This joint needs some more vintage hifi

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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,296
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    there're a couple of pieces here with those -- none has broken, though (so far). I guess I am lucky(?).

    Hard to break a shelf queen
  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,626
    pitdogg2 wrote: »
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    there're a couple of pieces here with those -- none has broken, though (so far). I guess I am lucky(?).

    Hard to break a shelf queen

    There is that -- actually the Technicses get loaned out on occasion, so they do get the occasional twist.

    :)
  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,296
    Beautiful piece of equipment.
  • deronb1
    deronb1 Posts: 5,021
    pitdogg2 wrote: »
    Beautiful piece of equipment.

    That's what she said!
  • jdjohn
    jdjohn Posts: 3,127
    Wardsweb wrote: »
    Luxman PD-121 with a beautiful Grace 714 teak tonearm.

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    Gorgeous. I have the 704 version of that arm, and they are true works of art!

    I noticed you have a Shanling CD player. I have one of their portable digital audio players (DAP), and it sounds quite good. I had no idea they made higher-end components.
    "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
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,947
    Still have a sansui 771 sitting here doing nothing if anyone is interested. Trade ? Very clean.
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 18,917
    That's pretty phat, Luthor! What material is that platter?

    Tom
    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
  • Wardsweb
    Wardsweb Posts: 935
    treitz3 wrote: »
    That's pretty phat, Luthor! What material is that platter?

    Tom

    The platter is aluminum. The mat is rubber.
  • jdjohn
    jdjohn Posts: 3,127
    Wardsweb wrote: »
    treitz3 wrote: »
    That's pretty phat, Luthor! What material is that platter?

    Tom

    The platter is aluminum. The mat is rubber.
    I'm gonna go out on a limb and say 'cast' aluminum...as opposed to stamped :s
    "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
    Regarding collectibles: "It's not who gets it. It's who gets stuck with it." - Jimmy Fallon
  • jdjohn
    jdjohn Posts: 3,127
    jdjohn wrote: »
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    there're a couple of pieces here with those -- none has broken, though (so far). I guess I am lucky careful(?).
    Fixed it for ya ;)
    Catching-up on projects, I made an improvement to the fragile, brittle, Technics twisty speaker cable hookups. I didn't have much choice on the Technics SU-V8X I'm rehabbing. Only 3.5 out of 8 plastic twisty connectors were left on the amp, so here I had removed all of them, and de-soldered the panel from the PCB.
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    Note the tabs to which the red arrow points. Those tabs go into slotted holes on the PCB...not exactly conducive to lead wires.

    Rear holes left in the chassis shown here, which provided a template for drilling holes in the replacement panel.
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    Note the slotted holes (yellow arrow) to which a lead wire needs to attach.

    This clipboard provided a sacrificial panel to mount inside the amp's rear chassis.
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    All done...from the inside.
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    After stripping the wire insulators, I had to press the strands flat in order to insert them into the PCB slots.

    And the binding posts:
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    These were the bargain choices from Parts Express: https://www.parts-express.com/mini-gold-plated-insulated-5-way-binding-post-banana-jack-set-2-red-2-black--320-3375

    Only real hickup was forgetting to align the binding post drill-through holes for speaker cable ends. Doh! Had to unscrew, align, and tighten back. In the end, it works and sounds great!
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    120WPC with decent headroom - damping around 100
    "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
    Regarding collectibles: "It's not who gets it. It's who gets stuck with it." - Jimmy Fallon
  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,626
    Most impressive young Skywalker. :)
  • JayMX
    JayMX Posts: 445
    edited March 2020
    I had a good vintage restoration Saturday day today. Finished up a full cosmetic rework (clean, paint, vinyl wrap, scale LED’s, new pointer light) of a Pioneer SX-626 and started on restoring a very ratty pair of Sansui AS-200's. They sounded good dirty. Hope they sound better after cleaning and a re-cap. Has anyone had ears on them?

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    Post edited by JayMX on
    Current Collection: Monitor 4a (Peerless), Monitor 5B (Peerless), Modified Monitor 7b (Peerless), RTA15TL (SL3000), SDA CRS+ (194’s), SDA SRS 2.3TL, R100's, R200’s, R300 🤩
    Pairs that have passed through: Monitor 4b (Peerless), Monitor 5a (Peerless), Monitor 5b (SL1000), Monitor 5b (SL2000) (4x pair), Monitor 7b (Peerless), Modified Monitor 7c’s (194’s), Monitor 10a (Peerless), Monitor 10b (5x pair), RTA8, RTA8TL, RTA 11T, RTA12c (194's), SDA CRS, SDA 2 (2x pair), SDA 2a, SDA 2b, SDA 1b, SDA 1c, SDA SRS 2 (2x pair), SDA SRS 3.1TL (198’s) (2x pair)...and more to come, it’s a sickness.
  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,129
    You've got SKILLs. ;)
    B)
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
  • jdjohn
    jdjohn Posts: 3,127
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    Most impressive young Skywalker. :)
    la2vegas wrote: »
    I for one, hate using spring clips for speaker wires.
    Good job on that worthwhile project.

    Thanks guys! But...not sure about that 'young' part :)
    "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
    Regarding collectibles: "It's not who gets it. It's who gets stuck with it." - Jimmy Fallon
  • vcwatkins
    vcwatkins Posts: 1,993
    jbreezy5 wrote: »
    jdjohn wrote: »
    A Dual 1019...who else is excited?!?
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    I got a Dual 721. The speed varies a bit. I’m afraid to try to fix this after the photo. 😲

    Anyone know the pecking order for this against other Dual’s?

