Lafayette LA-125B Integrated Amplifier

Introduced September 1971 in Lafayette's annual catalog 720 (for 1972).

SEE ALSO ... Full Test Report - February 1972 issue of High Fidelity Magazine

SEE ALSO ... History of the LA-125 Amplifier Series   -AND-   The Famous Arty Faxx page


ALSO SEE -- Lafayette LA-150 -- successor to this unit

Images presented on this page ... Catalog 720 Description ... photos of Front Panel and Rear Panel

LA-125B Amplifier .. Catalog 720

LA-125B Front-Panel
Buttons, Knobs and Phone Jacks


ᴏ   Outer Part of Dual Knob       ᵒ   Inner Part of Dual Knob

Top Row -- MODE / TAPE MONITOR (Input-L, Input-R, Mono, Stereo, Tape-Stereo, Tape-Left, Tape-Right)
         SELECTOR (Aux, Phono, Tuner, Mic/Musical Instrument)
         Bass (Left   ᴏ, Right   ᵒ)     Treble (Left   ᴏ, Right   ᵒ)     Volume (ᴏ) and Balance (ᵒ)
         SPEAKER MODE (Main, Main + Remote, Remote, Headphones)

Bottom Row -- TAPE OUT Jack (signal goes to tape unit)           Left and Right Mic/Musical Jacks
            Low Filter Button           High Filter Button           Loudness A and B Buttons
            Stereo Headphones Jack         Power-On Light         POWER On-Off Button

NOTE -- The Headphone and Tape Out Jacks each accept a 1/4-inch 3-conductor stereo phone plug.
       The Microphone/Musical Jacks each accept a 1/4-inch 2-conductor mono phone plug.

ADDITIONAL -- The rear-panel ceramic phono jacks are --DISABLED-- if a magnetic phono cartridge is
            plugged into the magnetic jacks.


LA-125B Front Panel


LA-125B Rear Panel
Source Inputs/Outputs, Speaker Terminals, AC Outlets, Fuses, Misc.


NOTE -- Left channel speaker terminals and source inputs/outputs are above those for the right channel.

Top Half -- AC Cord     Unswitched 300-Watt AC Outlet     Switched 200-watt AC Outlet
        Remote Speaker Terminals   + (hot)   - (gnd)     Main Speaker Terminals   - (gnd)   + (hot)
        Out-To-Tape Jacks     In-From-Tape Jacks     Aux-In Jacks     Ceramic Phono-In Jacks
        Magnetic Phono-In Jacks     Tuner Low-In Jacks     Tuner High-In Jacks     Phono Sensitivity Switch (Hi / Lo)
        NOTE .. Tuner Jacks are not independently selectable. You plug into proper pair based on the tuner's signal strength.
        ALSO .. Using Magnetic Phono inputs disables the ceramic inputs.   REAL BUMMER on the jack options, hmmm ?

Lower Half -- AC Line Fuse     Right and Left Speaker Fuses     Ventilation Slots
          Phono Ground (GND) Terminal -- above next-to-last ventilation slot.



LA-125B Rear Panel