This joint needs some more vintage hifi
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Mr. Ward -- you need one of the big-b-u-t-t three-head Superscope-era Marantz 5030B decks! :-)
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PS -- Nice as those ol' Fisher receivers are (and they are nice)... I couldn't, in good conscience, recommend spending one point five kilobucks for one.
Maybe (maybe....?!?!) if it were perfect, I might deign to drop that kind of coin on one. Maybe.
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Love them Marantz...
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Heck, I love all vintage gear...
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Just scored a MASSIVE almost broke my back integrated amplifier today
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boston1450 wrote: »Just scored a MASSIVE almost broke my back integrated amplifier today will report back later
Hmm, massive weight and back strain. Me needs to know whatcha got
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irony... or is it sarcasm?
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I had one of the little, earlier R/S amps for a while; used it as a bench/test amp. It worked; that's about all I can say about it.
P2170002 by Mark Hardy, on Flickr
Well, actually, I can say another thing about it... the design of the one I had was all-discrete inside -- probably not a bad thing, and certainly something that could be tweaked a bit with better electrolytics, e.g. -- although the term polishing a t-u-r-d may come to mind...
P2170005 by Mark Hardy, on Flickr
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1994 (original SA-155 variant, branded "Optimus" instead of "RCA")
R/S sold the silver-fronted SA-150 for a long time, prior to the 155, but I don't know if it differed only cosmetically or if the guts were any different.
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Mark i have one of those SA-10's somewhere. Tough ole amplifiers..
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Few more years & i will need a pallet & jackHad me envisioning something on a pallet. Kinda like Joey out in TX.
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I recently found these Infinity Column II floorstanders on CL for $75. Back in the mid 70s these went for over a grand for a pair. They have bottom-firing 10in subs in addition to the front woofers, and also rear-mounted tweeters on the back. The front tweeters are replacements - compression horn tweeters - but the rear ones are original piezos.
The Sansui 9090 drives them easily. These speakers are bass-heavy as you might expect with dual 10in woofers.Post edited by jdjohn on"This may not matter to you, but it does to me for various reasons, many of them illogical or irrational, but the vinyl hobby is not really logical or rational..." - member on Vinyl Engine
"Sometimes I do what I want to do. The rest of the time, I do what I have to." - Cicero, in Gladiator
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Dang! I want that equipment rack.
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just put on some new knob caps on. They came out pretty good. Listened to it earlier with some Ben Tankard & some Clapton. Now i just gotta get someone to completely rehab the inner's & im sure it will sound much better than it already does
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Unless you're focused on a professional job (which, don't get me wrong, a 400 deserves), and if you feel like schlepping it way over to the other side of NH, I can do a rehab for you for the cost of parts -- I've done a couple of 400s; they're very easy (plenty of room under the hood). I am just... slow. Ask mrbiron :-/
undersidenoveau by Mark Hardy, on Flickr
This is what a 400 looks like below the deck when I have been dinking around with one.
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Yes.
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Those speaker look clean & with boxes to boot. Do tell us what you think. Awhile back i had some small KEF c15's (i think)& hooked them to a nad 3020 & they sounded ok for their size. Heck if you ship me that gorgeous receiver-it tell ya plastic Aiwa's are greatDoes anyone know if these are any good?
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I wondered what was peaking around the corner..
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Does anyone know if these are any good?
I second that yes, and I have a pair running on a Realistic STA-2270 and an old '90s Sony CDP. Nice vintage system for next to nothing. I picked up a pair from a local guy who begged me to also take an old HK 330C with them for nothing; a whopping $15 for the KEFs. The HK is missing a knob, but worked fine after a DeOxit bath. (Some Karmas will be coming as I need to thin the herd in the next year or so and I HATE selling things).
And now, back to the way Hell should be!
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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Crazy, the journey an audio signal takes before it's reproduced.afterburnt wrote: »They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.
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Crazy, the journey an audio signal takes before it's reproduced.
Not at my house. From the source, each channel passes through a source selector switch, and autoformer (attenuator), three triodes, a few resistors & capacitors, and a transformer (oh, and some wire) to get to the loudspeaker. OK, to the crossover first, and thence to the loudspeaker.
That other stuff was all just a way for hifi hardware makers to charge more money for their stuff ;-)
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aww :-( c'mon back! :-)
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Dynaco A25's Havent had a chance to listened to these yet. Gonna try them on The Fisher 400 which the owner said he used it in on Fisher & other gear with great results. If it doesnt fly i can use them elsewhere.
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Good loudspeakers. Not in the pantheon of great loudspeakers, but musical, well-behaved and very pleasant to listen to (EDIT, just my opinions, of course). Also happy with modest input power and a pretty well behaved load impedance-wise.
Every hifi nut ought to have a pair, if only for comparative/reference purposes, since zillions of them were made and many, many folks are familiar with/used to their sound.
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I spent a fair amount of time reading up on them & they seem to be well liked. So im looking forward to listening to them. I may try them on the cr1000 tomorrow & then just tuck em away till the Fisher is ready..
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BTW the last owner says he did the crossovers & bypassed the adjustable knob on back. I will know more when i open them up..
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They like tubes as well...boston1450 wrote: »I spent a fair amount of time reading up on them & they seem to be well liked. So im looking forward to listening to them. I may try them on the cr1000 tomorrow & then just tuck em away till the Fisher is ready
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