This joint needs some more vintage hifi

mhardy6647

darned nice little loudspeakers -- I doubt that many folks who think the Radio Shack "Minimus 7" was a great little loudspeaker have heard a pair of L-300s (or Visonik Davids, for that matter).

gudnoyez

Eiko ST40 Tube Amp

Here you go Mr Hardy what are these worth?

mhardy6647

well -- I found mine on the scrap metal pile at the Harvard town dump, so I may not be the best judge :-)

The ST-40 is a pretty good (if homely) amplifier, push-pull 7591A outputs at a rated 20 wpc. Useless loudness control circuit (readily modified); uses a 5AR4 rectifier (if there's a Mullard in there, you're already ahead of the game). I think the ST-40s nowadays typically go for $250 to 400, give or take. Rehab needed, of course, if it's all original inside. Easy to work on. I think the EICO group @ Yahoo has the manual for it (and/or other sources) -- if you need docs & have any trouble finding 'em, shoot me a PM.

The front panel on that one is much cleaner than mine. It's (I think) a fairly late version, with the metal inserts in the knobs (rather than the brown inserts on earlier versions).

ST40frontsanstop by Mark Hardy, on Flickr

025a by Mark Hardy, on Flickr
my ST-40 in use, running a pair of Tannoy Devons (which are not mine)

gudnoyez

It's not mine it's on our local craigslist for $250. I just posted it because I new you had one.

mhardy6647

A priori, $250 doesn't sound bad at all -- depends on condition & tubes installed; could be a pretty, even a very, good deal.

This thread may be of interest: http://forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/111045/eico-st-70-vintage-tube-integrated-amp-restoration-upgrade/
The topic of the thread's the EICO ST-70 as opposed to the ST-40... but there are some marked similarities between the two (although there are also very significant differences).

DSC_0198 by Mark Hardy, on Flickr

boston1450

My new to me receiver. What a fine tuner

mhardy6647

Nice all around receiver -- do you have a pair of Cornwalls or Choruses or other "heritage" Klipsch? The Fishers and the Klipsches complement each other surprisingly well...

boston1450

No. I tested/listened to it on the mini ADS's. Until i service the receiver or have my tech look it over. I have some fair size Advents i will use for now till i decide what to use with it. Thanks for the Klipsch suggestion. I was wondering what to use with it. Wasnt really looking for more gear. But couldnt resist

mhardy6647

Everyone should have a 1960s Fisher receiver in the stable. They're beautiful in that 1960s"Mad Men" way and very capable, too.

boston1450

Mark I listened to it for 2+ hours & enjoyed it. Im sure it will do better once its serviced correctly. I may change out some tubes (researching now) but wallet says no. We dont see these up here in this neck of the woods ever. All monies were donated to the local MidCoast hospital. So im happy

mhardy6647

boston1450 wrote: »

... All monies were donated to the local MidCoast hospital. So im happy

Bonus! :-) That's excellent.

cnh

Rosie O'Kelly, anyone? Avery Fisher? Wall of Sound? (You boys are probably too uptight for this).

Randy, did that belong to that oddball/eccentric-living on the edge boy-with the creepy basement full of gear...what was his name? Mike? You know who I'm talking about? If so, I am pleasantly surprised HE donated the money, because he seemed like a real scam artist of the Machiavellian variety.

Chao! Ciao! ______?

boston1450

No Cnh. It was Johns. He lives down on Mere Pt rd. It was his fathers. John has 3 sets of DunTech big 6-7 ft HUGE massive a$$ speakers. Awhile back i posted a SAE amp i bought from John also. I know Mike & i dont do business with him. Prices to high & his basement is INSANE

OldSchoolPolk

Its not vintage.

But damm, that's a good looking deck.

It is a poser.

But damm, that's a good looking deck.

They have no right.

But damm, that's a good looking deck.

They're just taking advantage of the younger crowd new to vinyl

But damm, that's a good looking deck.

They just slapped their label on someone else's table.

But damm, that's a good looking deck.

I don't even have any vinyl.

But Damm, that's a good looking deck.

http://www.klipsch.com/products/klipsch-debut-carbon-walnut-turntable

boston1450

mhardy6647 wrote: »

Nice all around receiver -- do you have a pair of Cornwalls or Choruses or other "heritage" Klipsch? The Fishers and the Klipsches complement each other surprisingly well...

After i did a quick service on The Fisher 400 i hooked it to a pair of B&W dm560's & put this disc in the player & oh my. Pure Bliss

boston1450

boston1450

motorhead43026

I have my eye on this Sansui G-7700. Anybody have any experience with this particular model?

highway_chile

This Sansui AU-317II was $10 garage sale find yesterday. Both of the rack mounts were broken, so I removed them while cleaning it up. Unfortunately the master volume pot is all but impossible to get to without some disassembly, and it still has some static issues, so I'm going to have to open it back up again and see if I can get it cleared up.

highway_chile

Rotel RX-203A receiver was a $15 garage sale find. Some Deoxit did the trick with this one.

mhardy6647

I'd be happy to find any of that Sansui line of integrated amplifiers, in pretty much any condition, for $10... :-)

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color me green

mhardy6647

PS -- I didn't mean to denigrate the Rotel... I just have very, very little experience with Rotel products myself.

gudnoyez

Wardsweb wrote: »

How about some vintage Marantz cassette decks?

Here is my Marantz SD 1000 I bought when I was 16 from Pacific Stero yes it still works Vu meters light up and it still works some 38 years later love vintage Marantz gear.

leftwinger57

Hey, I didn't know headphones would be included. As you saw w/ Randy's here are my Pioneer se-305s. They have leather ear cups,padded band and fit snug across the top. These are far an away much better than my original Super -X from Yonkers in the 70's which were like have 2 milk crates on your ears and made you sweat so much they gave out cloth pads that fit the cups.

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not exactly vintage hifi, but a nice pick today.
40W in 8 ohm. Listening to the Beatles thru my Dynaco A25s and not bad.

boston1450

Lew if you wear the se-q404's for any lenth of time-its quite a workout. Sound pretty good. But heavy buggers with front & rear speakers & adjustment knob. Ive had em for years. I tried em on the quad & then the quad went to live at a new home (Dans now) after i did a quick recondition

Nightfall

Randy what did you pay for that Fisher 400? Those things are highly thought of by everyone that has one. I don't think I've seen a single person on the interwebs say that they didn't like it.

Check out this mamma jamma. Fisher 500... only $1,500! That's a lot of money for something so old... they must be awesome.

http://denver.craigslist.org/eld/5668578894.html

boston1450

Maybe too much. 240.00 & i ordered these.

[Deleted User]

(ssssshhh) This is a sneaky good amp for nearfield applications.
It can be bridged for 80W per channel. Nice detail and quite.
Hook up some good monitors and be happy.
I'm on the hunt for another one.

rednedtugent wrote: »

not exactly vintage hifi, but a nice pick today.
40W in 8 ohm. Listening to the Beatles thru my Dynaco A25s and not bad.