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1957 Sylvania Halolight Blonde Tabletop Television

Posted on May 30, 2016 by Hepcats Haven

Please excuse those unsightly cords, I plan to remedy that soon enough.

A while back I came across this television in Sacramento. I thought it might be a good conversion project for our friend Justin of Stellar Electronics. Justin said he liked the tv, so I offered to pick it up. But, once I picked it up I fell in love with it! It was so clean and even had the original floor stand.

I asked Justin if he would be interested in a conversion trade for our 1960 GE conversion that he completed for us sometime back. Luckily, he agreed. The General Electric conversion was dynamite, but this style TV works better with our decor.

This television is now in our guest bedroom. I refinished the cabinet to match the Franklin Shockey bedroom set in the room. It all looks so fantastic together.

These are nondescript corner speakers. I plan to replace the fabric on both of them with something atomic. I’ll also refinish them in the champagne Heywood Wakefield toner sold by Jeff at Needful_Useful_Things on eBay.

These are the corner mount wall speakers that Mel and I picked up to complement the Sylvania. I plan to rewire them and get them hung in time for the up and coming Sacramento Mid-Century Modern Home Tour.

Justin also added more modern connectivity to the back of the set.

Of course, this is what these televisions are known for, the ring of light on the front. I am so glad we have a Halo in our collection now. This is such a unique television.

This television has a pleasing glow and has multiple setting for the brightness of the surround.

We had this fantastic asian television lamp that I knew would look great on this set. The whole idea of the Halo television was to make tv lamps obsolete, but I couldn’t help myself.

I plan to just have a DVD player hooked up to it so guests can watch any of the classic movie flicks we have in our collection.

This was the last piece of furniture to add to this room. I couldn’t be more pleased with the look of this room.

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Voice of Music Tri-O-Matic Model 560A

Posted on February 11, 2016 by Hepcats Haven

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For a while now Mel and I wanted to set up an area in our living room to listen to records. I love my library of digital audio files, but there is something about listening to a record that allows you to feel the music. I love how every single record is an event….heck some records are an experience. I love the visuals of the album cover and the back story that’s written on the cover.

We were out looking around at antique shops and came across this really nice The Voice of Music record player. I was drawn to it because of its hairpin legs and I am a sucker for blonde finishes.

The cabinet is in great shape for its age. I will leave it as it is for now, but might restore it later.

It even had the original plater disc!

Looks like you can hook up an external radio…..maybe I can play my iPhone through it too?

I am currently looking for a matching tension pole record stand so it looks more balanced.

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It came with its original operating instructions and…..

a record that is supposed to help you adjust the tone to maximize its audio quality.

This will get a lot of use. It is so nice to listen to my favorites like Marty Robbins, Jim Reeves, Patsy Cline, Lena Horne, James Brown and so many others.

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Telefunken 5094 WK HiFi Stereo

Posted on February 22, 2014 by Hepcats Haven

It even has the original makers tag!

As normal, I was searching through Craigslist and came across this Telefunken 5094 WK for $50! I am a sucker for Telefunken, and this time it was no different. This unit is in pretty great shape for its age but needs a little reconditioning to put her back to normal.

I love Telefunken and with my stereo repair guy Luis keeps telling me, “if I have to buy a German console, only buy Telefunken”. I do like the styling of Grundig units, but as Luis advised me, they are the lower end of German stereo units.

Here she is in all her glory. All I have done to her at this point is oil her to darken the grain and rehydrate the wood. Those are furniture dollies under the legs of the Telefunken. It makes it easier to move around until I find a more permanent place for it.