Fountain as a brand started life sometime in the 1960s.
All products were made by Fountain Electronic Industries in Auckland and distributed by Tee Vee Radio Ltd.
As far as we understand, the first products were a range of public address amplifiers, domestic mono and stereo valve amplifiers, tuners and possibly a radio or two. The Fountain name was made popular during this period with the range of valve amplifiers that were sold and a number of these still exist today.
During the 1970s they produced a line of solid state amplifiers, turntables, stereo console centres and loudspeakers.
The turntables on offer generally had a Dual or BSR deck fitted, the higher end turntables having the Dual 1215/1225.
By the 1980s they were still making separate components including a good quality cassette deck and a line of console centres.
It is uncertain when Fountain ceased manufacturing.
The following brochures/images are what we have found so far. They will be arranged in chronological order over time.
AF1250
1970s. Note the price of $145, that equates to about $1500 today.
AF2550
1970s.
Fountain Sovereign
