General Electric "Porta-Fi" Console Stereo

[electra225]

I worked for a man who had one of these in his office. Fantastic sound, when it worked. It suffered from wonky PCB's. The tape deck looks suspiciously like a Voice of Music model 740 or a close relative. This may be one of the better stereos GE ever built, certainly the fanciest as far as equipment goes.

https://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/fuo/7551149841.html

[Dr. Radio]

Is my understanding correct? I thought PORTA-FI means the speakers are detachable, or you can get another set of speakers and place them elsewhere and the signal would travel wirelessly???? Hence the "porta (ble)".

[Firedome]

Certainly one of the lowest, if nothing else. GE made some "coffee table" consoles as well, with down firing woofer iirc.

[William]

The GE "Porta-FI" was another speaker, and it was wireless. Here's a You-tube link that show's how it works:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aX6bzWBDAdI

And yes, the R to R looks very much like a VM.

Bill

[chazglenn3]

Wow! $2000. Oh the insanity!

[electra225]

He won't get that around here. In California, maybe. Nobody around here works on them. I guarantee that one needs work. If you move the decimal point......

[hermitcrab]

I would agree that the R2R is a VM unit...but 2000 bucks?... kinda hard to swallow ... unless you are a GE aficionado that just has to have it...I agree move the decimal point over and the price becomes more palatable...

[William]

This unit, or at least on like it has been listed for some time, and the price is kind of steep. The MCM cabinet is why they think it's worth a fortune.

Bill