This joint needs some more vintage hifi
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YEP, that's the cabinet. But yours has 3 speaker openings behind the grill. Mine has 2.
I need to pull the driver out. It's a shame there was only one on the roadside!
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They're still kind of floating around everywhere.
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@Tony M looks like very nice haul. Vintage Sansui!
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@Tony M looks like very nice haul. Vintage Sansui!
You might be looking at my Pioneer A-88X integrated pics I got from the web to show its guts.
It looks like the vintage sansui integrated I had once. It was a 717. Man I wish I still had it and it's tuner and equalizer that matched too. Video from the Web. Not mine.
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Very cool!
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Not bad. Electrovoice OEM.
Styrofoam LF cone. EV made a series of drivers with Styrofoam cones in the 1960s.
http://www.alliedcatalogs.com/html/1962-210/h020.html
(note that the driver in the 1962 catalog page scan above has a slightly different tweeter horn. In the case above, the horn is identical to the one that you'd find on an EV T35 or T35B tweeter of that era).
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From the 1961 Allied catalog:
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KEF 103/3 picked at an auction yesterday for $33
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Here is my ADC Accutrac 4000 remote turntable. This model turntable I first saw in a Columbo episode. The table was found at Goodwill and I cleaned her up the best I could. The silver orb sensing unit and remote were acquired on ebay and I had to purchase a new stylus. Below the pic is a video of it in operation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMSfyyNbkH0
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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
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There's one of those (Accutrac, that is) in the basement here.
There used to be two.
EDIT: PS, not too many knobs on one of those -- but a bevy of buttons, for sure!
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Pongshi- drool! That thing is awesome.
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Still here they ain't got no legs..
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I finally achieved one of my bucket list items - a Dual 721 I was very fortunate to acquire one on eBay for a reasonable price. Since I already owned Dual's top idler-drive - a 1229Q - and their top belt-drive - a 1249 - I really wanted to finish their trifecta with their top direct-drive - a 721. Mission accomplished!
The one I got does not have the stock plinth 'tray', but rather a real wooden plinth. I like this specimen better for the mere looks of it.
This one really is in great shape, had been service/refurbed by the eBay seller, and was EXPERTLY packaged for transit. Funny thing was: I couldn't get it to power-on after unpacking
No platter turning, no strobe...nothing. Turns out the fuse had fallen out during packing 
It has an open bottom like many Dual tt's from that era, so I think the fuse was knocked-out during packing. I noticed that the fuse holder had been stretched a bit, and when I tried to squeeze the contacts back together, one of the side tabs broke-off 
I was able to fix it with a bit of solder and a replacement fuse, and alles gut! The included cartridge was an M91E with replacement stylus...not bad.
Of all the features with this deck, I was most interested in the adjustable VTA - closeup shown here.
I have worked on a few tt's with adjustable VTA (VPI and Thorens), but had never owned one myself until now
The dust cover is in great shape, and has the 'tongue' on the back that slips into a slot in the plinth...no hinges involved. Of course it has the 2X anti-resonator counterweight - just another great feature on this classic Dual turntable.
I made a mental note long ago that the 721 was a favorite of dualcan/Klaus over on Vinyl Engine, so I waited patiently for the opportunity to nab one."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
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My eX got a Dual 1242 (I think) mounted with a dual cart.
I've blacked out on it...
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mhardy6647 wrote: »Couldn't go wrong with either the Sony and the Marantz. Dunno about the Sanyo.
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Fresh from my dad's garage, a little Harman Kardon 430 receiver:
Only 25WPC, but 'twin-powered' trannies and two pair of filter caps to create a sweet sound. The tuner sounds great, but might need to refurbish the phono section.
The sharpest among you might be able to see the price my dad paid for this unit
That was about 15-20 yrs ago in a metro ATL thrift store. "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 -
Scott 299-A
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I use to have a similar model. If my nomenclature is correct, mine was the Type 299, with the transformers perpendicular to the faceplate. The first model in that series. Now, I think, correct me if I'm wrong, on the Type 299-A the transformers were parallel to the faceplate. When I retired and my family banished me and my stereo to the basement, I sold it, along with numerous other H.H. Scott items, to make room. Although I still have, and use, a modded 330-D am/fm tuner and Type 335 multiplex. I always thought the 299's were sharp looking amps.Decware CSP3 Preamp, RCA 6DJ8, 2 X Rocket 6N1P-EV's, Cary SLA70B Signature V2 Amplifier: 2 X Mullard GZ32's, 2 X RCA/GE 5691's, 4 X Tung-Sol 6550's
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Almost all of the vacuum tube era HH Scott stuff was extremely attractive, at least from my perspective.
Dunno about you, but I would love to have a Scott 399 receiver (even though it predates FM MPX stereo, being of the "AM-FM simulcast stereo" era).
(borrowed images, needless to say!)
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That's an impressive piece of equipment. I've seen one or two matched with the H.H. Scott 335 multiplex, but the multiplex is so much smaller than the receiver it kind of looks out of place. But that's what you have to do to get stereo. Also, there's a lot of tubes to take care of. I had two, a pair of Amperex Orange Globe ECC82's from the same batch, go south at the same time. At the time it took me quite a while to find them as I didn't have a tube checker and I was trying to find a bad one by changing one tube with a known good replacement and turning the tuner/multiplex back on to see if the problem went away. Only when somebody told me that there were a lot of issues with those Amperex's, that I figured out that both were bad. I replaced them with 'funkens and have been listening to the tuner, almost daily, ever since. That's been about five years and I haven't replaced a tube since.
FWIW, I use my H.H. Scott components without cases, but I do have cases that match the one in the bottom photo. I purchased them from a guy, in Michigan if I remember correctly, that makes them. They're very nice, but when I have the tuner/multiplex in them, they become too big for their shelf. Besides, they seem to run a little cooler. I don't know if that would be a factor for a tuner or a multiplex.
I think that receiver would be a good match for those Altec Lansing speakers that you mention from time to time. They're not unobtanium as I see 399's come up for sale every so often. My tuner and multiplex were rebuilt/modified by Mapleshade. I still think they perform the service. Actually I've heard they sent them out for that work, but when I got them back, I found the workmanship/sound quality to be excellent. I have to admit, it wasn't a cheap endeavor, but I do listen to the tuner quite a bit, so for me, I felt the cost was justified. I would love to hear a reworked 399.Decware CSP3 Preamp, RCA 6DJ8, 2 X Rocket 6N1P-EV's, Cary SLA70B Signature V2 Amplifier: 2 X Mullard GZ32's, 2 X RCA/GE 5691's, 4 X Tung-Sol 6550's
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Rega Planar 3: Deep Groove Subplatter, P3 Motor
upgrade, Dynavector 10x5, JA Michell counterwieght, Cardas tonearm wiring and Mapleshade stand
Parks Audio Budgie Hybrid Phonostage with BEL 6922 tubes, Polk Audio LS70's
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How about this H.H Scott
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Fire Hazard?
Radio and room heater all in one. Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
I've cherished since 1979...
