Unusual HiFi products from the past.
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good ol' Loktals.
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Gustard X26 Pro DAC
Belles 21A Pre Upgraded with Mundorf Supremes
B&K M200 Sonata monoblocks refreshed and upgraded
Polk SDA 1C's modded / 1000Va Dreadnaught
Wireworld Silver Eclipse IC's and speaker cables
Harman Kardon T65C w/Grado Gold. (Don't laugh. It sounds great!)
There is about a 5% genetic difference between apes and men …but that difference is the difference between throwing your own poo when you are annoyed …and Einstein, Shakespeare and Miss January. by Dr. Sardonicus -
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While not a product from the past, this letter of advice was found in a 1947 issue of Audio Engineering:
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This small "what's new" article, in 1948, on research of a new current amplifier is certainly prophetic to say the least.
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speaking of unusual amplifier technology...
https://spectrum.ieee.org/the-vacuum-tubes-forgotten-rival
I will mention that some of the technology discussed stems from... shall we say... the bad guys from WWII. This is my half-hearted form of a trigger warning -- in case that sort of discussion is something any of you'd rather not read.
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SeleniumFalcon wrote: »
oh, yeah.
My hifi buddy Joseph Esmilla (designer of the "Simple 2A3" amp that I am listening to even as I type this) featured some pretty cool WE driver stuff on his blog overnight, synchronicitously.
https://jelabs.blogspot.com/2022/04/altec-756b-32c-802-23744.html
JE's got mad skilz (and outstanding taste in sound reproduction). He's also a musician and a photographer.
https://suonaremusiccenter.wordpress.com/faculty/joseph-esmilla/
PS I mean... ya gotta love loudspeaker drivers with handles.
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Thanks for the links!
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They made those for a long, long time... heck, for all I know, perhaps they still do.
I've got one.
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When we were trying to become an Audio Research dealer we had to have a minimum of test gear, such as a Sound Technology distortion analyzer and a Simpson 280 meter. A true classic!
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not an unusual product, but an amusing ad
Full disclosure: in a self-ordained "lend-lease" activity, I... ahem... shared the Perreaux ad above @ ASR, while capturing the one I just posted in return. I do like to be transparent vis-a-vis my skulduggery.
PS Since it's a Sylvania ad, of course the tube in the photo's a Loktal!
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@Moose68Bash...SeleniumFalcon wrote: »
➀Speakers: Polk1.2tl's (Uber Mods) ➁Pre/Amp/DAC: PS Audio PMG Signature Pre, BHK Signature 250, PMG Signature 512 ➂Cables/IC's: MIT S1Bi-Wire/S3.3 Balanced +Avel Lindberg 1000VA "Dreadnought" ➃Power Conditioner: PS Audio P15 Power Plant ➄Power Cords: Core Power Technologies Gold, DH Labs Power Plus DIY w/Neotech NC-P301 & P311ends ➅Streaming: Roon ROCK on wifi'd NUC, TP-Link WAP, & Uptone EtherREGEN, AfterDark, Emperor Double Crown Clock, Black Modernize LPS⟿Ω☯☥☮⟿🔊♩♪♫♬♩♪♫♬♩♪♫♬ -
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mhardy6647 wrote: »Meanwhile, even further out (or is that farther out? I do have trouble with further/farther) on the fringe of social acceptability...
All righty. Ohm Fs were/are peculiar.
Stacked Ohm Fs are off the chart.
(as seen at ASR in an Ohm Walsh thread)
Good news...you can practically steal these from the owner...
https://www.ebay.com/itm/222620421521?hash=item33d5360d91:g:IoYAAOxyhPxREbwtKEF Xq5s / Velodyne DD12 / Apollon Purifi 1ET6525SA / SST Thoebe II / Bluesound Node 130 / Oppo BDP-105D / Technics SP-15 w/SAEC WE-308SX & Ortofon AS-309 arms / Audio-Technica ART-1 & Dynavector XX2 Mk II carts -
UTC transformers are still valued. -
Heard these in my youth and was impressed.
KEF Xq5s / Velodyne DD12 / Apollon Purifi 1ET6525SA / SST Thoebe II / Bluesound Node 130 / Oppo BDP-105D / Technics SP-15 w/SAEC WE-308SX & Ortofon AS-309 arms / Audio-Technica ART-1 & Dynavector XX2 Mk II carts -
^ Magnats maybe?
