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Look at this old Heathkit BEAST on Kijiji

Started by ToadMeister, May 10, 2017, 09:51:22 AM

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ToadMeister

If things didn't break, we wouldn't learn how to fix them or know how they work, and things wouldn't get made for us to fix.
And there'd nothing to break.

Enzo


J M Fahey

Just checked wired amp price , today:
Quote$432.00 in 1968 had the same buying power as $3,076.66 in 2017

Annual inflation over this period was about 4.09%

Apply same 7.12 : 1 correction factor to speaker cabinets.

In fact real Inflation value is quite higher, for various reasons, from Political to Technological , so updated price would have been even higher than calculated.

galaxiex

When I was in high school, (mid 70's) a guy in my music class had one of those Heathkit amps with the matching speaker cab.
He built the kit.

It was LOUD!
If it ain't broke I'll fix it until it is.

ToadMeister

I guess I got the tail end of the Heathkit era.
Was there anything electronic that heathkit did not provide a kit for?

I'd go back in time just to get heathkit stuff.
If things didn't break, we wouldn't learn how to fix them or know how they work, and things wouldn't get made for us to fix.
And there'd nothing to break.

ToadMeister

 HEATHKIT FANS
Heathkit is once again alive! The company has resurrected itself and is once again in business in California, USA. Please see their new website for more information and to see what kits are now available.

http://www.heathkit-museum.com/
If things didn't break, we wouldn't learn how to fix them or know how they work, and things wouldn't get made for us to fix.
And there'd nothing to break.