Fisher 440T (1966)
The Fisher 440T was a fully transistorized stereo receiver from the mid-1960s. It put an FM-multiplex tuner, a 70-watt stereo amplifier, and a master control center on one chassis. High Fidelity (March 1966, p.68) ran a proper equipment report on it. The front panel measured 16¾ by 5⅛ inches, and the price was $329.50, with an optional walnut cabinet at $24.95. The review's title block calls it "a stereo receiver (FM stereo tuner / stereo control amplifier on one chassis)."
Fisher's own advertising told the same story: a complete all-transistor receiver with 70 watts of amplifier and an FM-multiplex tuner, on a chassis the company claimed was only 16¾ inches wide and 11 inches deep (HiFI-Stereo, June 1966, p.23). High Fidelity measured the chassis depth at 12¾ inches, a little more than the ad says. The manufacturer was Fisher Radio Corp., Long Island City, N.Y.
Beyond that review and the ad campaign, documentation on the 440T is thin. The full measurement data from the High Fidelity report didn't survive in the archive's source material, and no service manual or schematic has surfaced.
Known specs (from period sources):
- Type: stereo receiver — FM-stereo tuner / stereo control amplifier on one chassis
- Fully transistorized
- Amplifier rating: 70 watts (per Fisher advertising)
- Front panel: 16¾ × 5⅛ inches; chassis depth 12¾ inches (as measured by High Fidelity)
- Price: $329.50; walnut cabinet $24.95
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