A small project for my office... all right then..... our small bedroom. I use the speakers in this vintage jukebox wall box when I play music or YouTube videos on my laptop. At one time I had a 14" CRT TV, next to the wall box, but that gave up the ghost earlier in the year. It was where I then had some folders and CDs. Recently, I bought a second-hand tuner/amp as a spare for the one in the front room. I was using a small amplifier to power the wall box, but I thought I'd use it instead. This needed a faily major re-vamp of the shelving with some more Contiplas. I took the opportunity of making it look more symetrical and improve the storage. It meant I needed to increase the height of the shelf that holds the tuner/amp as it was an inch too short. There's a switch under the bottom shelf for the wall box lights. The four original 6v lamps, I wired in series and they are powered by a 24v adapter, in the unseen socket bank behind it. It's a shame that the sides of the wall box cannot be seen as they are very shiny chrome plate, completely unpitted, rare for something that is about sixty years old. I made the shelf wider, so it's easier to turn the wall box and unlock the back door to get at the title cards I use for a telephone directory, if I need to. The pages turn by means of the knob on the front. The back would have been mounted on a bracket on the wall of a diner or wherever, so in its former use, the whole front would turn on the hinges you see. The wires to the speakers and the lights are threaded up through the box where any rejected coins would have ended up. The whole unit is supported by three sturdy brackets under the bottom shelf above the tuner amp and two wall fixings on the shelf above and again on the top, as all that vinyl is very heavy. But it's as steady as a rock. Well, it was too wet to do any gardening.
Thanks for that. The shelf on which the laptop is sitting, slides in, when not in use. There's also another shelf below the printer that slides out when I want to use the guillotine which is stored on top of the filing cabinet under it, .
Okay, wait...guillotine??! You're joking, right? Or am I missing some cultural equipment (As we say in our house)?
I'm impressed with my Rotel, given that it must have been made sometime between 1967 and 1971. What pleased me is that after an mp3 file on my laptop has been played and closed, there's no "hum" from the Rotel, it's silent, as any noise might indicate a capacitor failing due to age. There's a bit of background noise in the video from the fan on my laptop.
Riley, i don't know what a Rotel is but I listened to your short above and I didn't hear any humming. It sounded clear and clean.
