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  • ken brydson
    ken brydson Posts: 9,102
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  • SeleniumFalcon
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,520
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    Love the room

    What is this?

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    2-channel: Modwright KWI-200 Integrated, Dynaudio C1-II Signatures
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    erat interfectorem cesar et **** dictatorem dicere a
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  • audioluvr
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    txcoastal1 wrote: »
    Love the room

    What is this?

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    Electron microscope. No wait, some time travel machine.
    Gustard X26 Pro DAC
    Belles 21A Pre Upgraded with Mundorf Supremes
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    Polk SDA 1C's modded / 1000Va Dreadnaught
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    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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  • txcoastal1
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    😂
    I was actually going to ask if it was from a Star Trek movie
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  • Viking64
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    txcoastal1 wrote: »
    Love the room

    What is this?
    That's from when Coca-Cola used to make glass shock absorbers.
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  • agingboomer
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    Sonic screwdriver on its charging base
    The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.—Martin Luther King Jr.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 35,562
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    SeleniumFalcon wrote: »
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    I don't recall noticing that Tandberg up on the shelf before... a 64 or 64x?
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  • mhardy6647
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    I have no idea what this ad is selling -- but it caught my eye.

    54271980248_cc6a933b5d_b.jpgsalut les copains - settembre 1967 - advertising (2) by paolo, on Flickr
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  • F1nut
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    txcoastal1 wrote: »
    Love the room

    What is this?

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    We already went through this. It's tube art done by a friend of Ken's. He posted about the artist with a link to info about him.
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  • billbillw
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    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    I have no idea what this ad is selling -- but it caught my eye.

    54271980248_cc6a933b5d_b.jpgsalut les copains - settembre 1967 - advertising (2) by paolo, on Flickr

    Come on doc, clearly that's advertising active wear stockings. Think Lululemon for the 60s.
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  • SeleniumFalcon
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    @mhardy6647 it's a venerable 64 with the cool "magic eye" VU meter and the three speed manual tape transport.

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  • SeleniumFalcon
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    @txcoastal1 , that is a found object sculpture made by David Gibney from a vintage movie reel canister that was part of the Historic Maryland Theater in the town where I live. He also used sections of an Ampex 351 tape electronics and some random tube circuitry I gave him.

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  • SeleniumFalcon
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,520
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    Really nice looking piece of audio sculpture 👍❤️
    Thanks for re-explaining as I missed the last time
    2-channel: Modwright KWI-200 Integrated, Dynaudio C1-II Signatures
    Desktop rig: LSi7, Polk 110sub, Dayens Ampino amp, W4S DAC/pre, Sonos, JRiver
    Gear on standby: Melody 101 tube pre, Unison Research Simply Italy Integrated
    Gone to new homes: (Matt Polk's)Threshold Stasis SA12e monoblocks, Pass XA30.5 amp, Usher MD2 speakers, Dynaudio C4 platinum speakers, Modwright LS100 (voltz), Simaudio 780D DAC

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  • mrbigbluelight
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    Does that have an EISA slot ?
    Sal Palooza
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 35,562
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    SeleniumFalcon wrote: »
    @mhardy6647 it's a venerable 64 with the cool "magic eye" VU meter and the three speed manual tape transport.

    1oogmnq016s0.jpg

    There's one here in the basement! B)
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  • Willow
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    billbillw wrote: »
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    I have no idea what this ad is selling -- but it caught my eye.

    54271980248_cc6a933b5d_b.jpgsalut les copains - settembre 1967 - advertising (2) by paolo, on Flickr

    Come on doc, clearly that's advertising active wear stockings. Think Lululemon for the 60s.

    Stay ups. I had to blow up the picture and read the text to find out what this was for
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  • Willow
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    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    SeleniumFalcon wrote: »
    @mhardy6647 it's a venerable 64 with the cool "magic eye" VU meter and the three speed manual tape transport.

    1oogmnq016s0.jpg

    There's one here in the basement! B)

    It's the Pug of R2R
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 35,562
    edited January 2025
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    Willow wrote: »
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    SeleniumFalcon wrote: »
    @mhardy6647 it's a venerable 64 with the cool "magic eye" VU meter and the three speed manual tape transport.

    1oogmnq016s0.jpg

    There's one here in the basement! B)

    It's the Pug of R2R

    I'd say that description better befits the Wollensak T-1500 and its kin! ;)
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    They sold gazillions of these over a long period of time -- they're built like little tiny tanks, and they were not inexpensive. :p
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    source: https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Audio/Archive-High-Fidelity-IDX/IDX/50s/High-Fidelity-1958-Aug-IDX-0077.pdf

    (There was one of those in the basement for a long time, too... but it was in pretty sorry shape and I even abandoned the notion of harvesting the power amplifier out of it for something else).

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  • treitz3
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    Man, this thread has turned into a déjà vu and I am predicting the show to be brought to us by the number 1, sometime in the near future. Then I am guessing some sort of cartoon like bang?

    I need a drink. An adult drink. Like, right now.

    Tom
    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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  • SeleniumFalcon
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    I think just about every high school in America had a few of the Wollensaks in their audio/visual departments.
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  • mrbigbluelight
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    Those in the AV Club ( very exclusive club 🤴) referred to them as the WoolySack.
    Sal Palooza
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 35,562
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    I can't say I remember a protracted Wollensak discussion before. B)

    As @SeleniumFalcon notes - the Wollesaks were pretty ubiquitous in American education for quite some time. Crown bragged that their tape machines were "built missionary tough". Wollensaks were "built language lab tough"! B)

    Since we find ourselves on the topic :p, now seems like a good time to note that the sturdy Wollensak cassette transport formed the mechanical heart (or is it just entrails) of both the Advent 201 cassette deck and a Heathkit cassette deck of roughly the same era.
    ;)

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    (image from US Audio Mart)
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    (Random internet image).
    I once found an Advent 201 at the dump, but all the rubber bits had transmogrified into sticky black goo, so I was loath to even attempt to rehabilitate it. I hate working on cassette transports! :#
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    source: https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Catalogs/Heathkit-Catalogs/Heathkit-1973-800-70-Summer.pdf (pg 71)
    Note that Heathkit wasn't as cheap as Henry Kloss, letting their customers have two meters! ;)



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  • Viking64
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    Somehow I was aware of the Wollensak name in grade school because I can remember hearing the O'Jays song "She Used To Be My Girl" and rhyming or substituting it in a part of the song where they sang something similar. :p

    She, she used ta be my girl
    She used ta be my girl
    She had a charming personality
    The girl was so right for me
    She's my girl
    And if I had the chance
    Lord knows I'd take her back
    As a matter of fact
    Right away like today Something Wollensak
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  • mhardy6647
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    Wonder if Steve Wozniak ever had a Wollensak.
    :|
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  • SeleniumFalcon
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    Another Advent piece of trivia, Nakamichi built the Advent 200 cassette deck which was also the first deck to use Dolby B.
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