29-09-2013, 04:27 PM
Yes, it's evident from the gallery at the link in post 22 above that the Vibrochamp control panel is at an angle of about 60 - 60 degrees (20 - 30 degrees from the vertical):
http://vibrochamp.org/gallery
Still seems a bit eccentric that the valves and chassis are mounted not just at an angle, but upside down and I wouldn't have thought that would aid ventilation and cooling, but if the chassis had been orientated in the usual manner, with the cabinet designed the way that it is, there would have been little clearance above the valves so no doubt the wooden cabinet top would have become hot. It might be highly collectable, much loved and much sought after, but really, I don't think it would win any design awards other than for aesthetics pehaps, though the same could be said for Dansettes and no-one takes those to landfill any more!
In it's various guises the Vibrochamp certainly stood the test of time from the early 1960s through to 1982 and from a performance angle, the sound clips on the website sound good.
http://vibrochamp.org/gallery
Still seems a bit eccentric that the valves and chassis are mounted not just at an angle, but upside down and I wouldn't have thought that would aid ventilation and cooling, but if the chassis had been orientated in the usual manner, with the cabinet designed the way that it is, there would have been little clearance above the valves so no doubt the wooden cabinet top would have become hot. It might be highly collectable, much loved and much sought after, but really, I don't think it would win any design awards other than for aesthetics pehaps, though the same could be said for Dansettes and no-one takes those to landfill any more!
In it's various guises the Vibrochamp certainly stood the test of time from the early 1960s through to 1982 and from a performance angle, the sound clips on the website sound good.
Regards, David.
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