The Vox Gyrotone 50 and 100

Vox Sound Limited

As the adverts below indicate, the Gyrotone 50 was effectively a Gyrotone II with a Midas 50 watt amplifier built into its base at rear, the Gyrotone 100 a Gyrotone III with a Midas 100 watt amplifier built in. More on the Midas amps can be found on the .

Both the Gyrotone 50 and Gyrotone 100 were phenomenally heavy. Neither sold well.

On the left, a page from the "Vox Sound Limited" catalogue of August 1970. On the right, an advert taken in "Melody Maker" magazine, December 1970. For the Midas amplifier mentioned in the page from the Melody Maker, .

"Vox Sound Limited" pricelist of August 1970. The Gyrotone I is omitted, but some were sold.

When the Vox Midas all purpose Public Address amplifier was issued in late 1969, it came with a dedicated output socket to drive a Gyrotone.

Input socket on the cabinet and Bulgin octal cable of the sort required by the Midas and Gyrotone. These cables were also employed by British hi-fi manufacturers - Leak being one.

GYROTONE 50 (G50)

March 2025: no examples currently known. That may of course change. Things have a habit of popping up when least expected.

GYROTONE 100 (G100)

Described in the Vox pricelist of August 1970 (see the top of this page) as a "Vox Gyrotone Type III (Dual Speed) with Built-in 100W Amplifier". The amplifier is a (without reverb).

VSL serial no. 1010

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