Golden Era of audio/Hi-Fi.

[oradba69]

Oh my goodness, I remember that as well! A friend had one, its the all-in-one jobbie isn't it?

Jip with the open tape-deck 

[Shonver]

Oh my goodness, I remember that as well! A friend had one,

Same here. And I have one sitting in the shed. Just the tape deck needs new belts.

[frikkie]

Oh my goodness, I remember that as well! A friend had one, its the all-in-one jobbie isn't it?

My one:


Painstakingly restored and working 100%, including the (surprisingly good) turntable and multi-mode deck.

[Shonver]

Painstakingly restored and working 100%, including the (surprisingly good) turntable and multi-mode deck.

Not to mention the tape deck cover! 

[Eclaire]

Jeez and now we are a bunch old diehards - wonder who has converted to I-pods and compressed CD's - sacrilege I tell you.  Picked up a centrefold from the 90's - Marantz CD63 MkII KI edition and the guy threw in a Yamaha KX580 SE because he did not have the Marantz remote!

[chipwelder]

EBA CD player - hand me down
Sansui AU101 - hand me down
Kef Coda 7's - bought on special
Lenco TT... gotten out of junkheap

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EBA CD player - hand me down
Sansui AU101 - hand me down
Kef Coda 7's - bought on special
Lenco TT... gotten out of junkheap

Do you still have the Coda's ?

[Eclaire]

I just missed out on a refurbished Lenco

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Can anyone remember the Classe CP 60.



And these beauties


And the Wilson Benesch

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Can anyone remember the Classe CP 60.

There was one up for sale recently... I was very tempted...

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There was one up for sale recently... I was very tempted...

For how much ?
That was one of the best amps I ever had.

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It was going for R5500... Then the seller changes his mind and upped the price to R7000.00... Then the seller changed his mind (again) and kept it... The poor bloke selling it for him at egg on his face as he had advertised it quite widely...

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:1__m3mbcB74J:capetown.gumtree.co.za/c-Stuff-for-Sale-tv-audio-music-CLASSE-CP-60-REMOTE-PREAMP-W0QQAdIdZ201421854+Classe+CP+60&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=za

[Prince]

 

@frikkie - We could not afford a Rondo 3000, so had one of those Telefunken all-in-jobbies, which later was replaced by:

Sanyo -Double Cassette Deck
Tecnics SU-300 Stereo Amp
Sony Direct Drive TT - still have it
Pioneer SG540 equaliser
Pioneer SG540 Tuner
No Name Brand CD Player - added later..
Blaupunkt 100Watt Rms Floor standers

-the deck, speakers and cd player has gone to hifi heaven, but my sister is still using the amp and tuner.

-old school/vintage audio rocks..I'm in the hunt for a cassette deck and maybe a classic tt when my ship comes in again.
-I need to fix that Pioneer deck that Shonver gave me.

 

[LAV]

Hey Prince, "Blaupunkt" and "100W RMS" in the same sentence? 

Fixed many of those 

I also remember that in many of the small Technics integrated amps of the 80s, the bridge rectifier (made up of discrete diodes) usually died first when the amp was abused...at least it protected the power amp stage / finals. 

[zeabre]

Great post ... but being one of the juniors here, mine started with Coda 7s and a beautifully simple NAD 310 when all my friends went the Akai route, with equalizers and flashing lights and the works. My little setup sounded so nice at the time that when I saw a set of almost unused Coda 7s on sale, I just had to have them again

I can remember going into an audio shop almost 20 years ago, where the guy played some Martin Logans for me. Even at my age, he did not mind explaining the whole setup and letting me sit and listen. The most beautiful sound I had ever heard. Maybe it's due to that unnamed, unknown, kind gentleman that my love for hi-fi started? Years later, I'd do the same at Hi-fi installations...just come in and listen...I suppose they know that a hi-fi customer is not one that should be rushed, but should rather become a friend, as you could be walking a very long road with them.