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i had a Sansui G2200 or 2000 & i had it paired with some Monitor 5's with Peerless tweets & it was so sweet. I sure miss that little system. Things we do in this hobbypumpkinman wrote: »
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Marantz 1040 ~ the balance slide is snapped off but still works
Marantz 1060
Matrantz PM-52
I do like the vintage Marantz but I'm a bigger fan of Sansui gear.
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I finally broke down, got a couple of cheap generic NAB adaptors off eBAY and pulled my half-track, high-speed A77 (which rose from the ashes of a total of three A77 organ donors!) out of hiding.
As I type this, I am listening to a rather fascinating rock artifact -- an aircheck of an early 1971 (apparently) interview with Bob Weir of the Dead -- conducted by some guys from Harvard's WHRB-FM in, of course, Cambridge ("our fair city"), MA.
The interview was recorded in New York in early 1971 -- it's interesting to hear Weir (and some snippets of others as well) when they were young -- pretty much unedited.
ReVox WHRB Dead aircheck by mhardy6647, on Flickr
Because I am very lazy... I just mainlined the A77 into the amplifier -- we don't need no stinkin' preamp (sometimes)!
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Ok. So its a cheesy Technics SU Z1 integraded amp & its hooked to R/Shack little metal box speakers. So **** what ya say. Ozzy sounds pretty good on it. Hellraiser
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I would call a piece like that Technics small but sincere; what's not to like about it!? I mean, it's got meters and everything... looks fine to me.
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Great piece Randy, analog meters rock bro! It looks like it's from the early 80's(?) and still kickin'!
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How about a 32 year old pair of immaculate AR18's they are two far spread out to get pics of the other one!Home Theater
Parasound Halo A 31 OnkyoTX-NR838 Sony XBR55X850B 55" 4K RtiA9 Fronts CsiA6 Center RtiA3 Rears FxiA6 Side Surrounds Dual Psw 111's Oppo 105D Signal Ultra Speaker Cables & IC's Signal Magic Power Cable Technics SL Q300 Panamax MR4300 Audioquest Chocolate HDMI Cables Audioquest Forest USB Cable
2 Channel
Adcom 555II Vincent SA-T1 Marantz SA 15S2 Denon DR-M11 Clearaudio Bluemotion SDA 2.3tl's (Z) edition MIT Terminator II Speaker Cables & IC's Adcom 545II Adcom Gtp-450 Marantz CD5004 Technics M245X SDA 2B's, SDA CRS+
Stuff for the Head
JD LABS C5 Headphone Amplifier, Sennheiser HD 598, Polk Audio Buckle, Polk Audio Hinge, Velodyne vPulse, Bose IE2, Sennheiser CX 200 Street II, Sennheiser MX 365
Shower & Off the beaten path Rigs
Polk Audio Boom Swimmer, Polk Audio Urchin
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Classic Technics Gear 1983 the SUV 909 euro model was the biggest Integrated Technics ever made correct me if I'm wrong its got to weigh at least 40lbs I know it ran 2 pair of my buddies 901s without breaking a sweat we had the barracks shaking that weekend it runs a pair of AR 58s and a pair of AR 18s no problem at all. The rest of the Technics gear is good stuff made before the late 80s crap they started putting out for the mainstream.
The only newbie to the group is the Cambridge Tuner my Technics tuner is somewhere just not sure it will show up under the steps I think. If I wasn't so lazy I would pop the top on the integrated will do someday and post a picture of the innards, its was serviced last year and is in tip top shape.
Home Theater
Parasound Halo A 31 OnkyoTX-NR838 Sony XBR55X850B 55" 4K RtiA9 Fronts CsiA6 Center RtiA3 Rears FxiA6 Side Surrounds Dual Psw 111's Oppo 105D Signal Ultra Speaker Cables & IC's Signal Magic Power Cable Technics SL Q300 Panamax MR4300 Audioquest Chocolate HDMI Cables Audioquest Forest USB Cable
2 Channel
Adcom 555II Vincent SA-T1 Marantz SA 15S2 Denon DR-M11 Clearaudio Bluemotion SDA 2.3tl's (Z) edition MIT Terminator II Speaker Cables & IC's Adcom 545II Adcom Gtp-450 Marantz CD5004 Technics M245X SDA 2B's, SDA CRS+
Stuff for the Head
JD LABS C5 Headphone Amplifier, Sennheiser HD 598, Polk Audio Buckle, Polk Audio Hinge, Velodyne vPulse, Bose IE2, Sennheiser CX 200 Street II, Sennheiser MX 365
Shower & Off the beaten path Rigs
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All of the AR-18 family are OK in my book; I am personally most favorably disposed to the original AR-18 of ca. 1977... but they were all good little loudspeakers.
