Last week I was looking for a toaster at a local thrift store and saw a old tt and receiver marked as $100.00. I found a toaster to replace my old one. I passed on the tt and receiver but for some reason it piqued my interest as while both were grungy looking, I knew the receiver was decent, a radio shack realistic STA-76, I didn’t look that closely at the TT. Fast forward a few days and I was in the area and stopped in and both were still there. I took a closer look at the tt, a Miracord Elac made for Radio Shack, it still had the original Shure M75 cartridge and stylus, both in new condition. It resembled my old Dual tt which was really decent. Being senior day, I got both for $70.00 and took them home and cleaned my “cheap and cheerful” finds. I also bought a few Lp’s that needed some love.
The TT and Receiver are from 1972, tt made in W. Germany and the receiver in Japan and designed by David Hafler. After setting up the TT I was off to the races. Oh my, I forgot how deep, thick and wonderful spinning vinyl sounded, even the occasional pop was forgiven. I’m going to have fun building a vinyl collection around my thrift store find. The receiver is really decent and the FM is damn near tube quality. I mated it with my ah! Tjoeb CD Player and Totem arro’s and this little system is damn good.
