Knuckledragger Posted May 24, 2020 Report Share Posted May 24, 2020 Bogen SRB-20 Tube Receiver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knuckledragger Posted May 25, 2020 Report Share Posted May 25, 2020 Quote In the picture from top to the bottom: Hitachi FT-007: Hands down the best radio tuner I ever used. Solid Hitachi build quality and great looks. I picked it up at a yard sale for about 15€. Sansui T-900: I haven’t used it yet and only got it for the looks. This one seems to be quite rare in Germany. Sansui PC-X11: Very rare PCM Processor which let’s you record digital sound to VHS Tapes. Still sounds great. I’ve got about 40 VHS tapes with classical music recorded here in Munich in the 80s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swt61 Posted May 25, 2020 Report Share Posted May 25, 2020 I had a PCM processor in the 80's. I used my Betamax as a reel to reel with excellent results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Sawyers Posted May 25, 2020 Report Share Posted May 25, 2020 Oh yes. Betamax, I bought a Betamax back in the day because it was technically superior to VHS, and the tapes were physically smaller. But VHS won the day - so I had a lemon on my shelf. Betamax, VHS - long dead formats both of them now. Like cartridge tapes, cassette tapes, floppy discs, Zip drives and quadraphonic. But who would have thought that vinyl records would make a come back? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robm321 Posted May 25, 2020 Report Share Posted May 25, 2020 My parents got Betamax for the same reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knuckledragger Posted May 26, 2020 Report Share Posted May 26, 2020 Pathos Classic One. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skullguise Posted May 26, 2020 Report Share Posted May 26, 2020 I had the Pathos Twin Towers for a while, even lovelier.....one of my favorite all-time amps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knuckledragger Posted May 27, 2020 Report Share Posted May 27, 2020 Inside a Cambridge Audio A100 & C100. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Sawyers Posted May 27, 2020 Report Share Posted May 27, 2020 As I said - the reviewers kind of stopped at the physical appearance, which they hated. I'd forgotten how superb they were inside, and that the A100 was dual mono! I do however remember the blue flexible links in the preamp. It wasn't long after those beautiful British manufactured products were built that Cambridge Audio made decision to have them built in Taiwan. The problem was that they were too expensive to build in the UK, and were close to making a loss on every single one sold. The Taiwan outfit (forget their name - it was 30-odd years ago!) used to build them , box them (including instruction manual etc) and ship to the UK for a goods inward cost less than the circuit board parts cost (ie not counting transformers and cases) at Cambridge Audio. Looked like a dog inside, with the cheapest brown circuit boards, but worked just fine. When we bought CA from the receiver, quite a bit of the stock was from Taiwan. As part of the appearance uplift we started manufacture back in the UK to get a grip on quality. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaizada Posted May 28, 2020 Report Share Posted May 28, 2020 On 5/10/2020 at 8:08 PM, Knuckledragger said: Thanks for the post This setup really works well in this very difficult room. Very tall ceilings and tons of reflective surfaces. Making anything sound decent here has always been a crazy challenge. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted May 28, 2020 Report Share Posted May 28, 2020 I thought the solution to anything was, “buy moar whisky”...? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MexicanDragon Posted May 29, 2020 Report Share Posted May 29, 2020 On 5/15/2020 at 1:42 PM, mikeymad said: I don't know - but I want to listen to the Awesome Mix -- Vol. 2! -- on the Nakamichi. https://www.amazon.com/Guardians-Galaxy-Vol-Awesome-Cassette/dp/B071HJ41VR/ If you can help me steal liberate a couple Nakamichis from a storage facility in the greater Chicago area, we can both listen! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Knuckledragger Posted June 4, 2020 Report Share Posted June 4, 2020 Monoprice Pure Tube. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knuckledragger Posted June 8, 2020 Report Share Posted June 8, 2020 Nothing like vintage porn. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Sawyers Posted June 10, 2020 Report Share Posted June 10, 2020 I really like McIntosh gear. It has always been stylish, and they have never deviated from the characteristic appearance as the decades have rolled by. Their latest stuff has eye popping performance too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwl168 Posted June 10, 2020 Report Share Posted June 10, 2020 6 hours ago, Craig Sawyers said: I really like McIntosh gear. It has always been stylish, and they have never deviated from the characteristic appearance as the decades have rolled by. Their latest stuff has eye popping performance too. Does McIntosh continues to use output transformers in all their amps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RudeWolf Posted June 10, 2020 Report Share Posted June 10, 2020 1 hour ago, mwl168 said: Does McIntosh continues to use output transformers in all their amps? I think so. It's one of the reasons I don't like them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Craig Sawyers Posted June 13, 2020 Report Share Posted June 13, 2020 Nice kit, good record. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Knuckledragger Posted June 28, 2020 Report Share Posted June 28, 2020 Sophia Electric EL34-ST on a Leben CS600. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knuckledragger Posted June 29, 2020 Report Share Posted June 29, 2020 Two more photos of the above: Unrelated cable management: 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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