End of the line for a cheap Lloyd's mid '70's console stereo

Описание: I thought this would take up more than one video; but, I decided to edit everything together and make it into one video.

I'm not a fan of destroying a piece of vintage electronics just for the thrill of it; but, some things from back then are, for whatever reason, not worth saving. This cheap Lloyd's stereo console from the mid '70's was one such item.

When I went to look at this, all I knew was that the guy had an "old console stereo" and he couldn't tell me much about it. It could have been a nice tube console from the '60's or it could have been, well, a cheap '70's Lloyd's. As you can see, it turned out to be a Lloyd's.

I figured that there might be some parts I could use; so, I took it. While we were loading / unloading it, pieces fell off the cabinet and we left a trail of sawdust. I wasn't too surprised, as I've seen this happen alot on many brands of cheap '70's consoles.

After getting it to the building, I discover some LP's left in the record storage compartment. Oh, good! Maybe there's some '60's/'70's music of interest here; but, no, it was all the likes of Jimmy Swaggart and other locally produced gospel records. I'm sure they are good if you like that kind of music; but, I'm not much into that style of gospel music.

Looking at the cabinet, I decided that it would not be worth saving because there's not much you can do with particleboard once it turns to dust.

Just for the heck of it, I plugged it in. Radio worked with noisy controls and some obvious bad capacitors, 8-track was dead and the record changer was frozen (no surprise there).

Even though the speakers are cheap, I saved them for use in radio repairs. I also saved the BSR record changer because I can free it up and use it in something else.

The cabinet was no problem to break down. Just a few hard pushes and a few hard kicks was all it took. It was put out to the street and the garbage man has already gotten it out of my life.

It amazes me when I see the number of people trying to sell these cheap things on CL for hundreds of dollars; when, they are not worth over $25 in good shape.

Had the cabinet been in solid condition on this one, I would have probably fixed it; but, in the shape the cabinet was in, it would have been a waste of time.

If you want a quality console, get something made between the mid '50's and the late '60's. Those usually had real wooden cabinets, better electronics, and better speaker systems.

By the early '70's, consoles were starting to fall off in popularity and the ones that were available were usually housed in cheap cabinets with overall cheap imported electronics. Magnavox, Zenith, and RCA still made consoles that were better than this cheap imported junk; but, they were still not as good as pre-1970 models.

If it's from the '70's and branded as Soundesign, Morse, Electrophonic, Juliette, Lloyd's, Truetone, Sears, Emerson, Dumont, Capehart, etc; then, leave it alone.