Lafayette KT-250A (1960)
Not much is documented about the Lafayette KT-250A beyond period advertising and a single lab test report. Here is what the record shows. It was a 50-watt integrated stereo amplifier sold as a kit. Lafayette ran full-page ads in Audio throughout 1960 (March through September, p.78 and following) calling it "a completely new stereo high fidelity amplifier" with "outstanding design" and "incomparable performance." Those are the manufacturer's own claims.
The only known independent evaluation came from Oliver P. Ferrell in HiFI-Stereo (June 1960, p.44). He put the KT-250A in a group lab test with the Heathkit AA-50, Knight-Kit Y-774, and PACO SA-40. No detailed measurements or conclusions from that test survive in the record.
Those two sources, a string of nearly identical ads and a mention in a comparative review, are about all there is. No schematic, no service manual, no original price. There is not even a confirmed power output figure beyond the "50 watt" claim in the advertising copy. The "A" suffix suggests a revision, but what that revision changed is unknown. The KT-250A appears to have been a brief, modest entry in Lafayette's early stereo kit lineup.
- Type: Integrated stereo amplifier (kit)
- Advertised power: 50 watts (per channel or total — not specified in surviving ads)
- Year of known ads: March–September 1960
- Reviewed in: HiFI-Stereo, June 1960 (lab test by Oliver P. Ferrell)
- No other specifications, dimensions, or prices documented
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