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andyrlb
27-05-2017, 19:27
Is there a source for the original retail prices of our vintage equipment ?
walpurgis
27-05-2017, 19:36
HiFi Year Book!

Is there a specific item you want the original price for Andrew?
andyrlb
27-05-2017, 19:43
Curious about the prices of all my gear mate .
What started this in my head was the fact that I'd read somewhere that my £15 Yamaha tuners ( T-700 )retail was £399 , surely not not ?? So it got me thinking that there must be a reference somewhere.
I guess you've answered that one [emoji1303][emoji1303]



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Arkless Electronics
27-05-2017, 19:47
It wouldn't surprise me. Even more of an eye opener is what many ancient prices are converted to modern money!
The Tandberg receiver I have on in the background right now was I believe something like £375 in 1975!
andyrlb
27-05-2017, 19:50
Wow !! £375 in 75 , the average weekly wage back then ?


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Macca
28-05-2017, 06:35
Wow !! £375 in 75 , the average weekly wage back then ?


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According to the BOE inflation calculator £375 in '75 is £2886.78 now. That's not a budget receiver!
Martyn Miles
28-05-2017, 22:03
I run a semi- professional Public Address system
One of THE BEST Mixing Desks you can buy is Allen & Heath.
The top ( analogue desk, of course ) was £420 in 1978.

You can buy a vastly superior Mixing Desk ( digital, of course) from A & H for approx. £1,320 in
2017.
Roy S
28-05-2017, 22:36
Came with an LP12 I had briefly, sold it for more or less what the original owner had paid for it.

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walpurgis
28-05-2017, 22:38
That's probably five grand total in 'modern' money Roy.
Roy S
28-05-2017, 22:43
That's probably five grand total in 'modern' money Roy.

About what my current system owes me &, if I may say, it's far better than the system he bought back then.
danilo
29-05-2017, 14:58
My Monitor Golds cost me 160$ each in '72 ( Have the receipt)
I was earning 700$ month then at my average starter job.
Arkless Electronics
29-05-2017, 15:02
I run a semi- professional Public Address system
One of THE BEST Mixing Desks you can buy is Allen & Heath.
The top ( analogue desk, of course ) was £420 in 1978.

You can buy a vastly superior Mixing Desk ( digital, of course) from A & H for approx. £1,320 in
2017.

I'd take the 1978 analogue desk over the modern one all day long....
walpurgis
29-05-2017, 15:07
My Monitor Golds cost me 160$ each in '72 ( Have the receipt)
I was earning 700$ month then at my average starter job.

My Tannoy IIILZ speakers cost me £66 for the pair. Also in 1972.
Arkless Electronics
29-05-2017, 15:11
According to the BOE inflation calculator £375 in '75 is £2886.78 now. That's not a budget receiver!

OK got Hi Fi Year book out and I've actually found it in 1978 book. £333.33 plus VAT!
danilo
29-05-2017, 16:17
My Tannoy IIILZ speakers cost me £66 for the pair. Also in 1972.

Interesting... Seemingly prices were V similar in relation/proportion to average wages as they are currently.
Arkless Electronics
29-05-2017, 17:23
OK got Hi Fi Year book out and I've actually found it in 1978 book. £333.33 plus VAT!

In today's money £2016 including VAT @ 15% apparently!