HK 730 and Yamaha DSP A 1000
OnlyPolk
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Here are my vintage items. Languishing in the closet.
The HK 730 was part of my first system in circa 1974. That plus large Advents and a BIC turntable. Paid 374 for it and they are asking almost twice that on eBay today( some are) for units that look beat up to me.
The DSP A1000 was Yamaha’s flagship entry with Dolby Pro logic.
Haven’t checked these out in a long while but they were both working then
The HK 730 was part of my first system in circa 1974. That plus large Advents and a BIC turntable. Paid 374 for it and they are asking almost twice that on eBay today( some are) for units that look beat up to me.
The DSP A1000 was Yamaha’s flagship entry with Dolby Pro logic.
Haven’t checked these out in a long while but they were both working then
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I didn't know anything about what I was buying at the time, all I cared about was listening to the music. This manual told me that the people who designed and built the receiver cared about that goal. It showed pride in their accomplishments. What do you get nowadays for a manual. Something with no words, just pics, printed in font size 2, covering a whole range of models.
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I bought a Yamaha DSP A-1000 back in 1993 when I graduated from college. It was the heart of my first real system and I loved it. I also have it in a closet no longer in use. I may need to get it out and see if it still works.
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I bought a DSP A-1000 in late 1991/early 1992 with my first home theater system. In 1999, I replaced it with the Yamaha A-1, for my first Dolby Digital system.
Here's a pic circa 1992.
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Man, that pic is a trip down memory lane, sitting in my parents basement watching Terminator on the Curtis Mathis 25" tube TV and matching VCR with manual tracking.Rega Planar 8, Apheta 3 MC , Aria mk2 Phono
Aurender n100h, Benchmark DAC2 HGC
Arcam SR250, Parasound JC5
Revel F208, SVS SB-4000 -
Man, VCR is a term I haven't heard of in many, many moons...
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. ~ -
guyincognito wrote: »Man, that pic is a trip down memory lane, sitting in my parents basement watching Terminator on the Curtis Mathis 25" tube TV and matching VCR with manual tracking.
The VCR in the stack is a 1984 Sony SL-2300 Betamax machine that had manual tuning and a wired remote that only had 3 buttons (pause, backward scan, forward scan).
The VCR under the TV is a Sony S-VHS editing deck that was way too complicated for its own good. It was a $1000 hunk of stainless steel, rosewood side panels, and way too many printed circuit boards. There was even a jog/shuttle and an LCD screen on the remote control.
There's an H/K cassette deck and a Yamaha CD player hidden in there as well.
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I still have a small VCR tape collection, after throwing out most of what I had taped myself, that I'm debating what to do with. I bought one of the last Mitusbishi VCR's just a couple of years before the industry became obsolete. Are VCR tapes going to stage a comeback like Vinyl? (just kidding)
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The hk 730 was/is a nice piece of equipment.
