Unusual HiFi products from the past.
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There was a fairly small company based in Oregon called Audionics of Oregon (which later became the Fosgate Company) and they achieved audiophile notoriety for their excellent sounding preamp and power amp (BP-1 and CC-2). They also produced a turntable called the LK-1 which had a clamshell base and dustcover made from a non resonant material they called Resanon. At the time it was joked that this was Darth Vader's turntable because of the shape and dark grey color.
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Here's another photo of it.
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I was never flush enough with cash to afford the Nak's, I would have sold my first born at one time for one.
Good thing Yamaha made some GREAT decks I could actually afford.
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Then there was the Nakamichi TX-1000 turntable which automatically corrected for records with spindle holes not centered correctly.
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I was never flush enough with cash to afford the Nak's, I would have sold my first born at one time for one.
Good thing Yamaha made some GREAT decks I could actually afford.
This particular Yamaha isn't exactly an "unusual hifi product", nor is it "GREAT"
, but it is (was) interesting. I never, ever was aware of this model back when it would have been new... how the heck was that even possible? 
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SeleniumFalcon wrote: »
^^^ An example of coupling, decoupling or neither? Is there even a "neither" in speaker placement?
Edit: I found this on Audiogon vvvv
The user name looks familiar from audio web forums.
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SeleniumFalcon wrote: »
1) shouldn't the "strands" be decorated with little shells or beads or macramé
or something?
2) If one was unhappy with (or finished with) the hanger for loudspeaker support, it kinda sorta looks like something that could be repurposed for a Fifty Shades of Grey kinda sorta thing.
Kinda.
Sorta.
EDIT: PS markphd667 is oh-so-not-me. I get the heebie-jeebies even lookin' at a thread on Audiogon's forum.
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Methinks thou dost protest too much.mhardy6647 wrote: »EDIT: PS markphd667 is oh-so-not-me. I get the heebie-jeebies even lookin' at a thread on Audiogon's forum.
667 is/was his number of posts, not part of his member name
"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 -
SeleniumFalcon wrote: »
Heh, as if the regular old Accutrak wasn't complicated and persnickety enough...Hey! Let's make a multi-disk changer version of it!!!
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Methinks thou dost protest too much.mhardy6647 wrote: »EDIT: PS markphd667 is oh-so-not-me. I get the heebie-jeebies even lookin' at a thread on Audiogon's forum.
667 is/was his number of posts, not part of his member name
oops. Well, my PhD's not in artithmetic
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Nor in spelling???mhardy6647 wrote: »oops. Well, my PhD's not in artithmetic "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 -
Derp. Youch. Again.
Some days I'm the windshield, some days I'm the bug.
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A home jukebox to play LPs. Holds 50 LPs.
January 1968 Hi-Fi Stereo Review -
mhardy6647 wrote: »Derp. Youch. Again.
Some days I'm the windshield, some days I'm the bug.
Couldn’t help but think of…:
https://youtu.be/pey29CLID3I CD Players: Sony CDP-211; Sony DVP-S9000ES; Sony UDP-X800M2 (x2); Cambridge Audio CXC
DACs: Jolida Glass FX Tube DAC III (x2); Denafrips Ares II (x2)
Streamers: ROKU (x3); Bluesound Node 2i and Node N130 w/LHY LPS // Receivers: Yamaha RX-V775BT; Yamaha RX-V777
Preamps: B&K Ref 50; B&K Ref 5 S2; Classe CP-800 MkII; Audio Research SP16L (soon)
Amps: Niles SI-275; B&K ST125.7; B&K ST125.2; Classe CA-2300; Butler Audio TDB-5150
Speakers: Boston Acoustics CR55; Focal Chorus 705v; Wharfedale Diamond 10.2; Monitor Audio Silver-1; Def Tech Mythos One (x4)/Mythos Three Center (x2)/Mythos Two pr.; Martin Logan Electromotion ESL; Legacy Audio Victoria/Silverscreen Center; Gallo Acoustics Reference 3.1; SVS SB-1000 Pro; REL HT-1003; B&W ASW610; HifiMan HE400i
Turntable: Dual 721 Direct-Drive w/Audio Technica AT-VM95e cart
Cables: Tripp-lite 14ga. PCs, Blue Jeans Cable ICs, Philips PXT1000 ICs; Kimber Kable DV30 coaxial ICs; Canare L-4E6S XLR ICs; Kimber Kable 8PR & 8TC speaker cables. -
mhardy6647 wrote: »Derp. Youch. Again.
Some days I'm the windshield, some days I'm the bug.
Couldn’t help but think of…:https://youtu.be/pey29CLID3II'd rather be a windshield than a bug.
Yes I would.
If I only could.
I surely would.
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SeleniumFalcon wrote: »
That looks to be ahead of it’s time for design.CD Players: Sony CDP-211; Sony DVP-S9000ES; Sony UDP-X800M2 (x2); Cambridge Audio CXC
DACs: Jolida Glass FX Tube DAC III (x2); Denafrips Ares II (x2)
Streamers: ROKU (x3); Bluesound Node 2i and Node N130 w/LHY LPS // Receivers: Yamaha RX-V775BT; Yamaha RX-V777
Preamps: B&K Ref 50; B&K Ref 5 S2; Classe CP-800 MkII; Audio Research SP16L (soon)
Amps: Niles SI-275; B&K ST125.7; B&K ST125.2; Classe CA-2300; Butler Audio TDB-5150
Speakers: Boston Acoustics CR55; Focal Chorus 705v; Wharfedale Diamond 10.2; Monitor Audio Silver-1; Def Tech Mythos One (x4)/Mythos Three Center (x2)/Mythos Two pr.; Martin Logan Electromotion ESL; Legacy Audio Victoria/Silverscreen Center; Gallo Acoustics Reference 3.1; SVS SB-1000 Pro; REL HT-1003; B&W ASW610; HifiMan HE400i
Turntable: Dual 721 Direct-Drive w/Audio Technica AT-VM95e cart
Cables: Tripp-lite 14ga. PCs, Blue Jeans Cable ICs, Philips PXT1000 ICs; Kimber Kable DV30 coaxial ICs; Canare L-4E6S XLR ICs; Kimber Kable 8PR & 8TC speaker cables. -
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Weasel bristles, sounds like a Zappa tune. -
Man, they shoulda tried stoats.
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mhardy6647 wrote: »Man, they shoulda tried stoats.
It would have taken many to make one brush -
mhardy6647 wrote: »Man, they shoulda tried stoats.
It would have taken many to make one brush
hey, we're talkin' audiophiles. If mouse fur were the sine qua non, we'd all have one.
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That record cleaner is a must for certain album titles.
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And the Goat Rodeo Sessions.
