This joint needs some more vintage hifi

Nightfall

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.

mhardy6647

you've heard that pop song, yes? "It's all about the midrange"...

boston1450

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

boston1450

Got this awhile back & its minty & the volume dial is all scrached up. Musta fell off or something. Surprisingly the lights even work.

cnh

Very nice. I have a CR 800, which I like better than the succeeding series. I find the 800 gives you an excellent feeling for the vintage Yammie sound, which I like but find a little too neutral. I prefer the warmth of HK units. The Yammie strength is in more high frequency detail.

mhardy6647

should come in handy; I guess I ought to pick up an organ donor or two as/if the opportunity presents itself...

boston1450

cnh wrote: »

Very nice. I have a CR 800, which I like better than the succeeding series. I find the 800 gives you an excellent feeling for the vintage Yammie sound, which I like but find a little too neutral. I prefer the warmth of HK units. The Yammie strength is in more high frequency detail.

i agree. Those smaller HK receivers back in the day were built like tanks & sound wonderful. Very conservative

boston1450

leftwinger57

Possibly early to mid 80s. This is a rack face Adcom GFA 555.Still has the East Brunswick N.J. address. I got this from Audio Classics for $300 even w/ shipping thrown in . It's on my 5th year now w/ no problems and it's really clean on the inside.

boston1450

Nice Lew. Adcom sounds very good on SDA's too

oldrocker

A few of the things that hopped in my trunk while out today.

cnh

Nice! Seems like you have a very "flirtatious" trunk!

oldrocker

Right place right time I guess. I also got 3 of these bose speakers which I have NO clue on nor a use for and will probably get chastised for even posting pics of them



I got some peavey stuff which I'm not into by any means but the guy wanted it all gone.

mhardy6647

The Hafler could've jumped into my trunk -- it's a pretty nice amplifier.

Not all Peavey stuff was/is junk; just most of it :-P

I even own one Peavey amplifier; it is sort of a poor persons Manley Stingray (i.e., push-pull parallel EL84 stereo amplifier)! :- )

P1020121 by Mark Hardy, on Flickr
PeaveyClassic5050topless by Mark Hardy, on Flickr

oldrocker

This peavey stuff I got is terribly sad, a power booster amp thingey and a set of old speakers, t-300's I think. They do have dual paper cone drivers which are working, tweets are mostly dead.

Working on a deal to trade the Hafler for an Akai amp to go with my 280D SS RTR.

I have a lead on a crown IC150 preamp for cheap that originally came with the 150A amps.
Not sure if I want to pursue it.

leftwinger57

I used to install Bose speakers like that if they are the true hi-hat style and not car speakers. To install on prewires Bose made a cutout template that had a locking spring assembly that was also installed. When the house was nearing close you would grab on to the springs that fit into their locking mates on the speakers and the tension of these springs would just snap up the speakers just like hi-hat lights. For existing houses Bose made basically the same template only in 2 halves so after your hole is cut you could slide the ' rat trap' and wire the speaker and lock it into place. These went w/ 3 room amps that looked like car amplifiers w/ an input for a sub and volume controls and were meant for basements or closets and not to be seen.

oldrocker

Thanks, they are the in-ceiling type and do work.

Back in a box they go..

leftwinger57

For serious listening not a chance. For background music there just fine. People went crazy nuts over those things during the building boom of the 90's and spent close to 10k to do a full house w/ multiple amps, subs. volume controls and input plates. Then there was the Lifestyle surround system for the family rooms at $5k.

pumpkinman

If all goes well tomorrow I'll be bringing home a pair of Boston Acoustics a400's in need of TLC

cnh

pumpkinman wrote: »

If all goes well tomorrow I'll be bringing home a pair of Boston Acoustics a400's in need of TLC

You should enjoy those! Give them the power they crave. Nice stuff!

pumpkinman

I had to drive to the Jersey shore but what the hell. If it's free it's for me.

Boston Acoustics A-400





Specs:
8" woofers x 2
6.5" midrange
1" tweeter
Frequency Response: 36Hz-25kHz
Efficiency: 90dB
Impedance: 4 Ohm
Dimensions: 41"(H) x 21"(W) x 8"(D)

oldrocker

Nice find...

cnh

Latest pickup, KEF CODA III. Two way 8" bookshelf, ridiculously cheap, the guy threw in a, supposedly, defunct HK 340 for free!



Surprisingly detailed and airy top end, tight bass, not very deep but competent for their size-only 18" high!

Now I have to source a missing BALANCE KNOB for an HK 340 and hit it with deOxit. The receiver seems to play through H-phones fine (well, with the regular drop outs associated with dirty pots, that is), but needs cleaning. If I can find a replacement knob I may just return it to the guy I got it from! He seems to think this unit is dead? I still have to test it on speakers. But I suspect it will work if the H-phone section is working? We have one for sale on this site: NICE warm full (20 watt per side) sound! Someone should buy it!

http://forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/167197/70s-harman-kardon-receiver-available#latest

Any ideas as to what I can use for a knob. Not looking to source one from ebay. Anything that will work and I can spray paint silver would be fine. Not that concerned with cosmetics, if I had a 3D printer I could just measure a knob and reproduce one of similar size. But I don't.

Thanks!

mhardy6647

Nice loudspeakers are those KEFs.

Nightfall

mhardy6647 wrote: »

Nice loudspeakers are those KEFs.

Talk like Yoda, you do. ...or was that supposed to end in a question mark?

mhardy6647

No. A statement it was.

;- )

soundfreak1

These followed me home yesterday.

soundfreak1

Oh ya they are AR 4X'S

EDUBAG

THIS IS WHAT I HAVE TO SHARE. LOVE IT!!!

[Deleted User]

Nice. Mine are doing duty as rear surrounds right now...

soundfreak1 wrote: »

Oh ya they are AR 4X'S