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I agree the 18's 28's the 38's and the 58's were all decent in their heyday, I almost bought a pair of 28's off craigslist to add to the collection but they were pretty beat up and smelt like smoke.Home Theater
Parasound Halo A 31 OnkyoTX-NR838 Sony XBR55X850B 55" 4K RtiA9 Fronts CsiA6 Center RtiA3 Rears FxiA6 Side Surrounds Dual Psw 111's Oppo 105D Signal Ultra Speaker Cables & IC's Signal Magic Power Cable Technics SL Q300 Panamax MR4300 Audioquest Chocolate HDMI Cables Audioquest Forest USB Cable
2 Channel
Adcom 555II Vincent SA-T1 Marantz SA 15S2 Denon DR-M11 Clearaudio Bluemotion SDA 2.3tl's (Z) edition MIT Terminator II Speaker Cables & IC's Adcom 545II Adcom Gtp-450 Marantz CD5004 Technics M245X SDA 2B's, SDA CRS+
Stuff for the Head
JD LABS C5 Headphone Amplifier, Sennheiser HD 598, Polk Audio Buckle, Polk Audio Hinge, Velodyne vPulse, Bose IE2, Sennheiser CX 200 Street II, Sennheiser MX 365
Shower & Off the beaten path Rigs
Polk Audio Boom Swimmer, Polk Audio Urchin -
I agree the 18's 28's the 38's and the 58's were all decent in their heyday, I almost bought a pair of 28's off craigslist to add to the collection but they were pretty beat up and smelt like smoke.
I picked up a pair of AR-28's that needed new foam for $5. Re-foamed the woofers and was overall very disappointed with their sound. Sold them for what I had in them.
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The SL-Q300 with a Ortofon cartridge as old as the other Technics gear also in very fine shape.pumpkinman wrote: »I agree the 18's 28's the 38's and the 58's were all decent in their heyday, I almost bought a pair of 28's off craigslist to add to the collection but they were pretty beat up and smelt like smoke.
I picked up a pair of AR-28's that needed new foam for $5. Re-foamed the woofers and was overall very disappointed with their sound. Sold them for what I had in them.
P-man
Something wasn't right with them then what disappointed you about them?
Home Theater
Parasound Halo A 31 OnkyoTX-NR838 Sony XBR55X850B 55" 4K RtiA9 Fronts CsiA6 Center RtiA3 Rears FxiA6 Side Surrounds Dual Psw 111's Oppo 105D Signal Ultra Speaker Cables & IC's Signal Magic Power Cable Technics SL Q300 Panamax MR4300 Audioquest Chocolate HDMI Cables Audioquest Forest USB Cable
2 Channel
Adcom 555II Vincent SA-T1 Marantz SA 15S2 Denon DR-M11 Clearaudio Bluemotion SDA 2.3tl's (Z) edition MIT Terminator II Speaker Cables & IC's Adcom 545II Adcom Gtp-450 Marantz CD5004 Technics M245X SDA 2B's, SDA CRS+
Stuff for the Head
JD LABS C5 Headphone Amplifier, Sennheiser HD 598, Polk Audio Buckle, Polk Audio Hinge, Velodyne vPulse, Bose IE2, Sennheiser CX 200 Street II, Sennheiser MX 365
Shower & Off the beaten path Rigs
Polk Audio Boom Swimmer, Polk Audio Urchin -
Seems like all__ of those old AR's needed refoaming after decades of service, very__ fine sounding speakers(at least the ones from the late 60's to mid 70's) as I recall. Seems like the company went through some changes in the late 70's ,ended up m&a with Teledyne? Wasn't there another brand Superscope that m&a with Marantz about the same time?
