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  • soundfreak1
    soundfreak1 Posts: 3,414
    I like it pumpkin man l3eozf83f67b.jpg
    Main Rig:
    Krell KAV 250a biamped to mid/highs
    Parasound HCA1500A biamped to lows
    Nakamichi EC100 Active xover
    MIT exp 1 ic's
    Perreaux SA33 class A preamp
    AQ kingcobra ic's
    OPPO 83 CDP
    Lehmann audio black cube SE phono pre, Audioquest phono wire (ITA1/1)
    Denon DP-1200 TT. AToc9ML MC cart.
    Monster HTS 3600 power conditioner
    ADS L1590/2 Biamped
    MIT exps2 speaker cable
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,894
    Those are both very nice -- and Denon made some fine tts (not to mention cartridges!) -- but (personally) I am a little leery of those bionic arms. I like simple stuff...

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  • soundfreak1
    soundfreak1 Posts: 3,414
    The dp1200 is a very simple manual arm with only auto lift, no return or any servo features. Basically a manual TT but it does have auto lift at end of record.
    Main Rig:
    Krell KAV 250a biamped to mid/highs
    Parasound HCA1500A biamped to lows
    Nakamichi EC100 Active xover
    MIT exp 1 ic's
    Perreaux SA33 class A preamp
    AQ kingcobra ic's
    OPPO 83 CDP
    Lehmann audio black cube SE phono pre, Audioquest phono wire (ITA1/1)
    Denon DP-1200 TT. AToc9ML MC cart.
    Monster HTS 3600 power conditioner
    ADS L1590/2 Biamped
    MIT exps2 speaker cable
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  • pumpkinman
    pumpkinman Posts: 9,877
    "The dp1200 is a very simple manual arm with only auto lift, no return or any servo features. Basically a manual TT but it does have auto lift at end of record."

    My Kenwood KD-770D operates the same way. Manual except for the auto lift at the end. (no return)
    There is a little story story behind DP-47F and why I bought it but I'll save that for another time. I certainly didn't need another TT

    Bill
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    Because I am The Pumpkinking


    A Kind Word Is An Easy Gift To Give
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  • delkal
    delkal Posts: 764
    Auto lift at end of record us a nice feature. Its no fun waking up the next day and realizing your stylus was spinning around in the same groove all night.
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  • pumpkinman
    pumpkinman Posts: 9,877
    @soundfreak1
    I have a AT OC9/II that I plan to put on the Denon. You like the AT on your Denon ??
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    Because I am The Pumpkinking


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  • soundfreak1
    soundfreak1 Posts: 3,414
    Oh **** yes! Really stands out, excellent detail,clear separation between instruments and imaging. The impact of each note is remarkable. Mind you I use a good phono pre (Lehman black cube SE) and audioquest cable) but very very pleased with it!
    Main Rig:
    Krell KAV 250a biamped to mid/highs
    Parasound HCA1500A biamped to lows
    Nakamichi EC100 Active xover
    MIT exp 1 ic's
    Perreaux SA33 class A preamp
    AQ kingcobra ic's
    OPPO 83 CDP
    Lehmann audio black cube SE phono pre, Audioquest phono wire (ITA1/1)
    Denon DP-1200 TT. AToc9ML MC cart.
    Monster HTS 3600 power conditioner
    ADS L1590/2 Biamped
    MIT exps2 speaker cable
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,159
    edited December 2017
    delkal wrote: »
    Auto lift at end of record us a nice feature. Its no fun waking up the next day and realizing your stylus was spinning around in the same groove all night.

    On one of my musical therapy sessions years ago on that blue couch, I was playing the Carpenters Greatest hits or Christmas album and I fell asleep.

    My Technics SL1400MK2 has a inherent problem where all of the return mechanisms broke on every one ever made.
    So for about an hour or 2, it spun around like you said. :s

    The one and only time. ;)
    So from then on, Cd's were the go to physical median when I was really tired.
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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  • Polkaguy58
    Polkaguy58 Posts: 352
    delkal wrote: »
    Auto lift at end of record us a nice feature. Its no fun waking up the next day and realizing your stylus was spinning around in the same groove all night.

    I once had a friend tell me that he passed out with his system at full volume and a CD player that had skipped for about 6 or 7 hours before he got up to do anything about it.
    I bet his speaker were well broken in after that ordeal.

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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,159
    ^^^^^^
    10 years of use in 6 or 7 hrs.

