Classic Indian amps of late 70's

Hi all, here are the scanned pictures of COSMIC hifi components sold during late 1970's. I got this product brochure from a COSMIC dealer in 1980, i still have it. They had excellent Amp & turntable range, i had CO-60 markII for many years.

Hi,

Again typical you ! yes these are some of the best india had to offer !!

Also noteworthy are orsons (sony-orson as famously known after the JV) and sonodyne Uranus series !!

I never had the pleasure of owing any but a freind owned the Cosmic 150 that you've mentioned and have heard them extensively,I'd say they are by far the best of indian Hi-fi units produced !!

Regards.

Ah yes, how those pictures bring back the old days !
My first intro to component based Hifi stereo was thru Cosmic System( forget the model), owned by a rich guy in Bareilly.
Before that, we had the standard Philips radio with a Garrard record changer connected to it, then a Radiogram ( ever heard of those ? a hit dowry item, it was! ).
Thanks, Anil for sharing the images (& keepng the brochures all these years ).

Thanx Sreekanth & Kamal for the comment.
Sreekanth: earlier models were transister versons (not STK type). Uranus series had STK transistors, sounded bad. They were made to go with equalisers, sounded terrible. I had uranus II for 5 years, i shall post the pictures tomorrow. Only uranus series turntable was acceptable because of Audio Technica diamond stylus & heavy alluminium platter.


Anil

I own a Cosmic Lab concert series 6 amp. I had maybe purchased it 8 years ago. Its quiet different from the one mentioned in the scanned pictures but the power output is same - 2 X 150 watts rma at 4 ohms

I was very young, maybe 17 when i purchased it and had no idea about the hi-fi scene in india. Only way I knew Cosmic was that its factory was just a few buildings away from my father's office
Thanks to Sreekanth I came to know few weeks back that it was one of beter made indian amps.

I also want to add one more thing. There is one manufacturer based in Mumbai who mainly makes speakers and has dealership of same brands and is also into sound setups for pubs, home theatre and more. I wont write his name. That guy told its silly to purchase such low quality amps. I took his word and was almost about to sell my Cosmic amp and would have accepted anything i got. This was about 5 years back. Luckily, i just thought of keeping it and now i am using it after keeping it unused for a couple of years.
I don't say that now i feel its as good as medium budget amp made in UK or USA but still its of decent quality taking into consideration it's price

Hi,

It is in fact a very decent one and sound wise too !! I'd still say that it sounds much better then some of the US and UK stuff that you mentioned thats being sold under the So called Hi-End badge !!

Am glad you decided to keep it !! As with guy/company you talk of,I think I got it !! don't worry bout them kind !! there are always people like them who'll always discourage something that don't even have a clue of !!

Regards.

Rikhav wrote-
" That guy told its silly to purchase such low quality amps. I took his word and was almost about to sell my Cosmic amp and would have accepted anything i got "
Let ONLY your ears be your guide BUT train them to differentiate & evaluate-
do make it a habit to expose yourself to as wide a variety of eqpt as poss to build up your listening & discerning skills.

Point noted Kamal

During that time I had a very limited exposure and did knew anything about the hifi scene in india.

Here is what i had during 1990's. here is the product brochure from Sonodyne, i still have the turntable. It came with Philips & Bolton drivers.