appropos of nothing

mhardy6647
mhardy6647 Posts: 33,804
edited December 2010 in 2 Channel Audio
Kind of a quiet night at the Hardy household. Mrs. H is doing end of the year charitable contributions and I am... kind of bored. We're sitting in front of a fire (in the fireplace) with cheezy 50s and 60s Christmas music playing.

Decided to prowl around my Photobucket account and see if I could find something different to post.

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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited December 2010
    Great sepia shot.
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited December 2010
    Diggin' it. Groovy.
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • Polkersince85
    Polkersince85 Posts: 2,883
    edited December 2010
    Looks like you got some cheese on the lens. Rock out.
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,243
    edited December 2010
    Beautiful!!!
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited December 2010
    dorokusai wrote:
    Great sepia shot.

    Just need a little white balance adjustment...
    "Just because you’re offended doesn’t mean you’re right." - Ricky Gervais

    "For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible." - Stuart Chase

    "Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago." - Bernard Berenson
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,804
    edited December 2010
    I need to live someplace with more than 45 minutes of sunshine a day near the winter solstice! ;-)

    How abou this guy? The other Fisher 500. OK, one of the other Fisher 500 models, a 500-T (I think). Pretty much a piece of early soiled state junk, but it is sooo cute...

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    Perpetual darkness in da basement, so I've almost gotta use a flash or depend (as in this case) on ambient fluorescent light.

    Our son has the nice DSLR (and is also actually a very competent photographer), so I have to rely on him to take the occasional nice photo :-)

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  • organ
    organ Posts: 4,969
    edited December 2010
    Super! I love your pics and gear. That Sherwood must be way before my time. I've never seen Sherwood of that vintage. 50's-60's Christmas music through vintage gear by the fireplace. That's what I'm talking about :cool:.
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited December 2010
    Mr Hardy I want to come over and play:smile:
    Merry Christmas
    Ben
    Please. Please contact me a ben62670 @ yahoo.com. Make sure to include who you are, and you are from Polk so I don't delete your email. Also I am now physically unable to work on any projects. If you need help let these guys know. There are many people who will help if you let them know where you are.
    Thanks
    Ben
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  • FTGV
    FTGV Posts: 3,649
    edited December 2010
    Nice CLEAN examples of each.How does the Sherwood stack up against your CA800? .
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,804
    edited December 2010
    The Sherwood is not a bad amp at all; it's one of the later (ca. 1980) Korean-built Sherwoods. Not up to the CA-800 (which is an excellent sounding piece of hardware), but perfectly respectable. The Sherwood's ensconced in our son's room (doesn't get much use anymore as he is off in grad school).
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  • megasat16
    megasat16 Posts: 3,521
    edited December 2010
    Nice Vintages! What Pioneer is seen in the 1st Pic?
    Trying out Different Audio Cables is a Religious Affair. You don't discuss it with anyone. :redface::biggrin:
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,804
    edited December 2010
    megasat16 wrote: »
    Nice Vintages! What Pioneer is seen in the 1st Pic?

    ahem that's a Pioneer rack. :-) Not a big Pioneer fan in general; there is an RT-909 in it, though.

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  • megasat16
    megasat16 Posts: 3,521
    edited December 2010
    Can I have the rack? You can keep the rest. J/K.

    Pretty Nice Racks and Reels you got there. Tascam looks great.
    Trying out Different Audio Cables is a Religious Affair. You don't discuss it with anyone. :redface::biggrin:
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,804
    edited December 2010
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    I've got a spare :-p

    The TASCAM and the Pioneer are both quite nice decks; too bad Pioneer made a deck with 10-1/2" reel capability but without 15 ips.
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  • FTGV
    FTGV Posts: 3,649
    edited December 2010
    megasat16 wrote: »

    Pretty Nice Rack...
    :eek::biggrin:


    Mark since it's Christmas you really should karma some of that fine vintage collection to make room for future finds.:smile:
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,804
    edited December 2010
    Actually that's tempting because there is too much stuff around here. Need to offload some of the junk over the next few years.
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited December 2010
    I'm on the move for a perfect old rack, and I don't even own the gear. I just want to preserve it and own it, covet it, yesssssss.....my precious.
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • starkiller
    starkiller Posts: 2,723
    edited December 2010
    Mark

    Just keep repeating to yourself..."Must Karma---Must Karma
    Must Karma":biggrin:
    Computer room Hegeman 1 SpeakersM&K VX-80 subKenwood DP-7010Cambridge Audio CXC Transport Rega DACPrimaLuna Prologue Four AmpAric Audio Tube PreampGarage Jennings Research SquareCustom tube preampCrown XLS-1000Denon DCD-1500II Modded MSB Link DAC
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited December 2010
    mhardy and doro are both Mark....so please don't start me in a downward spiral by mistake.
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • organ
    organ Posts: 4,969
    edited December 2010
    That adjustable rack looks awesome. Wish I could find one here.

    lol@Doro:biggrin:
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  • megasat16
    megasat16 Posts: 3,521
    edited December 2010
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
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    I've got a spare :-p

    The TASCAM and the Pioneer are both quite nice decks; too bad Pioneer made a deck with 10-1/2" reel capability but without 15 ips.

    Wow! Two Racks? Way Cool Mark!
    FTGV wrote: »
    :eek::biggrin:


    Mark since it's Christmas you really should karma some of that fine vintage collection to make room for future finds.:smile:

    Ok Fred. I will not say anymore about racks and racks. :biggrin:
    Trying out Different Audio Cables is a Religious Affair. You don't discuss it with anyone. :redface::biggrin:
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,804
    edited December 2010
    dorokusai wrote: »
    mhardy and doro are both Mark....so please don't start me in a downward spiral by mistake.

    We are in fact two manifestations of the same personification...
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  • FTGV
    FTGV Posts: 3,649
    edited December 2010
    In please on the CA-800 karma,(yours looks even better than mine.)
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited December 2010
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    We are in fact two manifestations of the same personification...

    That reads on a Zen level.
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited December 2010
    hardy you the man man....have any kin....a few more quality members would sure help round here.

    Anyway digging the realistic....have not thought about them for years.

    RT1
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,804
    edited December 2010
    Realistic? Somebody say "Realistic"?

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    8-track, baby!
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited December 2010
    What was that AR piece Hardy?
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,804
    edited December 2010
    George Grand wrote: »
    What was that AR piece Hardy?

    Just an outlet box/surge suppressor I bought recently from (IIRC) PartsExpress. Nothing special, it was cheap and it works.
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited December 2010
    You're not fooling me. I know those are computer racks with Pioneer logo's Elmer'd on. ;)
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,804
    edited December 2010
    curses, foiled again!
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