    Wonder they didn't burn up. :#
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,894

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    Heathkit catalog, 1983.
    Then, as now, s-e-x sells.
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,159
    ^^^^
    And she knows why she is in the picture too. ;)

    Only people like me smiles like that when we turn a dial and hear something amazing ! :p
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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  • Conradicles
    Conradicles Posts: 6,092
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  • Viking64
    Viking64 Posts: 7,107
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    Heathkit catalog, 1983.
    Then, as now, s-e-x sells.

    Nice rack. LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,894
    there's one in every crowd...

    ;)
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,159
    Conradicles wrote: »
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    You don't need a pretty model to make this receiver attractive. ;)

    I had a SX-1280 and sold it for 180.00.. What a fool I was back then. :s:'(
    I had a SX-1050 and sold it for 50.00.. It turned on but no sound. It probably needed fuses or something. Both were filthy dirty when I bought them, but they cleaned up to like new beauty.

    Now that I'm getting some disposable income every month now, I've thought about purchasing a 1280 at retail now. I doubt I will but who knows . ;)
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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  • Viking64
    Viking64 Posts: 7,107
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    there's one in every crowd...

    ;)
    From what I see, I'm not the only one. :p
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  • TNTsTunes
    TNTsTunes Posts: 751
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    there's one in every crowd...

    ;)

    I thought they came in pairs... :p
    "Make a man a fire and he'll be warm for a day. Light
    a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,894
    TNTsTunes wrote: »
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    there's one in every crowd...

    ;)

    I thought they came in pairs... :p


    or multiples ;)
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,894
    ahem -- this thread needs... some vintage hifi.
    The SX-1980 was nice :)

    I don't think I have anything new (so to speak) to add, though... do I?

    :/

    38942374951_112910dd28_b.jpgDSC_0172 by Mark Hardy, on Flickr

    did I show that hk before? Too lazy to check...
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  • FestYboy
    FestYboy Posts: 3,861
    How's this for vintage...
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,894
    I cannot see enough to tell -- although I like what I see :)

    I recognize the arm, but it's not one I really know.
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  • Viking64
    Viking64 Posts: 7,107
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    did I show that hk before? Too lazy to check...

    Yes, I remember that pic (and the black headphone cord) when we spoke about HK decks last week. Still, it's good to see it again. :)
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,159
    edited December 2017
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    ahem -- this thread needs... some vintage hifi.
    The SX-1980 was nice :)

    I don't think I have anything new (so to speak) to add, though... do I?

    :/

    38942374951_112910dd28_b.jpgDSC_0172 by Mark Hardy, on Flickr

    did I show that hk before? Too lazy to check...

    I love that styling !

    I bought a receiver or maybe it was just an Integrated from that series years ago.....Guess where....yea, a church bazaar. :s

    It too was under a table, hidden from the people that showed up before me. I think it was 4.00. It played fine and was quite solid and heavy. I liked those little square push buttons.
    I shipped it to a HK collector "of that HK series" in Seattle I believe.
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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  • delkal
    delkal Posts: 764
    Conradicles wrote: »
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    Looks nice but I could never own one. I would constantly be fiddling with all of those buttons and never get a chance to relax and enjoy the music.
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  • Viking64
    Viking64 Posts: 7,107
    delkal wrote: »
    I would constantly be fiddling with all of those buttons.
    Some of them love that.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,894
    The SX-1980 is sort of the apatosaurus of 1970s hifi. The genre had kinda jumped the shark by then.

    Who knew so many metaphors could be mangled in two short sentences!?

    :)

    The hk deck -- yeah, I dug up that photo from the ahh-chives (as they'd say in pahts of Bahsten) due to that conversation... and forgot. derp.

    Let's see what else is lurking in the weeds...

    12545862714_f99fe5cfef_b.jpgVM stereo by Mark Hardy, on Flickr

    Stereo -- the hard way.

    Nice single-ended 6L6 power amps, though :)
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  • Viking64
    Viking64 Posts: 7,107
    I see a vintage variac off to the right. Combine that with a 100-watt Marshall head and set it at 90 volts and voila, you get the Van Halen "brown sound". B)
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  • FestYboy
    FestYboy Posts: 3,861
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    I cannot see enough to tell -- although I like what I see :)

    I recognize the arm, but it's not one I really know.

    It's the only working example on the planet. Look below the TT... That's the hint.
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  • aprazer402
    aprazer402 Posts: 3,149
    FestYboy wrote: »
    How's this for vintage...
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    Very Nice Grace G 704 Tone arm. Clue below? Polk?
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