Some photos of vintage Japanese components
Danny Tse
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I came across this particular Japanese website while surfing audioasylum.com. Have no idea what the Japanese writing is saying but the photos are enjoyable....
http://www.niji.or.jp/home/k-nisi/index.html
Some of the brands may be unfamiliar to those outside of Japan. As far as I know....
Lo-D = Hitachi
Exclusive = Pioneer's high-end line in Japan
A&D = Akai
Optonica = Sharp
Victor = JVC
Diatone = Mitsubishi
Trio = Kenwood
Esprit = Sony, forerunner of the ES line
http://www.niji.or.jp/home/k-nisi/index.html
Some of the brands may be unfamiliar to those outside of Japan. As far as I know....
Lo-D = Hitachi
Exclusive = Pioneer's high-end line in Japan
A&D = Akai
Optonica = Sharp
Victor = JVC
Diatone = Mitsubishi
Trio = Kenwood
Esprit = Sony, forerunner of the ES line
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Wow thanks for sharing some cool vintage products!
By favourite is the
Rock solid tank! Robust! TANK! Wow!
NAKAMICHI PA-70 Amplifier
:eek: :eek: :eek:
http://page.freett.com/knisi/separate2.htm
LOVE IT!;)Panasonic TH-50PX80U Plasma HDTV
Polk Audio RT800i (fronts)
Polk Audio CS400i (center)
Polk Audio F/X1000 (side surrounds)
Polk Audio RTi6 (back surrrounds)
Velodyne CHT-15 (subwoofer)
Yamaha RX-V1400 (Pre/Pro)
NAD C272 (2-ch Amp)
Adcom GFA-7605 (5-ch Amp)
Toshiba SD-3109 (DVD/CD player)
Malata DVP-580 (Multi-region DVD player) -
Try babelfish.altavista.com to read it in broken english.;)
Just paste the link in and select Japanese to English. -
NAKAMICHI PA-70
http://page.freett.com/knisi/pa-70.htm
http://amp8.com/tr-amp/amp/nak-pa70.htm
Unbelievable! it was designed in 1986!Panasonic TH-50PX80U Plasma HDTV
Polk Audio RT800i (fronts)
Polk Audio CS400i (center)
Polk Audio F/X1000 (side surrounds)
Polk Audio RTi6 (back surrrounds)
Velodyne CHT-15 (subwoofer)
Yamaha RX-V1400 (Pre/Pro)
NAD C272 (2-ch Amp)
Adcom GFA-7605 (5-ch Amp)
Toshiba SD-3109 (DVD/CD player)
Malata DVP-580 (Multi-region DVD player) -
Just to show the Japanese still make some stunning separates....the Luxman DU-10 universal player
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Great stuff, I've always loved the look of Japanese separates. It's too bad there almost none available in the US anymore.
Take a look at the size of the transformer in those Sansui amps. -
Originally posted by hamzahsh
NAKAMICHI PA-70
http://page.freett.com/knisi/pa-70.htm
http://amp8.com/tr-amp/amp/nak-pa70.htm
Unbelievable! it was designed in 1986!
The Nak PA70 used Nelson Pass from Threshold's STASIS technology.
When I listened to it back in about 1988 I couldn't find a sonic difference between the Nak and the GFA555 despite the sales guy at the shops protestations. The Adcom was half the price!
