This joint needs some more vintage hifi
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The two shielded 12AX7s are preamp tubes; both are probably used in the high gain moving magnet phono cartridge preamp section.
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Looking for the schematic to see what the 12AU7's for. I am guessing that the other two 12AX7s are in the phase splitters, but I could well be wrong.
Meanwhile, I did find this Flikr album of nice photos of a Pacemaker 2221! :- )
https://flic.kr/s/aHskaAe7f7
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Here be a pic of my refurbished Voice of Music EL84 amp...
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starkiller wrote: »Here be a pic of my refurbished Voice of Music EL84 amp...
That is sharp, very nice! Amazing what can be done with some of these old hi-fi pieces. How does it sound? What speakers? Way
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Was using a set of Peachtree DS4.5's and then a pair of Blumenstein Mini Orca's but now its a set of Totem Dreamcatcher's....very nice sound!Computer room Hegeman 1 SpeakersM&K VX-80 subKenwood DP-7010Cambridge Audio CXC Transport Rega DACPrimaLuna Prologue Four AmpAric Audio Tube PreampGarage Jennings Research SquareCustom tube preampCrown XLS-1000Denon DCD-1500II Modded MSB Link DAC
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The VM amp definitely has panache!
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Thanks, it is a nice looking piece to be sure...Computer room Hegeman 1 SpeakersM&K VX-80 subKenwood DP-7010Cambridge Audio CXC Transport Rega DACPrimaLuna Prologue Four AmpAric Audio Tube PreampGarage Jennings Research SquareCustom tube preampCrown XLS-1000Denon DCD-1500II Modded MSB Link DAC
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Thanks for the link aprazer, had one of the old Bell 3030 and a matching Bell AM/FM tuner with the fluoroscan type meters used back in the day.aprazer402 wrote: »Thanks for this link. Interesting old stuff. http://www.wingspreadrecords.com/Bell.htm
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Polkie2009 wrote: »
Thanks for the link aprazer, had one of the old Bell 3030 and a matching Bell AM/FM tuner with the fluoroscan type meters used back in the day.aprazer402 wrote: »Thanks for this link. Interesting old stuff. http://www.wingspreadrecords.com/Bell.htm
Polkie 2009: Thank Mark Hardy for it, he posted it. -
Thank you Doc, it's nice to see the vintage Bell equipment mentioned here.
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Here is one of my receivers (pardon my photo skills). Quad Marantz 4270. I also have a NOS SQA 2B Decoder.
Living Room
Parasound Model 2250v2 amplifier
Parasound P5 preamp
Turntable 1 - Technics SL-1210Mk2 turntable with Shure V-15 Type III cartridge
Turntable 2 - Dual 1229 turntable, Dual AS-12 45 RPM stacker, Shure V-15 Type III cartridge
Schiit Mani Phono Preamp for Turntable 2
Oppo UDP-205 CD/SACD USB and FLAC duties
Technics RS-1500US reel to reel
Polk SDA SRS (2nd Gen) fully modded -
man - o - man.
Excellent.
The real life inspiration for the 1970s Gordon Miller Music Catalog Cover Girl :- )
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I checked your site......think you should let the cat out of the bag Living Room
Parasound Model 2250v2 amplifier
Parasound P5 preamp
Turntable 1 - Technics SL-1210Mk2 turntable with Shure V-15 Type III cartridge
Turntable 2 - Dual 1229 turntable, Dual AS-12 45 RPM stacker, Shure V-15 Type III cartridge
Schiit Mani Phono Preamp for Turntable 2
Oppo UDP-205 CD/SACD USB and FLAC duties
Technics RS-1500US reel to reel
Polk SDA SRS (2nd Gen) fully modded -
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Did Marantz or Sansui make a Quad receiver that you could plug in a external joystick to rotate to sound around the room manually? Sweet pics posted!
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Tonight I put my Sansui 9090DB back into service
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Looks like pumpkinman had the black lights cranked up! ;- )
Did I know you had a 9090DB? Probably -- I used to have a memory, I can dimly remember it...
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@mhardy6647
Don't remember if I mentioned it. I have a few nice pieces of Sansui gear.
AU and TU 9500
4500 series Quad receiver
AU-D11II Integrated amp
Plus a few lesser pieces
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Only lesser Sansui here, 'cept for a TU-717 which is an OK tuner (very pretty, though).
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mhardy6647 wrote: »Only lesser Sansui here, 'cept for a TU-717 which is an OK tuner (very pretty, though).
Yeah that's right. Sansui tuners and integrated amps from that era are beautiful.
Audio works of art. Not like today's BestBuy's offerings.
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Hopefully a better picture ?? All these are taken with my iPhone.
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Question for Mark or anybody for that matter.
Anyone ever own a Concept receiver ?? Reading about them on AK. I don't even remember the brand. The big boy was the 16.5 ??
P-man
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Hi Pman, Years ago, we had some stores here in Houston called Pacific Stereo that used to sell that line!
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There's a fan club of sorts at AK.
I've never owned on -- the AKer in Clinton, MA who hosts a regular area get-together (FrankFest) has a big one (edit: which he quite likes, and he has good taste in sound overall, by my estimation).
I think they're kind of meh -- but I seem to be in the minority... and the big ones especially go for stoopit money on certain on-line auction sites.
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Thanks Mark
Yeah it seems every that forum really has a group hawking what they believe to be the best.
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you mean, like the "Polk forum"?
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Good thing we are right.
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rednedtugent wrote: »Good thing we are right.
Hey... I'm an Altec fanboy; speak for yourself!
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Well -- be that as it may, the Polk Audio Montior Series Model 7A was my gateway to a lifelong hobby & enjoyment of reproduced music in the home; they made a vivid & lasting impression on me & will be with me until... well, you know :-/
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I forget, do you still have them? I'm gonna redo my 7a's someday...
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Oh, yes, yes I do. They are 100% original (and a little scruffy, mostly they need new grilles thanks to a cat's machinations). I am a little leery to re-hab them for fear of dislodging the 38-year old woofer magnets :-O
In the ensuing few decades, I've also picked up a pair of Monitor 10s (very original version), a pair of Monitor 9A :-P and a pair of what I call Monitor 5B (not quite sure what they really are -- they have the "silver coil" tweeters, but still sound pretty OK to my aged ears).
I'd still like to snag a pair of the original Minimonitors someday.
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