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Sorry to hear about your Dad, and how it relates to the Garrard piece, but I'm sure he was trying to give you what he considered an piece of history, WHICH that piece is.
It's cool. But that particular model of tt was actually a P.O.S. belt driven update of the Garrard Zero100 which my dad had 2 of with a Spearsonic mixer back in the late 70s. My dad wasn't much of a father once my parents split but we bonded on music, stereo equipment and cars. He had me reading Stereo Review at age 7 and understanding power ratings, impedance and things like speaker efficiency, wow and flutter and bias differences of tape (open reel 8 track and cassette).
which brings me to this:
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This is a Lafayette LA-44 4 channel "solid state" integrated amplifier circa 1971 right before the wattage wars between Pioneer, Kenwood, Sansui and Panasonic/Technics.
Lafayette sold stereo equipment under their own name until the early 80s when they became Lafayette Circuit City then ultimately dropped the Lafayette name altogether.
this beast weighs in at about 15 lbs and has TONS of inputs as well as what we now call an effects loop for a reverb (for some reason back then, a lot of people liked that hallway sound)
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This was an early attempt at surround sound and required a decoder or "Composer" and was abandoned because nobody could agree on a format as well as the technology of the era was still dominated by tubes. I haven't been able to find much info on this piece except that its 40 watts per channel x4 @ 8ohms (which is a lot back then as speakers were VERY efficient then). I don't really have a use for it BUT I keep it because it's rare and it works.
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