[Mikeinsacramento]

Frank Sinatra relaxes at home with his dog Ringo (Palm Springs, 1965)

[macrojack]

Was Sinatra a Buddhist? Statue on top of left speaker might suggest as much. Maybe just a fan of religious statuary.

Reel to reel might be a Crown, if Crown even existed that early. Speakers, maybe Bozak or Electrovoice.

The funny thing is that Frankie no doubt owned state of the art at the time and we're looking at it.

[dB Cooper]

Not sure everything there is "consumer"; note the three channel tape deck (Miles  Davis' "Kind of Blue was recorded on a three channel machine). Under the bigscreen TV looks like it may be his "center channel" speaker. A Jurassic Home Theatre! Also no TT, and where's the sub?

[Toni Rambold]

... tape recorder on the left is an Ampex 350 3-Track.
On the right, McIntosh C22 preamp and a Fisher R 200 tuner.

[JohnR]

Very interesting.

[*Scotty*]

Back in the 60s the High End meant reel to reel. Records were were what the guy on the street played,they were mid-fi. Frank always went first class, he could listen to 3 track copies of master tapes if wanted to. He undoubtedly had the connections to do so. Hazarding a guess those speakers are probably the same type he listened to in the recording studio's control booth or editing room,all three channels of them.
Scotty

[Mark Korda]

Hi,I dropped cable tv,an as a result with free tv I get bombarded with 1/2 hour infomercials.There is one selling the Dean Martin comedy hour,the one where he slides down a pole to begin the show.There is a bit where he sings with Sinatra,and right behind them near the firemans pole is a real cool stack of MacIntosh seperates.I never owned a Mac,but the alluring blue lighting,touch of controls and styling got my Hi-Fi juices flowing around 12 or 13 years old when I should of been looking at chicks,not Hi-Fi.Any one else experience that phobia?.......Mark Korda

[Wayner]

The tuner to the right of the TV, I think is a Heathkit that I used to have. It was AM/FM with 2 tuning dials. Back then, they had not figured out how to duplex stereo signals on a carrier wave, and most radio stations had an AM and an FM broadcast, so at night, they would use the AM to broadcast one channel, and use the FM to broadcast the other channel. I think I even see the tuning eye.

Wayner

[ebag4]

Check out that bowl of cigarettes on the coffee table!  A very different time.

Best,
Ed

[Hank]

I was wondering if anyone else noticed the large number of cigarrette packages in the bowl.  Yikes.
I wonder if the speakers are Klipsh's.

[Don_S]

Maybe the equipment was first class but I can't say as much for placement of the speakers or "hot seat".  Maybe the chair was turned for a photo op but the rest of the furniture indicates the chair and Frank always faced away from the speakers. 

Back in the 60s the High End meant reel to reel. Records were were what the guy on the street played,they were mid-fi. Frank always went first class, he could listen to 3 track copies of master tapes if wanted to. He undoubtedly had the connections to do so. Hazarding a guess those speakers are probably the same type he listened to in the recording studio's control booth or editing room,all three channels of them.
Scotty

[Brett Buck]

I was wondering if anyone else noticed the large number of cigarrette packages in the bowl.  Yikes.

   Even if you had The Chairman's exact components, you wouldn't  want to play them because you can *never*, and I mean, *never*, get that smell out of them. I know, I have tried.

   Brett

[bregez]

I would say that large drawer under the tuner contains the turntable.  He does have some LP's located far left against the wall. 

[Mike Nomad]

Maybe the equipment was first class but I can't say as much for placement of the speakers or "hot seat".  Maybe the chair was turned for a photo op but the rest of the furniture indicates the chair and Frank always faced away from the speakers. 

The Hot Seat is where the photog is sitting. Probably an L-shaped sofa or sectional. Look at the dark spot in the lower right corner of the shot: Vaguely similar to the end of the sofa, next to Frank.

Early 60s was the era of 3-track. The speakers remind me of some kind of EV or RCA that I've seen in some old studio shots. You can see the driver outline in the grill cloth. Assuming those are LPs over on the left, those cabinets are using 12" or 15" drivers. That would mean the lower outline is probably a port...

Hmm, looks like 7" reel boxes down low. I guess the drivers are 15".

[Toni Rambold]

I would say that large drawer under the tuner contains the turntable.

No - the turntable is here:



 

[*Scotty*]

Ah Ha! That would be where he could listen lacquer masters if he wanted to,or the old black disc. Studio gear again,it's good to be rich.
Scotty

[timind]

Was Frank a Buddhist?

[*Scotty*]

I think it is kind of unlikely, his funeral was held at the Roman Catholic Church of the Good Shepherd in Beverly Hills according to Wikipedia.
Scotty

[Brett Buck]

No - the turntable is here:

   Frank was an early adopter of flat-panel displays, too?

   Brett