NEW KITCHENER MUSEUM PHOTOS - ORIGINAL PROTOTYPE CIRCA

Many thanks to Wes for taking these photos during his recent visit to visit to the Kitchener museum - the home of the original Electrohome Circa stereo system prototype. I had been after one of the curators there to take a few photos for me to share with anyone interested because good photos of the prototype are very hard to find online. I am told by Wes that it is being stored under some stairs! Hopefully the folks at the Kitchener museum are designing a new permanent display for this important piece of mid century design.

Electrohome Circa prototype. Photo by Wes Fyck.

I had always thought that the prototype was wired up to at least partially work - perhaps with a one-off am/fm receiver - amplifier, and at least some speakers. Don't forget that this unit was designed during the initial exciting phase of space exploration - all of a sudden there were man-made satellites orbiting the Earth, and people planning to go to the moon! I know that the original plans for the Circa system was very forward-looking, and was to include such futuristic features as communications, and the ability to order things from stores in the