Fik sådan en lille sjov sag på besøg i dag - der sidder en lille forstærker med rør - mono men til to ht. - Måske den kan komme til at lyde helt hyggeligt - jeg sater dog ikke på at få pladespilleren til at køre - nu må vi se - billederne er lånt fra nettet

The Pye Black Box. 1954.
(Possibly 1957).







The first record player of it's kind in the UK.
Pye introduce, in 1954 an integrated record player with a built in valve (tube)
"Hi Fi" amplifier and twin speakers, one on each side and at an affordable price.
It was not stereo but no other unit up to that point used twin speakers, one on each side.
The last digits on the back page of the original manual are 57 and this may indicate
that this unit may have been manufactured in 1957.
The earliest 1954 BBH version used 4 E-series valves and a 2.5W push-pull output.
The later MkII variant had an ultra-linear output transformer and delivered 4W
The turntable is a BSR Monarch Mk 1 autochanger in cream and re-badged PYE.
The original stylus / cartridge (shown above) was a high-output crystal turnover
type with a tracking weight of around 12g See a wireless world advert from 1952 below
for the BSR turntable.

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