veg's crap, chapter 2: Electronics

Automatic Washer - The world's coolest Washing Machines, Dryers and Dishwashers

Help Support :

Kevin!

No, I didn't know you had Laura's sister! (Well, I might have known but forgot. Ask Bethann to tell you about my memory!) Yours is definitely a more deluxe model than mine; Laura's cabinet is very simple and made of Masonite. Still, she's a lovely little thing.

I think I'm going to fly out to CA and come visit you. We can sit on the floor and play Sonar Sub Hunt and watch cartoons!

Ironrite: I didn't know there were four panels in the series. I picked up these two at the Goodwill for .50 each. And I have a confession to make: the turquoise has been added. They were in shades of yellow, which didn't show up well on my "brick" wall, so I added the blue highlights. I have two other pieces of "art" on the way that I'm going to try where the parrots are and see how it looks. I'll be soliciting opinions!

veg
 
I love all your pieces and the wall hangings! I love those "spoked" clocks. My favorite is the blonde tv. I love blonde furnishings of all kinds.
 
Veg come out anytime!

My Sonar Sub Hunt DOES work (a little flaky, but works) and the TV is only a few feet away (probably have to string some cable from the main house).

Masonite...is that kind of like a compressed faux wood? Trying to visualize. Yours has more of a modern look, mine is closer to the "colonial" (although not really) style that my parents liked.

When I saw yours I was just shocked, it's so close!

Sylvania note: I shared a URL months back when we all were discussing TVs, and I joined another site that was really into old electronics, and they were able to answer a question that I had wondered about for years. Sylvania made a TV that you could show your SLIDES on! No kidding. I talked with the guy on line and he told me he found his for $35! That might be something worth keeping your eye on. My uncle had one and showed slides on it one time, and I remember I was so tripped out on it.
 
A Thing of Beauty is a Joy Forever

Here's the whole set. It's a sight to behold. If you're looking to add some color you may want to check out any print by Tretchikoff.

Just as an example, here's a print for sale on eBay.

 
As an eBay Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.
Suddenly, it all becomes clear...

Kevin! I do believe that site you joined was audiokarma, 'cause I remember the question about the Sylvania slide projector/TV.
Masonite is sort of compressed wood, but thin. It's what they make pegboard out of. Laura's got a faux woodgrain finish and the masonite is attached to a real wood frame for strength.

Iron! Love the two others in the...quadruptych? Much more colorful than the boids. Which is why I added the blue. Where do you hang yours? Might we see a pic of them in their natural habitat?

Scott! Mmmm, I love blondes, too! And brunettes! And redheads! Uhm, am I still talking about furniture...?

veg, the naughty boy
 
Blonde are more fun

Wow Veg, I love your electronics. And your house. You and I definitely have to get together. We're not that far apart. I can't fix electronics anymore than I can fix big kitchen appliances. I buy cool electronics and I get home, and they don't work. Consequently, there are quite a few stereos in my basement waiting for someone to take them to a good home where they will be cared for and feed well and brought back to life. They're yours for free if you want the stuff.

I love blondes too. Allow me to show you some of my favorites. First one has no need for a TV Stand.
 
My next addition...

Is definately going to be a big console stereo. Hard to find, especially the style I want...late 50s, stereophonic, but with external "tape" hookup to run CDs through, plus of course, the Voice of Music turntable.

Any leads in SoCal that you guys come across, I'll pay a reward!!!
 
Console Hi-Fi's

I would love to find a Magnavox "Concert Grand" Tubed console-My mom had one of those and loved it-enjoyed playing my records on it as a teen-and listening to the tuner in it.I worked on it many times,and knew it well.Replaced the motor in its "Collaro" turntable.And was that unit HEAVY-speakers were in sealed enclosures.It was also Bi-amped-a crossover in the amp for each channel and power amp sections for each speaker.Really miss it-would love to run into another.My Mom replaced it with a Component system she bought from Circuit City several years ago-and gave the Maganavox Hi-Fi to Salvation Army.She played a CD machine into its Aux input and it sounded really good.I played records more than she did.
 
Veg I just love Laura, she's my favorite of your TVs, I read about your cap changing experience on Audio Karma. Glad she's working well again!
 
Love the pictures of the older equipment here-A friend of mine from long ago had a Zenith "round jug" TV like Laura's sister.I found an RCA version sort of like her in a dumpster behind a TV repair store-rescued it-and replaced some tubes and caps-was OK.Sadly it got stolen later.
Love the looks of "Marylon" the little Sears Hi-Fi console. Bet she does sound nice.Like all those Philco "Predicta" TV's.
 
