Altec Lansing 714-A (ca. 1971)
Not much is documented about the Altec Lansing 714-A. It was a stereo FM/AM receiver introduced around 1971, priced at $399, with an optional Model 42162 cabinet for $28.50. High Fidelity (February 1971, p.40) ran a brief notice headlined "New Receiver Captures Record Number of Stations," which suggests strong sensitivity or selectivity. The review text is fragmentary, though. The only performance figure that survives in that source is total harmonic distortion measured at 1/100th of rated power, or 440 milliwatts. Dimensions were given as 16⅝ by 5⅜ by 13⅜ inches.
Past that one period mention, nothing else has turned up in the available record: no power output, frequency response, circuit topology or production run. How long the 714-A stayed in production and how many were sold are unknown.
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