Lafayette LA-250A (1961–1962)
Little is documented about the Lafayette LA-250A outside of a few period hi-fi magazine items, though those give a reasonably clear picture. It was a stereo integrated amplifier rated at 25 watts per channel — 50 watts total — and was the factory-wired counterpart to the KT-250A kit. HiFI-Stereo (July 1961, p.38) reported the LA-250A priced at 599.50 including a metal cabinet, with the kit version at 574.50. The same review noted that the front panel was simpler than those of more expensive units, lacking some control facilities, but considered that simplicity a virtue.
The amplifier received a laboratory test in HiFI-Stereo (July 1961, p.36) alongside the PACO SA-40W, EICO ST-70, Heath AAW-100, Harman-Kardon A500, and Knight KN-775 — placing it in the lower-to-mid power tier of the day. Lafayette kept advertising it into the next year; a January 1962 HiFI-Stereo ad (p.22) touted the LA-250A as a 50-watt stereo amplifier, consistent with the 25 W/channel figure. Beyond those sources, the record is thin — no service manual, dimensions, or detailed measured performance figures are known to have survived.
- Type: Stereo integrated amplifier (wired version; the KT-250A was the kit)
- Output: 25 W/channel (50 W total)
- Price: 599.50 with metal cabinet; KT-250A kit 574.50 (HiFI-Stereo, July 1961, p.38)
- Known period: mid-1961 through at least January 1962
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