Lafayette LR-1500T

Little is documented about the Lafayette LR-1500T. The surviving record is essentially two period lab reviews. Both confirm it was an AM/FM stereo receiver in Lafayette's late-1960s lineup.

High Fidelity (October 1968, p.77) ran an Equipment Report on the LR-1500T, and Audio (January 1969, p.52) followed with an Equipment Profile. The Audio lab measured a capture ratio of 1.25 dB, a signal-to-noise ratio of 68 dB, harmonic distortion of 0.39 percent, and good spurious-response rejection. The reviewer also noted that the tuning-meter illumination had a faint green cast. Past those numbers, the record thins out fast.

Known measurements from the Audio profile:

AM/FM stereo receiver
Capture ratio: 1.25 dB
Signal-to-noise ratio: 68 dB
Harmonic distortion: 0.39%

No original price, power output, dimensions, or production dates appear in the surviving sources. Lafayette advertised its receiver line heavily in HiFI-Stereo during this era, but the LR-1500T itself has not turned up in those ads. The documented sibling models from that campaign are the LR-500TA, LR-500TH, and LR-1000T.