Still happily using vintage gear?
@dabel....Yeah, sometimes you've got to be a dolt to comprehend what it feels like..*L* Good of you to post the link to lights....when they go *foom*, we're in the dark and guessing about such.....loved the 4300 on his site, a subtle beast that one could fondle until the salesfolk chased you off..... Oh, one vintage' item not remembered but assigned to the 'shop audio'; an SAE 2 band parametric EQ that makes whatever can survive 'being in a wood shop and the abuse thereof'....a Sony rcvr and CD changer for tunes to drown out the chop and other saw breeds.... The speakers? Anything that survives....hung from the beams, where relative safety from dust exists....*L* I recall from the early '70's a bud working at a t-shirt printing shop had an air-driven 4-color printer that was Loud as F when 'engaged'....so they'd slung a pair of old JBL's aimed at the operator 8' away running at 9+ on the knob....don't recall what drove it 8+hr./6days/monthly/yearly (since I didn't work there), but it apparently didn't implode from the 'enthusiasm' required to overcome the racket. It had to....once you started that machine, it ran until that 'run' of prints was either completed, or something went awry.... The latter was not a pleasant occurrence....ink drying in 4 aligned silkscreens, potentially 'blocking' the images and/or sticking to a shirt in the middle of the sequence? Like stuffing a large firecracker into a large ant mound and watching the frenzy wrought....*L* Headphones were popular, even with the JBL's. ;) I assume that most of the operators wear hearing aids like moi'....but I never worked there, instead into other loud environs....like a panel saw, cutting aluminum or brass sheets @ 1" a minute.... "Hey, Jer'!" "HUH?!" "I SAID..." "WHAT?! (Stop saw...) "The office wonders when you'll be done...." "Within your lifetime..." (Hit the switch...deadlines is deadlines....) |
I have been using Altec 604E speakers (made around 1965) since 2005 and EMT 948 turntable (made around 1990) since 2011. All off them are great stuff and very good value for money. EMT turntable is plug and play. Altec 604E sound nice as is. But to get more modern sound and to use all their potential they need some tweaks like - super tweeter and better crossover (although the stock crossover is not bad at all). Regards, Alex |
This made me find info about my many Vintage Components, Thanks I love Vintage Audio Components, looks/quality/features. I am proud of keeping them going. Refurbish them myself if mechanical, electronic fixes by pros. Spares of the very old stuff. Listed by Age (Photos of active componentsHere): https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/9511 …………………………. 1958: Components from Fisher President II Console http://www.fisherconsoles.com/President%20II.html Pair of Fisher Mono Tube Amps, 80Z, 30wpc (refurbished by pro, 1 spare) https://www.hifiengine.com/manual_library/fisher/80-az.shtml Electro-Voice Speaker Drivers, 16 ohms: horn tweeters, horn mids, 15” woofers; crossovers; L-Pads (all active in custom Rosewood Enclosures) kept all other console components: Viking 2 channel stereo tape deck; master control panel; fm tuner; am tuner; programmable clock, phono preamps, fm multiplex …………………………. 1964: PREAMP: McIntosh mx110z Tube Tuner/Preamp (just overhauled by Audio Classics) http://www.berners.ch/McIntosh/en/MX110.htm Fisher 500C Tube Receivers (2) https://www.hifiengine.com/manual_library/fisher/500-c.shtml ……………………………. 1974: SME 3009 II Tonearm https://www.vinylengine.com/library/sme/3009.shtml …………………………. 1984: Turntable: Two Arm Plinth and TT81 Spinner (I squeezed a 3rd arm on, just fit under the dust cover) http://www.thevintageknob.org/jvc-TT-81.html Right 12.5” Arm is New (NewArt Vinyl, Russia) http://newartvinyl.ru/board/detali_proigryvatelja/tonarm_black_bird12_5_carbon/7-1-0-41 Rear: Vintage Acos Lustre GST 801 (unique magnetic tracking and anti-skate) https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/649402886-legendary-lustre-gst801/images/1739961/ Left side: Vintage Mission 774lc https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/mission_gb_tonearm_774lc.html Step-Up Transformer: Fidelity Research FRT-4 (3 inputs, PASS, 4 optional loads, all front switched) https://www.vinylengine.com/library/fidelity-research/frt-4.shtml Vertical Turntable, Mitsubishi LT-5V, Linear Tracking https://www.kijiji.ca/v-systeme-de-son/longueuil-rive-sud/mitsubishi-lt-5v-turntable/1585999235 8 Track Player: Columbia House Stereo 8 https://www.hiddentreasuresvintage.shop/listing/691900509/columbia-solid-state-stereo-8-track ………………………………….. 1985: Bookshelf Speakers, Bowers and Wilkins DM100i (garage) https://www.hifidatabase.com/Bowers_Wilkins_DM100i_3950.php …………………… 1988 Dual Cassette: Onkyo TA-RW490 https://www.cassettedeck.org/onkyo/ta-rw490 Speakers: Video System Front: DBX Soundfield 100 engineered to create a near-perfect stereo illusion anywhere in the room http://www.hifi-classic.net/review/dbx-soundfield-100-135.html ……………………………………. 1990 REEL TO REEL: Teac X2000R, last Pro-sumer Model (1 main; 1 office; 1 spare) https://www.hifiengine.com/manual_library/teac/x-2000r.shtml …………………………………………. 1994 Chase RLC-1 Remote Line Controller (1 main, 1 office, 1 spare) Precise Volume and Balance from listening position is awesome for errant tracks. Has Fletcher-Munson ‘loudness’ for low level listening https://www.hifiengine.com/manual_library/chase-technologies/rlc-1.shtml ……………………………. Too New to be Considered Vintage 2000, Velodyne Sub (video system) 2008, Integrated Tube Amp, 45wpc Cayin A88T (version 1 with 16 ohm taps) 2020, Tonearm, Blackbird 12.5”, NewArt Vinyl, Russia 2021, Integrated Amp: 10wpc Luxman SQ-N150 2021, Wharfedale Bookshelf speakers (office 2021, Klipsch Center and Rear Surround speakers |
