This joint needs some more vintage hifi
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Beautiful AR tt.
The Miracords weren't actually all that uncommon in the US -- Radio Shack sold 'em for quite a while under their own brand (sort of). In fact, I had a couple of dump-find Miracord changers... long gone, now, though.
from: www.radioshackcatalogs.com (1965)
(1969)
(1973)
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Here is a Rek-O-Kut I rebuilt and made a tiger maple base for.
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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.
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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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Pioneer set up with HPM150's.
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Recently I picked up one of these Kenwood KA-701 in excellent condition for my new garage rig:
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a nice amplifier.
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I have the Kenwood running a pair of ADS L520 speakers. Those speakers a real sleepers. Overachievers for sure.
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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... -
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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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.
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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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The Queen of the CR Yammies is rocking today
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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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Yes. The 2040 is the queen. The 3020 is the holy grail-King. I cant afford a 3020
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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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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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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.
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Latest find. It was broke, now it lives!
"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 -
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 is
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I guess it was hi fi in 1939.
A 1939 Detrola push button radio... Very Hi Tech for that era.
My New Year's resolution is 3840 × 2160
Family Room| Marantz AV7704| Usher Dancer Mini - 2 DMD Mains |Usher Dancer Mini-x DMD's Surrounds | Usher BE-616 DMD Center | SVS Ultra Rear Surrounds | Parasound Halo A21 | Parsound Halo A52+ | MIT Shotgun S3's | Dual SVS SB 4000 Ultras | Oppo UDP 203 | Directv Genie HD DVR | Samsung 75" Q8 QLED | PSAudio Stellar GCD | Mytek Brooklyn DAC+ | Lumin U1 Mini | HP Elite Slice PC | ROON'd for life |
ManCave: HT:Polk LSiM 706VR3 LSiM 703's LSiM 702's|| Marantz AV7002 AV PrePro Sunfire TGA-7401| Sony PS4 Pro| Sony PS4 Pro|SVS PB13 Ultra| Oppo UDP 203 | Music Hall MMF 5.3se TT w/ Soundsmith Carmen | Samsung 55" SUHD TV | Sony PS4
Patio | Polk Atrium 8's | Yamaha R-N303BL |
Office BlueSound Node| KEF LS50 | Peactree Nova 125SE |
Bedroom | Focal 905's | Chromecast Audio |
Garage | Polk Monitor 5B's
Closet Yamaha M80 | 2 Polk MP3K subs| Yaqin MC100B with Shuguang Treasures KT 88's & CV181Z's | Tesla E83CC's | Marantz 2252B | Marantz 2385 |Polk SDA SRS 2.3 | LSiM 705's | -
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.
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Sweet NS's Conrad,looks clean!
I always wanted a set of the NS1000's . 
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I am trying to convince my son he does not need these LOL
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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
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