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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,916
    That R-O-K plinth is beautiful.
    Looks like a MicroTrak arm(?).

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    DSC_0322 by mhardy6647, on Flickr
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  • ken brydson
    ken brydson Posts: 8,981
    edited March 2015
    aprazer402 wrote: »
    A friend had that Realistic/Miracord 45 with Optimus 5B (KLH clones) spun many a record on that system. Those 5B's performed very well (acoustic suspension). Plus RS gave them a lifetime warranty.

    I just karma'd a pair of 5B's to a forum members son. Bought them new in the late 70's. I couldn't bear taking them to the Goodwill...

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  • boston1450
    boston1450 Posts: 7,758
    Pioneer set up with HPM150's. m4204qevz0d4.jpg
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  • boston1450
    boston1450 Posts: 7,758
    Storage find flipper1srryn2cm025.jpg
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  • Conradicles
    Conradicles Posts: 6,325
    Recently I picked up one of these Kenwood KA-701 in excellent condition for my new garage rig:

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,916
    a nice amplifier.
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  • Conradicles
    Conradicles Posts: 6,325
    I have the Kenwood running a pair of ADS L520 speakers. Those speakers a real sleepers. Overachievers for sure.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,916
    I really (really) like the old ads/Braun loudspeakers. I've got a pair of L-710s and a pair of later, small-ish two-ways (L-470, methinks).

    The mid/late-1970s ads speakers would've been my choice when I bought my first (then) modern hifi, but they were basically all out of my price range -- so I bought a pair of locally-made speakers from a little start-up company called Polk Audio that I could afford...
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited May 2015
    I have a pair of the L520s as well. Keepers. Wonderful light and airy top end!

    Nice Kenwood gear. I have a Kenwood integrated (twin power design) around here that needs some help. When it was working it sounded phenomenal with a pair of Polk Monitor 7s. Wonderful synergy there.

    Enjoy!
    Currently orbiting Bowie's Blackstar.!

    Polk Lsi-7s, Def Tech 8" sub, HK 3490, HK HD 990 (CDP/DAC), AKG Q701s
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,916
    17746079543_be30d8cfaa_b.jpg004 by Mark Hardy, on Flickr

    (further details as events warrant)
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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,084
    For how old that thing is it sure looks to have some decent sized caps in it.
    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

    Village Idiot of Club Polk
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,916
    Two things to bear in mind.
    1) this amp has quasi-complementary topology; two of those are (probably-- I actually haven't popped the hood) to remove DC from the outputs.
    2) the size of capacitors as a function of capacitance has decreased a lot in the past five or so decades.

    This HH Scott amplifier (this one an LK-60, the kit version of the Scott 260 integrated amplifier) has some notoriety due to an an ancient essay on a now-defunct website. http://gegg-agency.net/public/w3terra/ols/scott260.htm

    I activated it last week when we had an early hot spell here in the frozen white North :-P It is, of course, soiled state and it runs very cool. It also sounds surprisingly good, actually. Totally unrestored (although I did clean the pots & switches when I acquired it a couple of years ago). Well worth replacing the coupling capacitors and electrolytics... sometime.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,916
    (slightly) better photo...

    18195531610_e32623cc0a_b.jpgHH Scott LK60 DSC_0789 by Mark Hardy, on Flickr
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  • boston1450
    boston1450 Posts: 7,758
    The Queen of the CR Yammies is rocking today :)ney4r42bg35q.jpg
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,916
    Hey... that's not a CR-3020!

    or are you implying that the CR-2040's the Queen and the CR-3020's King?

    ;- )
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  • boston1450
    boston1450 Posts: 7,758
    edited June 2015
    Yes. The 2040 is the queen. The 3020 is the holy grail-King. I cant afford a 3020 :(
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,916
    Nor can I -- or, more to the point, I'd have to find one for sale (locally!) before I could even decide whether I could afford it!
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  • cvc
    cvc Posts: 65
    Lol.. Accept?.. I have an Accept lp and laughed when I saw it.. I have some hard rock lp's from the late 80's that make me shake my head.. I need to play it though for the fun of it..
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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,084
    Check this out. The singer from Tool, Maynard, one of his side bands doing Accept "Balls to the Wall". It's way different, very cool IMO.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n54JCzvMiWk
    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

    Village Idiot of Club Polk
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  • sucks2beme
    sucks2beme Posts: 5,681
    Latest find. It was broke, now it lives!x1cs9sxcs6wt.jpg
    "The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." --Thomas Jefferson
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  • boston1450
    boston1450 Posts: 7,758
    edited June 2015
    Couple of flippers i picked up today. Pioneer sa410 & Advent Legacy 2's in the boxes. The little Pioneer does a pretty decent job for what it isfti0hz4rkhrh.jpg
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  • Mikey081057
    Mikey081057 Posts: 7,127
    I guess it was hi fi in 1939.

    A 1939 Detrola push button radio... Very Hi Tech for that era.4o2h0fojwg2m.jpg



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  • Conradicles
    Conradicles Posts: 6,325
    I have a pair of these singing tunes in the garage rig now. They are for my son and sound surprisingly good. Yamaha NS-344.k3a4u23fygyi.jpg
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  • Polkie2009
    Polkie2009 Posts: 3,834
    Sweet NS's Conrad,looks clean! ;) I always wanted a set of the NS1000's . :'(
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  • Conradicles
    Conradicles Posts: 6,325
    I am trying to convince my son he does not need these LOL
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  • boston1450
    boston1450 Posts: 7,758
    Picked this Sansui Model 8 up for 25.00 sight unseen. Met the gentleman & he said his wife bought it new in the 70's. Front face is perfect-wood has some scratches & rear top has a big ding. That said this sucker is heavy & makes the Monitor 5's dancetf7lg526o0io.jpg
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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,084
    boston1450 wrote: »
    Picked this Sansui Model 8 up for 25.00 sight unseen. Met the gentleman & he said his wife bought it new in the 70's. Front face is perfect-wood has some scratches & rear top has a big ding. That said this sucker is heavy & makes the Monitor 5's dance
    You really like a lot of midrange. ;)
    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

    Village Idiot of Club Polk
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,916
    you've heard that pop song, yes? "It's all about the midrange"...
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  • boston1450
    boston1450 Posts: 7,758
    Morning Mark. Hey i just ordered a complete knob n dial set for the cr820 on the bay. 40.00 not bad. I needed the volume dial. I will have extra knobs if anyone needs any
    Randy-Maine
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  • boston1450
    boston1450 Posts: 7,758
    Got this awhile back & its minty & the volume dial is all scrached up. Musta fell off or something. Surprisingly the lights even work. 4cvfy8dat79u.jpg
    Randy-Maine
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