JBL C78 Alpha II

[L200B]

What electronics would have been in this? What is missing? The last image is from High Fidelity magazine 12/1968.

90877

90878

90879

90880

[Mr. Widget]

That was sold as an empty piece of furniture. There could have been a JBL SA600 integrated amp or almost any brand of audio gear in there.

Interesting find.


Widget

[BMWCCA]

I have the S70 Alpha speakers to go with your equipment cabinet. Ugly furniture and mediocre sound quality. A perfect match for yours! ;)

[jblguy]

Cool item anyway just for the nostalgia of it. From the days when your parent had a " hi Fi "
My Mom still has a cabinet hi fi...too funny.

[L200B]

It's true c70 and this c78 aren't the most attractive. The tops are too wide. I've never heard c70s. Passive radiated early L100s. Probably sound fine. Probably sound like 1968.

I like the rare JBL badges. I had never seen one of these before.

I'd like to put something in it. Something that fits the opening. Too bad there seems to be a piece of wood missing.

There is a light on the bottom front that is attached to the turntable power plug. I guess the turntable was getting power off the receiver. It has an antenna on the back. So there was a tuner.

I need to get the turntable serviced.

I think I'm going to put it between some walnut 4310s.