Taking a listen to your past equipment

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,801
    edited April 2018
    Re: the antenna above (that is an antenna, isn't it?) -- and FWIW:
    I have a fairly remarkable collection of (mostly foundling) indoor/amplified antennae -- many (but not all) dump finds (of course). No BIC BeamBox (sadly), but I did pick up this little rascal for $7.00 at an antique radio fleamarket a few years back. I actually use this one, too.

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  • verb
    verb Posts: 10,176
    Yep - TERK amplified antenna! :smile:
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  • mlistens03
    mlistens03 Posts: 2,767
    Nice looking antenna. If central FL had any decent radio stations I would use the radio, but my options are classic jazz (not bad but we are just out of range) rap and hip hop (not my thing) and a gospel radio that plays the same exact 10 songs over and over again. I’ll stick to streaming and CDs.
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  • msg
    msg Posts: 10,013
    can you get any local public radio stations down there in central FL, maybe some NPR syndicated stuff? our local public has some pretty good programming. haven't listened to the others in probably 10-15years, easy.

    antennas and a nice tuner are fun. lends a bit of atmosphere and life to the broadcast. I can "tune in" the same with a Squeezebox, too, but it just sounds cold and lifeless compared to that FM broadcast. It's got a certain body about it. Some air hiss, too, but for some music it works. I guess it's the radio version of some record noise.
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  • msg
    msg Posts: 10,013
    Even though the smile's probably a dead giveaway, please don't tell us where.
    verb wrote: »
    Stock picture, but I'm sure I have this guy stored away somewhere! :smile:
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  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 12,934
    Now I have an urge to buy a tuner you SOB.
    msg wrote: »
    can you get any local public radio stations down there in central FL, maybe some NPR syndicated stuff? our local public has some pretty good programming. haven't listened to the others in probably 10-15years, easy.

    antennas and a nice tuner are fun. lends a bit of atmosphere and life to the broadcast. I can "tune in" the same with a Squeezebox, too, but it just sounds cold and lifeless compared to that FM broadcast. It's got a certain body about it. Some air hiss, too, but for some music it works. I guess it's the radio version of some record noise.

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  • msg
    msg Posts: 10,013
    edited April 2018
    you're welcome :)
    B&K TS-108 is pretty nice.
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    Doc can probaby steer you to some other nice ones.

    I spent a good bit of time messing with antennas, and found two that work pretty well. Doc gave me a few ideas on this.

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    You can mount this inside. It's also a great test for marital health.
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  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 12,934
    FOUND ONE! http://www.audioadvisor.com/prodinfo.asp?number=MDMD90T

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  • msg
    msg Posts: 10,013
    edited April 2018
    That one's out of stock.
    Monoprice make a tube tuner?
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  • msg
    msg Posts: 10,013
    I like the vintage tuner idea for this, personally, unless you really want to listen to the radio regularly and want a more modern piece or something that picks up HD?
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  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 12,934
    Agreed:

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    msg wrote: »
    I like the vintage tuner idea for this, personally, unless you really want to listen to the radio regularly and want a more modern piece or something that picks up HD?

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,801
    we use one of these at our house. FM tubes, bubbeleh.

    32420517023_402521c8de_b.jpgDSC_7288 (2) by Mark Hardy, on Flickr
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  • mlistens03
    mlistens03 Posts: 2,767
    msg wrote: »
    can you get any local public radio stations down there in central FL, maybe some NPR syndicated stuff? our local public has some pretty good programming. haven't listened to the others in probably 10-15years, easy.

    antennas and a nice tuner are fun. lends a bit of atmosphere and life to the broadcast. I can "tune in" the same with a Squeezebox, too, but it just sounds cold and lifeless compared to that FM broadcast. It's got a certain body about it. Some air hiss, too, but for some music it works. I guess it's the radio version of some record noise.

    I can get NPR but I don’t care for talk shows and I haven’t found any that are music (except for the car talk re-runs, I try to listen to those every week). The jazz station is actually just fine to listen to and I like jazz but I can’t listen to it for too long because the songs are so long and that just about drives me crazy. Other than that, there is nothing really my style in the area, although I have thought about buying the Sirius or XM antenna for my receiver to listen to satellite radio.
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  • halo
    halo Posts: 5,616
    edited April 2018
    Can't say that I do as I usually sell off the "old" gear to put funds toward the "new" gear. I can try phono carts I've used in the past but that's about it. That said, I'd love to try out the Von Schweikert VR-2 speakers against the S60s to see how they fare against one another in the new place but, sadly, my brother has them now and he won't sell them back to me. lol.

    My Von Schweikert VR-2 rig:
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    My Polk Signature S60 rig:
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    Then again, it would be cool to see how the old InnerSound rig would do:
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  • mlistens03
    mlistens03 Posts: 2,767
    I loooooove that you can see through the diaphragm on electrostatic speakers. Those are electrostats, right? I can’t tell at a glance.
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  • audioluvr
    audioluvr Posts: 5,582
    edited April 2018
    Oh crap! I am not worthy @halo!
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  • halo
    halo Posts: 5,616
    mlistens03 wrote: »
    I loooooove that you can see through the diaphragm on electrostatic speakers. Those are electrostats, right? I can’t tell at a glance.

    Those are InnerSound electrostatic hybrids. ESL panel up top with woofer in a transmission line enclosure on the bottom. InnerSound is long gone but you can buy the new & improved version from Sanders Sound Systems.
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  • halo
    halo Posts: 5,616
    audioluvr wrote: »
    Oh crap! I am not worthy @halo!

    Pffft! SDA's are nothing to sneeze at man. I'd love to locate a set for my current abode!
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  • Kingrat
    Kingrat Posts: 74
    I'm about to bring out of mothballs an Ebay cheapie replay of my first decent receiver, a Panasonic SA-6500. It's got bad filter caps and needs a general cleanup, but sounds very nice, like an old Marantz. Built like one inside, too. The only weak spot in the unit is the slider controls, they are basically a huge pain to replace, if you can find one and a lot of the volume ones are worn out at this point:9hmqceqg9ebc.jpg
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  • Kingrat
    Kingrat Posts: 74
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    Cable atheist: They're just trying to get your money like a TV preacher!
    Vinyl system: I'm long done with the snap, crackle, and pop.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,801
    a rare beast to be sure.
    Three gang AM tuner section -- nice.
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    My leftovers eventually morph into another system that I find in need of upgrades.
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  • erniejade
    erniejade Posts: 6,321
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  • erniejade
    erniejade Posts: 6,321
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    Sometimes i still put on a cassette or 2 on these old boomboxes.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,801
    wow -- seeing that collection makes me feel a whole lot better about myself.

    ;)
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,801
    In all seriousness, the two big ones on the top shelf in the first photo are probably worth more than most of the stuff gathering dust here :/
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  • erniejade
    erniejade Posts: 6,321
    All3 on top. The conion on the left. Then prosonic. And the right is the sharp 777.
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,283
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    In all seriousness, the two big ones on the top shelf in the first photo are probably worth more than most of the stuff gathering dust here :/

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/Conion-C-100F-Ghettoblaster-Boombox-in-Awesome-Condition-/230721079274
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,801
    OK -- one of 'em is worth more than all my cr@p!

    :p
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,801
    FWIW, one sort-of interesting boombox did pass through our hallowed halls, briefly.
    Not a high-end one by any means, but interesting enough that I couldn't pass it up when I espied it on the swap pile at the ol' Harvard town dump one Saturday.

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    I think it even worked -- at least somewhat. I actually don't remember what I did with it - but it's not here anymore.
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