Antique Pye Black Box Monarch BSR Hi-Fi 78s working properly. 1950s.

£65 OVNO. Feel free to test it... bring a record... 33 /45 /78 speed.

Try and find one elsewhere... unbelievably rare!

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.

The BSR autochanger.

Referring to the Pye Black Box,"Gramophone" magazine in 1955 said, "Never before had so compact a unit provided this high fidelity reproduction with such a room filling quality of sound. It plays all speeds of record." The manufacturer was Pye Ltd. of Cambridge, England.

I also have a 1945 Sobell radio for sale:
http://edinburgh.gumtree.com/edinburgh/01/49600001.html

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