Dont you miss your first gear ?

lduarte1973 · 15th February 2012, 12:19 PM

Dont you miss your first (vintage ?) gear ?

I dont have my old gear anymore , most i gave to family as i bought more expensive (and hopefully better) stuff and since i live in a smal apartement i couldnt keep it . Every now and then i wish i´d still have my sony cdp and deck , technics eq and amp and jbl speakers - my first stereo !

what about you ?

Osvaldo de Banfield · 01:12 PM

I had several old gears. Actually, I have a very old Becker Brescia automotive valve radio, AM band only, but autoseeking stations mechanically, it is currently working pretty fine. Here is a photo of any similar, but not the mine. The large brilliant bar is the start seeking button. It´s surprisingly how the manufacturer could do it all brass pieces. And in 1958 !!! And how well it do its job half a century later. Only a very small gota of oil in the mechanical guides of the coil cores.
mb_radio_becker_mexico_180b.jpg

KatieandDad · 15th February 2012, 01:17 PM

Do you remember the original Class A amps ? Low Power but beautiful.

GloBug · 15th February 2012, 01:19 PM

I can't find a pic of mine but it was a Sony ghetto with a 3D woofer on the back.
I wish I still had it. It was well made.

I took it apart. I took everything apart.

I still take everything apart.

Whats wrong with me?

picowallspeaker · 15th February 2012, 02:05 PM

I just found in a plastic bag near the dump , some cassettes .
Just finished to play Jony Mitchell and now....AC/DC Back in Black

There's always a first time !
No I don't miss my gear ...it's in my heart ...well I miss the tiny interstage trasformers that polpulated some portable radio/ recorders in the '70s

picowallspeaker · 15th February 2012, 02:35 PM

It's already finished !!
I shall put it again !!
Done !! It's a flash

Back in black !!

chris661 · 15th February 2012, 02:37 PM

This was my first piece of audio equipment - showing my age a little?
Still have it, still sounds good. Not as loud as I remember it, but still far, far better than the iPod docks of today (runs on 6x D cell batteries, or mains).

PS - there's a neat feature where the tweeters (on top) do something with the phase so it sounds about 6' wide. Very neat.

picowallspeaker · 15th February 2012, 02:56 PM

This was my first and only system from the '80s
A pair of infinity 3 way went after ...I still have two chokes

Bigun · 21st February 2012, 01:41 AM

I don't miss my first gear, but I miss those times, student days - great beer, Sundays spent in the University hall of residence with everyone's gear on full blast playing the Top 40 on the radio with lots of hot pizza......

Wavebourn · 21st February 2012, 01:49 AM

My first gear looked like this. Open baffle, single ended pentode output, alnico speaker, tube rectifier. And welded, no solder at all! Like all modern audiophile fashions together.

15th February 2012, 12:19 PM	#1
lduarte1973 diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Lisbon	Dont you miss your first gear ? Dont you miss your first (vintage ?) gear ? I dont have my old gear anymore , most i gave to family as i bought more expensive (and hopefully better) stuff and since i live in a smal apartement i couldnt keep it . Every now and then i wish i´d still have my sony cdp and deck , technics eq and amp and jbl speakers - my first stereo ! what about you ?

15th February 2012, 01:05 PM	#2
Osvaldo de Banfield diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Barrio Garay,Almirante Brown, Buenos Aires, Argentina	I had several old gears. Actually, I have a very old Becker Brescia automotive valve radio, AM band only, but autoseeking stations mechanically, it is currently working pretty fine. Here is a photo of any similar, but not the mine. The large brilliant bar is the start seeking button. It´s surprisingly how the manufacturer could do it all brass pieces. And in 1958 !!! And how well it do its job half a century later. Only a very small gota of oil in the mechanical guides of the coil cores. mb_radio_becker_mexico_180b.jpg __________________ LW1DSE Last edited by Osvaldo de Banfield; 15th February 2012 at 01:12 PM.

21st February 2012, 01:41 AM	#9
Bigun diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Blog Entries: 2	I don't miss my first gear, but I miss those times, student days - great beer, Sundays spent in the University hall of residence with everyone's gear on full blast playing the Top 40 on the radio with lots of hot pizza...... __________________ "The test of the machine is the satisfaction it gives you. There isn't any other test. If the machine produces tranquility it's right. If it disturbs you it's wrong until either the machine or your mind is changed." Robert M Pirsig.

21st February 2012, 01:49 AM	#10
Wavebourn diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Pleasant Hill, CA	My first gear looked like this. Open baffle, single ended pentode output, alnico speaker, tube rectifier. And welded, no solder at all! Like all modern audiophile fashions together. __________________ If I disappear suddenly, that means I finally created a time machine and pushed wrong button that brought me to Stalin's Russia. In any experiment any result is the result. Even if it is negative.

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15th February 2012, 01:17 PM	#3
KatieandDad diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: UK	Do you remember the original Class A amps ? Low Power but beautiful.

15th February 2012, 01:19 PM	#4
GloBug Banned Join Date: Jun 2011	I can't find a pic of mine but it was a Sony ghetto with a 3D woofer on the back. I wish I still had it. It was well made. I took it apart. I took everything apart. I still take everything apart. Whats wrong with me?

15th February 2012, 02:05 PM	#5
picowallspeaker diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2007	I just found in a plastic bag near the dump , some cassettes . Just finished to play Jony Mitchell and now....AC/DC Back in Black There's always a first time ! No I don't miss my gear ...it's in my heart ...well I miss the tiny interstage trasformers that polpulated some portable radio/ recorders in the '70s

15th February 2012, 02:35 PM	#6
picowallspeaker diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2007	It's already finished !! I shall put it again !! Done !! It's a flash Back in black !!

15th February 2012, 02:37 PM	#7
chris661 diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Sheffield Blog Entries: 8	This was my first piece of audio equipment - showing my age a little? Still have it, still sounds good. Not as loud as I remember it, but still far, far better than the iPod docks of today (runs on 6x D cell batteries, or mains). PS - there's a neat feature where the tweeters (on top) do something with the phase so it sounds about 6' wide. Very neat.

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