Mosaics

They reside right now in the garage. It wouldn't be a pretty picture, along with a ton of other stuff for eBay.

Fun as they are, they don't quite go with the house. My nephew will give give them a good home.
 
Wow

I hate to see what would have happened it I had posted a picture of my Teleavia. Even though I'm not gay, I promise to marry and attempt to impregnate any human willing to show up at my house this weekend and clean out the refrigerator sitting in my kitchen.
 
Versa.....

Did you really think you could sneak in that pic of the Heywood Wakefield end table without me noticing? Except for the kids' room, my whole HOUSE is Wakefield!

One of my favorite stories--I used to work with a bunch of real feminists, "feminazi's" would be a good word. So I liked to rattle their cages. We would be on break and I would say "My wife doesn't let me in the house with anything but Wakefield". That would get some approvals from them--not about the furniture but about how a guy might do the furniture shopping, and how that was fair. Then I would let the beam down on them--"And I don't let her out of the kitchen until she's cooked me three squares a day, and they better be right!" their temporary appreciation would quickly turn to scorn.

Now, on these TVs. Versa, is your pedastal Predicta referred to as the "Barber Pole"? I love it. I have the same model as your smaller unit but in the dark mahogany. I know Lawrence does not like these, but we do have a new Predicta also and I love it. Those people were so cool, they let us pay small sums well over a year and when it was paid for, the guy called me and spend 1/2 hour going over how to exactly take it out of shipping and set it up. Awesome. We got it in tuxedo black, as per one of my wife's very few demands.

One question though...what the heck is a Teleavia???!!!
 
One other Predicta note

The sickest one of all was the model that had the tuner that sat next to your couch. A super long fat ribbon cable---I am not kidding you--supposedly went under your throw rug and attached to the seperate Predicta tube. Talk about wild.

About 15 years ago there was one in an antique store in San Diego. I should have got it then!
 
Wakefield

Kevin, yes, the nickname for this Predicta model is the barber pole or gas pump model. It came in a smaller size as well, available in blonde or mahogany. There is also a different model that people refer to as the danish modern model. That only was available in a mahagany/walnut color to match your danish modern furnature. The model you're referring to is called the Tandem. Which, doesn't need a TV stand either since the bottom is on legs and you can put the screen anyway you want, even in a different room. I was offered one last than a year ago in working condition but I really don't have a place for another tv. I have three now, the barber pole, the holiday, and a Siesta. The Siesta can be since in another thread.

The Teleavia was a french tv whose head swiveled like the Predicta. It's monstrously big. It sits in my basement right now because I have no place to put it until I refinish my basement. I'll try to get a picture of it at lunch time. It sits in the French museum of art as a design acheivement. The link will take you to a web page where you can see one. The picture won't give you a feel for the size of the thing.

The wakefield table is waiting to get moved into my home "office" to be used as a printer/scanner stand. That's my guest bedroom in the picture or what I refer to as "The blue room" and has a wakefield Encore bedroom set. My bedroom or what I refer to as "The pink room" has a wakefield Kohinoor bedroom set. I found the set a few months back in a local used furnature store. The Konhinoor sets are pretty rare and especially in good conditon. I was lucky.

There are two pieces of wakefield that I really want for my place and I'm still on the hunt. I have a champagne corner table being shipped now and might even be sitting on my front porch as I type this. So, if's it's in good shape, I scratch that off the list and just need two more pieces...until I refinish my basement that is.

 
Mike.

You may regret your words.

I was/am a professional cleaner with a germ-freak mother and a Virgo sense of purity / cleanliness / order and a scorpionic drive.

Your fridge will look better than the day it was removed form the carton.

See you soon.

LOL ROFL LMAO.
 

Similar threads

panasonicvac
LG Washer/Dryer 5 year Update
Replies
8
Views
37
panasonicvac
panasonicvac
H
End of ownership review - Miele W1 PowerWash & T1 EcoSpeed
Replies
5
Views
60
henene4
H
T
Maytag Model 90
Replies
17
Views
18
stan
stan
N
Maytag Atlantis-Neptune and Kenmore HE5T 2 years later
Replies
0
Views
5
norgechef
N
W
Beginning year 4 as a homeowner
2
Replies
32
Views
33
washman
W

Latest posts

Back
Top