Museum object · Tools and Equipment
Pioneer Electronic Crossover SF-850 for DJ setup
ca. 1970
Altel Sound Systems, Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
A metal Pioneer Electronic Crossover, Model SF-850 machine. The front of the machine is metal, silver with black type, with two rows of knobs. The top row has seven knobs. Each knob has a name as well as other markings to indicate levels. The names read from left to right: [Low Level / Low Pass / Low Cut / Mid Level / High Cut / High Pass / High Level]. Below the far left, top row knob, there is a power outlet. The bottom row has a switch, as well as four additional knobs. Above and below the bottom row knobs there are lines that form a grid. Black type, centered underneath the knobs, reads: [Slope (dB/oct)]. The Pioneer logo, in red type located at the bottom right of the front of the machine and is followed in black type by the name and model number.
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Catalog reference: 2012.9.1
