High Fidelity

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About High Fidelity

This is a group devoted to the classic Hi-Fi. Enormous wooden consoles, tube amplifiers, reel to reel tape recorders. Any piece of hi-fi equipment from the 1950s, 1960s, or 1970s.


Here are some guidelines:

- Equipment featured in this group should be stereotypical "Vintage Hi-Fi," with wood and metal construction, chrome accents, cloth speaker covers, and sleek design. In general keep submissions limited to 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s equipment, no modern equipment or "retro" systems.
- Turntables, tape recorders, FM tuners, and even obscure formats like the RCA Tape Cartridge are all welcome.
- No digital equipment. CD players, iPods, digital tuners, and any other digital equipment will be removed from the pool.
- This group is called High Fidelity for a reason. No transistor radios or low end equipment such as voice tape recorders, though vintage Stereo 8 and Compact Cassette players meant for music are welcome.
- No older equipment like wire recorders and 78rpm record players. Also, any table radios must be AM-FM, not AM only. In general nothing older than the 1950s, though some early high fidelity record players from the late 1940s are an exception.
- Vintage televisions are welcome, but please do not include any non console televisions newer than the 1970s. If a modern television happens to be in a picture of a collection or piece of equipment, it isn't a problem.
- Pictures of record and tape collections are welcome, but only pictures of an entire collection, not individual albums, though High Fidelity demonstration items are an exception.
- Finally, any advertisements, brochures, manuals, boxes, tags, and other items related to vintage Hi-Fi equipment are also welcome.

If you are unsure whether your photo belongs in the group, go ahead and add it and if it doesn't belong I will delete it.

Also, if you are looking for a more general group devoted to both vintage and modern, analog and digital, be sure to check out the unrelated Hi-Fi Stereophonic group.