esp as next door did. I did buy a stack system later in my early 20s, like this only even cheaper.

They always had savage speakers that sounded huge

Lawrence1895

All those memories, the good old vinyls...and all the glass doors, I managed to break

arse..biscuits

Bought myself an LP player today and a few records. I reached over to skip a song at one stage

mike65

Seeing this thread prompted me to go looking for the old hi fi we had

Just have to find the turntable (I still have the speakers)



and the turntable, a trusty Garrard SP25 MK III

Thargor

demanufactured wrote: »

They always had savage speakers that sounded huge

In my experience they were a tinny crackly mess, big wood boxes designed to look expensive but sounded like the same drivers they use in those FM things auld lads hold up to their ears in Croke Park.