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Shonver

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Re: Lol - Is this what Hi-Fi's were like before?
« Reply #15 on: January 15, 2009, 04:08:28 pm »
Quote from: ghostinthemachine on January 15, 2009, 03:09:52 pm
Uhmm... I'll have to search...

Here's one, but it's not the one I was thinking of http://www.thevintageknob.org/.

Ah... you posted before I could...
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Re: Lol - Is this what Hi-Fi's were like before?
« Reply #16 on: January 15, 2009, 04:10:07 pm »
Quote from: ghostinthemachine on January 15, 2009, 03:17:38 pm
Here are those Japanese links - Enjoy Responsibly!

Yep, that's the stuff...
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Re: Lol - Is this what Hi-Fi's were like before?
« Reply #17 on: January 15, 2009, 08:41:48 pm »
I've always loved those Technics amps with the large VU meters. Could never afford one at the time, and now cannot find one anywhere :(

But I still live in hope...  :o


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Re: Lol - Is this what Hi-Fi's were like before?
« Reply #18 on: January 16, 2009, 06:54:14 am »
Quote from: ghostinthemachine on January 15, 2009, 03:17:38 pm
Here are those Japanese links - Enjoy Responsibly!

Quote from: Shonver on January 15, 2009, 04:08:28 pm
Here's one, but it's not the one I was thinking of http://www.thevintageknob.org/.

That was quite a nice trip back in time...  :)

I've still got a kenwood KA2000 (link below) in decent working order.  Had it sitting in the garage for a long time - needs a bit of cosmetic work but fixing that over the next while. 
http://www.thevintageknob.org/KENWOOD/KA2000KT1000/KA2000KT1000.html
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Re: Lol - Is this what Hi-Fi's were like before?
« Reply #19 on: January 16, 2009, 08:26:01 am »
Here is a pic of my KENWOOD KA-8300 Amplifier I used to own. Very nice amplifier with loads of power and finesse. Dual mono design.



I only replaced the blown pilot bulbs with LEDs. Got it for R400 at a swop shop!
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Re: Lol - Is this what Hi-Fi's were like before?
« Reply #20 on: January 27, 2009, 12:41:40 pm »
This is my dads HiFi from the 80's. He is still using his Technics Direct drive Turn Table and DBX casette deck which are not in the picture.

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Re: Lol - Is this what Hi-Fi's were like before?
« Reply #21 on: January 27, 2009, 12:57:17 pm »
Nice Kenwood & Technics pics. My favourite has got to be those silver Pioneers with the blue fluorescent displays.
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Re: Lol - Is this what Hi-Fi's were like before?
« Reply #22 on: January 29, 2009, 10:14:30 pm »
Those Technics power amps are beauts.As for that Yamaha that's Godzilla right there ;D
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Re: Lol - Is this what Hi-Fi's were like before?
« Reply #23 on: January 30, 2009, 02:29:38 am »
Quote from: Shonver on January 27, 2009, 12:57:17 pm
My favorite has got to be those silver Pioneers with the blue fluorescent displays.

The venerable SA-508? Gosh yes. I must have rebuilt 20 of those power stages (not party proof) but I never once had one with a dead display. Weird shaped output transistors. Brutal savage that I am, used to solder a preset pot under the pcb to tweak the bias. :D Dunno about the "If it's there you'll hear it" part, but man what a product. Love'em!

I googled a bit and it seems one got them with a red display too. Wheee!

Pics stolen from hifigoteborg.se/store (blue) and audioklassiks.de (red)

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Re: Lol - Is this what Hi-Fi's were like before?
« Reply #24 on: January 30, 2009, 06:57:42 am »
Quote from: ludo on January 30, 2009, 02:29:38 am
The venerable SA-508? Gosh yes. I must have rebuilt 20 of those power stages (not party proof) but I never once had one with a dead display.

Oh that is the great amp! I used mine to drive my set of QUAD 57 electrostats without a days problems! The amp is still in daily operation at a friends place who bought it from me.

 
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Re: Lol - Is this what Hi-Fi's were like before?
« Reply #25 on: January 30, 2009, 07:59:40 am »
Quote from: ludo on January 30, 2009, 02:29:38 am
I googled a bit and it seems one got them with a red display too. Wheee!

Excellent sleuthing there, ludo. This is the first I hear of this. Can't really tell from the pic if it looked as good as the blue. They have a matching tape deck that looks even better than the amp.
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Re: Lol - Is this what Hi-Fi's were like before?
« Reply #26 on: February 03, 2009, 11:08:08 pm »
.....and the old stuff takes longer to be landfill... I will not name and shame but some of the new "decent" stuff is a joke.

Did some messing about with CD players this evening. re affirmed my stance. Mid 90s  "high end" stuff vs a very well regarded current one box player in the Euro 2K league. Verdict, nice, but no need to change except for serviceability...
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Re: Lol - Is this what Hi-Fi's were like before?
« Reply #27 on: February 13, 2009, 09:15:25 am »
Gear belongs to someone on Audiokarma.

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Re: Lol - Is this what Hi-Fi's were like before?
« Reply #28 on: February 13, 2009, 09:21:53 am »
 ;D

Absolutely sic!!

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Re: Lol - Is this what Hi-Fi's were like before?
« Reply #29 on: February 28, 2009, 06:24:11 am »
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