Tony L
Administrator
Interesting to see what the cost of certain items were back in their day, so worthy of a thread.
I’ll start off with a shop ad taken from the back of the September 1968 copy of Gramophone. Some things really stand out, e.g. just how extraordinarily expensive say a Shure V15 cartridge is compared to some real heavyweight engineering such as a Garrard 401, Thorens TD-124 or a 12” Monitor Gold. Just it costing over a third more than a SME 3012 is surprising. It is fascinating looking back and seeing what are now indisputable classics and appreciating assets and what has fallen by the wayside and where they started from. I’ve got a lot of old mags from the late-50s so I’ll post a few examples up over the next week or two. If anyone is wondering what a Marantz SLT 12 is here’s a video!
PS I’ve no idea if the speaker pricing is pairs or singles.
I’ll start off with a shop ad taken from the back of the September 1968 copy of Gramophone. Some things really stand out, e.g. just how extraordinarily expensive say a Shure V15 cartridge is compared to some real heavyweight engineering such as a Garrard 401, Thorens TD-124 or a 12” Monitor Gold. Just it costing over a third more than a SME 3012 is surprising. It is fascinating looking back and seeing what are now indisputable classics and appreciating assets and what has fallen by the wayside and where they started from. I’ve got a lot of old mags from the late-50s so I’ll post a few examples up over the next week or two. If anyone is wondering what a Marantz SLT 12 is here’s a video!
PS I’ve no idea if the speaker pricing is pairs or singles.