Lafayette LR-500T
Documentation on the Lafayette LR-500T is thin, but a few solid facts survive from the late-1960s. It was a 60-watt AM/FM stereo receiver advertised by Lafayette Radio in 1967 with an IHF sensitivity rating of 1.8 µV and a price of $179.95 (HiFI-Stereo, December 1967, p.165).
The only known period review comes from Modern Hi-Fi & Stereo Guide. It called the receiver "a unit with excellent tuner characteristics" and predicted "Lafayette will have a great many satisfied customers" (HiFI-Stereo, February 1969, p.48). Lafayette later reused the review in a series of advertisements, alongside praise for the pricier LR-1000T and LR-1500T. Beyond that, almost nothing is recorded. Production years, detailed specs, circuit design and service documentation have not turned up in the usual vintage-audio sources.
What little is known suggests the LR-500T was a competent, affordable receiver with excellent tuner characteristics for its price, according to a review in Modern Hi-Fi & Stereo Guide (HiFI-Stereo, February 1969, p.48).
- Type: AM/FM stereo receiver
- Power output: 60 watts (per HiFI-Stereo, December 1967, p.165)
- FM sensitivity: 1.8 µV (IHF)
- Original price: $179.95 (1967)
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