Fisher 175-T (1958–1961)

Little is documented about the Fisher 175-T, and what survives is a bit contradictory. The firmest facts: it was a vacuum-tube stereo receiver, Fisher called it a "Tuner Amplifier," and it belonged to the company's "Prestige" line. It was an FM ("UKW" in the German documentation) receiver from the late 1950s, with production dated 1958-1961 by hifi-wiki.com.

Beyond that, the record is thin. No power output, tube complement, dimensions or original price appear in any source found. The classic-audio.com.au listing confirms the model name ("Fisher Model 175T Stereo Receiver") but gives no specifications. Given the production window and Fisher's lineup of the era, it was probably a tube-era receiver contemporary with the company's early stereo components. Nothing more can be pinned down.

The period advertising says Fisher promoted the 175-T as a budget-conscious entry point into their receiver line. High Fidelity (August 1968, p.3) ran Fisher's own announcement calling the 175-T a "great-sounding, low-cost" stereo receiver. HiFI-Stereo (August 1968, p.27) carried Fisher's claim that it was the first AM/FM stereo receiver under $329.95, priced at $249.95. There is a problem, though. Those 1968 ads describe a solid-state receiver with 65 watts IHF music power and FET/IC circuitry, which doesn't match the vacuum-tube, 1958-1961 dating from hifi-wiki. The most likely explanation is that Fisher reused the "175-T" designation for a completely different, later solid-state model, and the archival record has conflated two distinct products under one name. The available sources can't settle it, so both versions of the record are presented as they stand.

Known specs (as documented):

• Type: Vacuum-tube tuner amplifier / stereo receiver (per hifi-wiki.com)
• Line: Prestige
• Tuner: FM ("UKW")
• Production: 1958–1961 (per hifi-wiki.com)
• Later solid-state version (per 1968 Fisher ads): $249.95, 65W IHF music power at 1 kHz into 8 ohms, two FETs, two ICs

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