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Teledyne bought AR in (EDIT) 1967. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acoustic_Research
1968. Many fine AR products (mostly loudspeakers) were designed, produced, and sold while the company was "Teledyne Acoustic Research". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acoustic_Research
Superscope bought and bailed out Marantz in (EDIT) 1964. Poor Saul Marantz couldn't make a go of the hifi business despite his superb designers/engineers and the components they begat (e.g., the 8B amplifier). It is said that the low profit margin and high support (e.g., warranty service) costs associated with the Marantz 10 and subsequent 10B tuners were the straw that broke the camel's back.
Post-Superscope Marantz products, by and large, are hardly a shadow of the real Marantz components.
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Superscope CD-304 cassette deck
Because I am The Pumpkinking
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The SL-Q300 with a Ortofon cartridge as old as the other Technics gear also in very fine shape.pumpkinman wrote: »I agree the 18's 28's the 38's and the 58's were all decent in their heyday, I almost bought a pair of 28's off craigslist to add to the collection but they were pretty beat up and smelt like smoke.
I picked up a pair of AR-28's that needed new foam for $5. Re-foamed the woofers and was overall very disappointed with their sound. Sold them for what I had in them.
P-man
Something wasn't right with them then what disappointed you about them?
SQ just didn't do for me. My 2 favs are far as vintage bookshelves speakers were Polk Monitor 7 and Boston Acoustics A70. Sold both to make room for diff. stuff. If I kept everything I'd need a warehouse LOL.
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Neat-o. Superscope also distributed Sony's products for quite a while -- some "Superscope" branded equipment was Sony-made, some Marantz made (in Japan -- I think Automatic Radio was the OEM... but don't quote me on that!).pumpkinman wrote: »
Superscope CD-304 cassette deck
A Supersope Sony:
A Superscope by "Marantz"
(N.B. both images above are "borrowed"; not mine!)
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EDIT: heh, and another Marantz/Superscope :- )
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(in another nice, borrowed photo)
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mhardy6647 wrote: »EDIT: heh, and another Marantz/Superscope :- )
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(in another nice, borrowed photo)
I remember those receivers and I'd love to find one. As far as the lighted panel. Was it the bulbs or paper like the blue in the Marantz receiver that made it that color ??
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I don't know; I doubt that the bulbs were tinted pink, though.
I don't think there's a single Superscope-branded piece here... I don't... think...
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mhardy6647 wrote: »I don't know; I doubt that the bulbs were tinted pink, though.
I don't think there's a single Superscope-branded piece here... I don't... think...
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I had receiver (which brand, I don't remember) that had tinted bulbs. I replaced them with non-colored bulbs. Just wasn't the same.
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Speaking of Boston Acoustics
Here's a pair of A 120's that I bought about 4 years ago and finally finished the new the surrounds last week 
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I remember those Superscope receivers being advertised in Stereo Review way back.
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My son picked this up for me last month in Charlottesville. He's a fine lad...
DSC_9935 by mhardy6647, on Flickr
Just got it installed quasi-permanently, bumping the TU-717.
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Yo' link -- it be broken :- (
EDIT: Ahh, it was a TIFF file; I took the liberty of converting it...
Oh -- KA-3500; d'oh! I was thinking "KT-5300" (the companion tuner for the KA-3500).
313%20and%20it%20cooks by mhardy6647, on Flickr
The KA-3500 was next to the bottom of the line at the time (ca. 1977) and pretty inexpensive for a 40 wpc amp in its day. I don't recall them sounding subdued... but I haven't seen nor heard one for a long time...
The best sounding tuner I've ever heard with my own personal ears (in case anyone is interested) was an HH Scott 310E owned by one of the Northern New England vacuum tube hifi gurus. It was astounding.
KA3500p1 by mhardy6647, on Flickr
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Dead thread walking :- )
I stumbled across photos of the two ReVox A77s I bought, years ago, on CL that ultimately gave their lives (along with a third organ donor A77) to beget the nice high-speed, half-track A77 that is now ensconced in my hifi room...
P1030130 by mhardy6647, on Flickr
P1030132 by mhardy6647, on Flickr
The result (which is probably already posted to this thread someplace), built for me by Charles "Stellavox" King:ReVox WHRB Dead aircheck by mhardy6647, on Flickr
I always think of Johnny Cash's song One Piece at a Time when I use it :- )
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I see the souls of a couple of chairs in the second pic...
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