Anybody into older, classic looking gear?

[Vivek]

Hi Peter,
Nice looking portable and for $15, it looks like a steal.
I have an old Philips radio which my parents bought in 1969. I do not have a digital camera or I would have posted a pic.

Vivek

 

[jwb]

You could cure the turn-on current ruch by connecting the system ground to earth through a thermistor (assuming the equipment is earthed). Some gotchas include the recovery time of the thermistor.

 

[planet10]

Damnnnnnnn, love those Nakamichi decks...... Legendary and...... it's just THAT macho look... Been trying to buy a current Nakamichi deck the CR7A or better still the Dragon) during my student days in Canada, but as they said: champagne taste, beer budget. Still wishing for a Nak.....

The local HiFi store has something like 5 used Naks in the back... from the mundane (BX100) up to at least an SX680, there may even have been a 1000... (i have 2 or 3 Naks so didn't pay a lot of attention)

dave

 

[planet10]

but nothing like a nice reel to reel....

2nd day on the job, i knocked a similar Sony R-R on its face (no damage thank goodness) and was branded "dangerous dave" something i am still called on occasion some 25 years later...

dave

 

[planet10]

Re: Sansewage ?

BTW - I remember Stereophile referring to Sansui as Sansewage

Long before i saw a Stereophile we were calling their late 70s amps this. High feedback, high power, sounded like crap. lotsa knobs & switches and they sold quite well at the other stores selling stereo kit... put an Advent 300 or NAD 3020 or PS Audio up against them and they got eaten for breakfast... now some of the older Sansui tube stuff is really good (at least from the point-of-view of a good starting point for a Pheonix* tube-amp)

dave

* as in risen from the deas

 

[Mr. Triatic]

old stuff...

ain´t she a beauty? cost me about 3$ at a fleamarket..
made in Norway 1974, 2*20W FM-radio turntable and tapedeck, i had to do some restauration and repairing, but now it works like a dream!

 

[Brett]

Re: Blast from the past

I too plead guilty of nostalgia since I bought this from a pawn shop in S.C. over the net last year. The amp was my first piece of "serious" HiFi that I bought used when I was 17. The salesman was outraged that I wouldn't buy it until I actually listened to it!
Thank's for the reminder Peter.

LOL. I saved and bought a Marantz 2285B as my first piece of hifi gear when I was in High School. I sold it several years later, when I 'upgraded', but always regretted it. Last year, I finally found another one in perfect condition, except for an odd dry cap, and the perennial dirty switch. I love the looks of Marantz gear of this era, and mine will be in my main system when it's complete, as both a tuner, and the poweramp for the bass horns. BTW, I tested my amp and found it puts out over 150W/ch (rated at 85W/ch) before there is any visible sign of clipping. Experience puts that at about 1%, and it's not a sharp clip either. Not too shabby for a stock 24yo receiver.

This one isn't mine, it's from Ben's Classic Audio site. I would post one of mine, but my camera's on loan.

<img src=http://www.classic-audio.com/marantz/pics/2285b.jpg>

I also have a 1060, 1090 and 5030B and when I see this sort of gear cheap, I usually get it just for some fun.

 

[Brett]

Naks were good, but nothing like a nice reel to reel. It also looks better than cassette deck.

I agree. This is a picture of my medium sized R2R (I have one bigger and smaller), a 1967 Ampex AG440B, still in excellent working order after over 30 years of Pro use.

 

[fmak]

I don't really know why but two years ago I started collecting older Japanese equipment. Maybe because I couldn't afford it when it came out. It basicly doesn't do anything, just sits on a shelf, but I like to look at it and remember good , old days.

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Go to Tokyo and you will have a ball. You can send it by post. One of the Postmaster's in central Tokyo came out to greet me and gave me his card in case there was a shipping problem!!

 

[mrfeedback]

Yeah, Baby.

Hi Rodd, this is the 'swinging, far out groovy shagadellic' reverb.
I found some quite favorable reviews too.

Eric.

 

[mrfeedback]

More Cool 70's

This JVC tv sits under my shop counter and every kid asks what it is.

 

[mrfeedback]

Cool 80's

This one captures every dad that comes to my shop.
I've wished for a Galaxian coffee table since I was a kid, and the wish came true - it cost me a customer's video head clean and a few hours to get it going.
Now everybody I know wants it for their next party.

 

[Peter Daniel]

All the Pioneer fans

Enjoy the view.

 

[roddyama]

Hey Eric,

....this is the 'swinging, far out groovy shagadellic' reverb.

That's really bomb,... I mean,... like,... it blows my mind!!

Funcky Rodd

 

[Keld]

Hi
A pic of my B&O reciever from 1974? at that time you got the circuit and PCb layout on print when you bought it.
Keld

 

[Keld]

And here is the TT also some 1974?.

 

[roddyama]

OK Peter,

I had a SX636, and I know about models before an after.?.?

It looks like a receiver,... but....??

OK I give up. What model is it, when was it made, and where did it come from????

Too much drugs
Rodd Yamas***a

 

[Peter Daniel]

It's SX-D7000. Don't know when it was made but it's mine. Pretty cool looking piece of equipment, isn't it?

 

[Peter Daniel]

More Pioneer

And that's PL-L1000 linear tracikng turntable.

 

[planet10]

Re: More Pioneer

And that's PL-L1000 linear tracikng turntable.

With a Grado F1 cartridge?

dave