    Lotta ins, lotta outs, lotta what-have-you's in the old Duder's head.
    b]Beach Audio[/b]: Rega RP6 (mods) - AT33PTG/II - Parks Budgie SUT - PSAudio NPC * Eversolo DMP-A6 * Topping D90iii * Joule-Electra LA-100 mkIII * Pass Aleph 30 * MIT S3 * Polk SRS 2.3tl (mods) * PSAudio PPP3
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  • dromunds
    dromunds Posts: 10,007
    Call or email or check the website of Fixmydual
  • LoStrings
    LoStrings Posts: 38
    I’ve been lusting over a set of Infinity QLS-1’s for many years, and I finally fulfilled my dream of getting a pair. I was fortunate to find a set that was completely restored...16i5nscfzmsz.jpeg
  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,129
    edited April 2020
    It looks like you have the amperage to drive them.

    That's cool how the flood/spot lights can't shine their light on all of those towers and bass cabinets fronts. Man are they BIG!

    Congrats!
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
  • LoStrings
    LoStrings Posts: 38
    Tony M wrote: »
    It looks like you have the amperage to drive them.

    That's cool how the flood/spot lights can't shine their light on all of those towers and bass cabinets fronts. Man are they BIG!

    Congrats!
    Thanks Tony, yes it takes a lot of amp to drive these..they are the lowest sensitivity speaker I have ever owned, but with the right power, they really shine.
  • BlueBirdMusic
    BlueBirdMusic Posts: 2,228
    LoStrings,

    Love that MASSIVE appearance!!

    Harry
    "Sometimes you have to look to the past to understand where you are going in the future"


    Harry / Marietta GA
  • LoStrings
    LoStrings Posts: 38
    LoStrings,

    Love that MASSIVE appearance!!

    Harry

    Thanks, Harry, the only problem is it is a lot to move around to listen to other speakers in my rotation.
  • oldrocker
    oldrocker Posts: 2,590
    JayMX.

    That 626 sure turned out nice!
  • oldrocker
    oldrocker Posts: 2,590
    LoStrings wrote: »
    I’ve been lusting over a set of Infinity QLS-1’s for many years, and I finally fulfilled my dream of getting a pair. I was fortunate to find a set that was completely restored...16i5nscfzmsz.jpeg

    That setup is just scary looking WOW!!
  • jdjohn
    jdjohn Posts: 3,127
    The ElectroBrand 9700 mini receiver, about the size of a cigar box.
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    Technical info on it is scarce, but based on the research I did, it's probably about 12WPC.
    Here are the very basic guts:
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    Here is the rear, but I can tell you that the 'Phono' input is really just a line-level input.
    The FM tuner worked fine for me.
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    Also, you can see that the speaker outputs are RCA proprietary, but I can confirm they work!

    I plan to give this to a family friend for use in his garage. Nice small footprint for the receiver. I'll also construct appropriate RCA speaker cables for him, plus I found a pair of wall-mounted indoor/outdoor Infinity speakers in my dad's collection to include.

    More info about the receiver here:
    https://audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/bizarre-mini-stereo-receiver-electro-brand-9700.769401/
    "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
    Regarding collectibles: "It's not who gets it. It's who gets stuck with it." - Jimmy Fallon
  • BlueBirdMusic
    BlueBirdMusic Posts: 2,228
    Jody, was the ElectroBrand 9700 in your dad's collection? I like the tower orientation.
    "Sometimes you have to look to the past to understand where you are going in the future"


    Harry / Marietta GA
  • jdjohn
    jdjohn Posts: 3,127
    Hi Harry. Yes, it came from there.
    "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
    Regarding collectibles: "It's not who gets it. It's who gets stuck with it." - Jimmy Fallon
  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,296
    edited July 2020
    jdjohn wrote: »
    The ElectroBrand 9700 mini receiver, about the size of a cigar box.
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    Technical info on it is scarce, but based on the research I did, it's probably about 12WPC.
    Here are the very basic guts:
    s2ucjcpdsxfm.jpg
    Here is the rear, but I can tell you that the 'Phono' input is really just a line-level input.
    The FM tuner worked fine for me.
    i644iw9gy1k3.jpg
    Also, you can see that the speaker outputs are RCA proprietary, but I can confirm they work!

    I plan to give this to a family friend for use in his garage. Nice small footprint for the receiver. I'll also construct appropriate RCA speaker cables for him, plus I found a pair of wall-mounted indoor/outdoor Infinity speakers in my dad's collection to include.

    More info about the receiver here:
    https://audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/bizarre-mini-stereo-receiver-electro-brand-9700.769401/

    Nothing proprietary about them. Growing all my mom and dads audio gear had them for speakers. I remember dad going to musicland to buy 3 25' RCA speaker cable extensions to run so he could have tunes in the driveway. I cringe today to think of the resistance on the 20ga cables.

    Shudder
  • jdjohn
    jdjohn Posts: 3,127
    pitdogg2 wrote: »
    jdjohn wrote: »
    I plan to give this to a family friend for use in his garage. Nice small footprint for the receiver. I'll also construct appropriate RCA speaker cables for him, plus I found a pair of wall-mounted indoor/outdoor Infinity speakers in my dad's collection to include.

    Nothing proprietary about them. Growing all my mom and dads audio gear had them for speakers. I remember dad going to musicland to buy 3 25' RCA speaker cable extensions to run so he could have tunes in the driveway. I cringe today to think of the resistance on the 20ga cables.

    Shudder
    You're right...bad choice of words. Just not your typical speaker binding posts or clamps or whatever with black/red connectors.
    "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
    Regarding collectibles: "It's not who gets it. It's who gets stuck with it." - Jimmy Fallon