Unusual HiFi products from the past.
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Anybody remember when The Sharper Image was around?
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I remember the products were cutting edge and I couldn't afford them. The cassette or Cd rotating upright storage thingy caught my eye.
I would get a massage from the 3K massage chair near the opening of their store to the mall whenever I went through the mall. I must've been 20 or more years old.
I did get their catalogues for a long time too. I couldn't afford a thing.
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mhardy6647 wrote: »mhardy6647 wrote: »Lost an hk630 to the same fellow once under similar circumstances, now that I think about it.
The moral of the story, shut your trap there's plenty of time to flap your gums when the picking is done....
Kenny Rogers, right?
In seriousness -- naah, the dump was all about building relationships. The dumpster diving was just the icing on the cake.
It was (is) the social and political hub of the town. Campaigning for town elected positions always involves a few Sadurday mornings at the dump.
Looks like an open-air Goodwill store.
yes, but free... and with an extremely generous return policy.
Not that I'd return finds like, e.g., this...
or...
Actually the EICO ST-40 immediately above was a scrap metal pile find, with all tubes present and intact (including British small signal tubes and that British-made 5AR4). It worked as found.
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What's the receiver? Scott's - Sansui ??? looks pretty clean..
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HH Scott 312-D soiled solid state FM stereo tuner.
Pristine and in its original packaging with docs.
(I broke one of the pieces of foam packing whilst unboxing it )
(with the top popped)
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SeleniumFalcon wrote: »
That reads so much better than the first version of that product blurb's headline:Paisley Speaker PR Photo Printed Upside-Down
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"Alagash birch" is missing an "l", but "Passive Electronic Suspension" is different. Maybe the guy at the end of the assembly line put the four rubber feet on the top instead of the bottom and the marketing guy said, "wait a minute, maybe we've got something there, eh?".
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Here's something similar I've kept since who knows when.
I thought it looked cool too. Center and up a bit. The one with the silver knobs.
Right click and then open in new tab to see bigger picture.
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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. -
This is really quite intriguing, it gets placed near an AM radio, nothing connected to the radio and it's supposed to improve reception.
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The Select-A-TennaSeleniumFalcon wrote: »This is really quite intriguing, it gets placed near an AM radio, nothing connected to the radio and it's supposed to improve reception.
They can work quite well, too.
Inductivly coupled loop antenna -- it can be used to peak a weak signal or null out a strong, interfering station (like a Q multiplier).
They also made one that could be used inductively or hard-wired to a radio/receiver's ext. AM antenna input.
These were made for quite a while, and not ridiculously priced, either. They are now out of production. Not too hard to find, but not so inexpensive nowadays.
Here's mine, picking up the daytime signal from WBZ in Boston (1030 kHz) from about 120 miles away on a surprisingly good Onkyo tuner. Note the signal strength meter -- the signal strength & quality with the Select-A-Tenna was quite good.
McKay-Dymek made an amazing active AM antenna (and a radio to go along with it too) in the 70s and 80s.
The sine qua non of "modern" loop antennas for AM was reputedly the Kiwa Loop -- very expensive and also NLA.
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EDIT: oops
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Funny how eBay sends me oddball speaker interests when I only browse vintage Polk goodies...
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"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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^. That's terrific a 45 player for your car! I love it.
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all the cool dudes had 'em, @SeleniumFalcon !
George Harrison & his E-type
"Larry" Welk & his DeSoto
Speaking of Mr. Welk.
He had a great vanity license plate, too!
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Get your greasy fingers off the grooves boys!
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I was trying to figure out the audio advantage to a jacket with removable sleeves.
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This was a popular amplifier back in its day. -
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