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Evitzee
·^^^ Nice, not many systems have open reel machines in them anymore. I assume you keep your Corvette in a locked garage along with any personal papers.
For the Hi-Fi enthusiasts among us...
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I note that Acoustic Sounds is selling rebuilt Mara machines for 5 figures.
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Larry S
··Color Commentator for the Hyperbole.Hello to all, I’m relatively new to OF and just found this thread. I put together my first audio system in 1961 which is also the year I acquired my first Corvette. All these years later, many Corvettes and sound systems later I’m still into these and other hobbies including my watches. This is my current audio system. I started in the 60s with valves, moved to solid state or sand in the 80s and I’m now back to tubes, which for me, provide me with the most satisfaction.
I'm enjoying searching through OF for the many different and informative threads. 😀
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JwRosenthal
·Hello to all, I’m relatively new to OF and just found this thread. I put together my first audio system in 1961 which is also the year I acquired my first Corvette. All these years later, many Corvettes and sound systems later I’m still into these and other hobbies including my watches. This is my current audio system. I started in the 60s with valves, moved to solid state or sand in the 80s and I’m now back to tubes, which for me, provide me with the most satisfaction.
I'm enjoying searching through OF for the many different and informative threads. 😀
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pkaye6
·"Nice, not many systems have open reel machines in them anymore. I assume you keep your Corvette in a locked garage along with any personal papers."
Yes, my 2007 Ron Fellows special edition Z06 is in a locked garage, not sure about personal papers unless they are mine from my time in Laos. 🤦
"Love those vintage Nautilus….."
I love my 801Ds too!!!
"You are in it to win it! PR99, and B77 👍"
PR99 Mk III for my collection of RCA 2 track tapes from the mid 50s to early 60s and B77 Mk II for all my 4 track tapes. Love em!
For those who commented about the Corvettes, here is my latest with my Son.
Thank you all for the positive comments!
Yes, my 2007 Ron Fellows special edition Z06 is in a locked garage, not sure about personal papers unless they are mine from my time in Laos. 🤦
"Love those vintage Nautilus….."
I love my 801Ds too!!!
"You are in it to win it! PR99, and B77 👍"
PR99 Mk III for my collection of RCA 2 track tapes from the mid 50s to early 60s and B77 Mk II for all my 4 track tapes. Love em!
For those who commented about the Corvettes, here is my latest with my Son.
Thank you all for the positive comments!
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JwRosenthal
·"Nice, not many systems have open reel machines in them anymore. I assume you keep your Corvette in a locked garage along with any personal papers."
Yes, my 2007 Ron Fellows special edition Z06 is in a locked garage, not sure about personal papers unless they are mine from my time in Laos. 🤦
"Love those vintage Nautilus….."
I love my 801Ds too!!!
"You are in it to win it! PR99, and B77 👍"
PR99 Mk III for my collection of RCA 2 track tapes from the mid 50s to early 60s and B77 Mk II for all my 4 track tapes. Love em!
For those who commented about the Corvettes, here is my latest with my Son.
Thank you all for the positive comments!
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pkaye6
·I have an A77-III 4 track and Otari 5050mxBII for 1/2 track on rolling stand. That’s widdled down from 3 Otari’s and 3 Revox…we gotta keep the collection trim!
I also have spare PR99s and B77s as well as a couple of G36s I hope to restore some day but, I'm 76 and some of these projects may need to be passed to someone else.
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JwRosenthal
·I also have spare PR99s and B77s as well as a couple of G36s I hope to restore some day but, I'm 76 and some of these projects may need to be passed to someone else.
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pkaye6
·I’m happy to relieve you of your burden 😉
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eugeneandresson
·Mine for 150 bucks today (I thought about starting a ‘What HiFi Did You Buy Today’ thread … if this post should rather go there someone PM me and I’ll delete this and start that)
How did I do? Oh, I know it’s a bottom feeder in the audio food chain …and an AV receiver to boot …however I bought it as a multi channel amplifier (I think as far as AV signals go, AppleTV 4k is hard to beat) and thus to connect a Toslink (i think that’s the name for the digital optical cable) source and have more speakers in my lounge than the two I have currently enjoyed the last 15 years … now about those speakers … all ideas welcome!
System is well underway…
Added a pair of these for … you guessed it … 150bucks …
Quite the bargain considering they can still be had new at about 700 per pair, and they were introduced in 2018. I was contemplating to spend that kind of cash for some new speakers (was looking at similar Q-accoustic / Elac / Dali who all get rave reviews ... unfortunately unless one is spending watch-money on speakers, they are all made in china these days) until I scrolled upon a local badly-worded listing (no make or model in the title, bad pictures, simply listed as 'box speakers') ... there are 1 or 2 others forsale on the secondary market here for 400+.
Spent Saturday moving and wiring (not done yet, gotto hide it all still) ... plugged everything in ... pressed play on some lossless music on the network ... sounded absolutely underwhelmingly shit 🤔
Luckily I know there is lots of custom configured DSP stuff happening and I figured the previous owner had the AV receiver somehow setup to his space...so I spent Sunday tuning the AV-receiver to convert it as closely to a 7 channel stereo amplifier as possible (4 speakers) ... there are lot of settings (and a lot make sense, will still tune some more) and it pays to RTFM, as not all settings are obvious (like, if you configure 'small' for the speakers 'not all frequency components will be sent to the speakers')...
I know these speakers (Klipsch R620F) and amp are nowhere near the amazing setups in this thread, but, all I can now say since Sunday is WOW ... the sound is bloody marvelous ... I wont bore you with description (I read some interviews where people said 'bass is too boomy' -> its so not, its perfect, and now I think ... mmm ... maybe a sub is necessary but the missus is not having it) BUT I now need to replace my old speakers (used now as back left/right) with something similar.
Best 300bucks I ever spent.
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vibe
·Here is my little office lounge system. This room is quite small and yes, it has treatments! There are panels on the ceiling and behind the speakers. This room echoed like crazy when we took over the space. I need hide the cables after I make new speaker cables.
Linn Akurate Kontrol
Linn 5105 amp
Bluesound Node 2i
Roon rock
Technics 1200 MK5 with Precision Sound Lab PS, Isonoe footers, and Nagaoka MP500
Ergo IX mini monitors on Sound Organisation stands. The rel sub is not hooked up and is just being stored here whilst looking for a new home.
Linn Akurate Kontrol
Linn 5105 amp
Bluesound Node 2i
Roon rock
Technics 1200 MK5 with Precision Sound Lab PS, Isonoe footers, and Nagaoka MP500
Ergo IX mini monitors on Sound Organisation stands. The rel sub is not hooked up and is just being stored here whilst looking for a new home.
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meglos
·The intersection of two of my favorite hobbies.
Newest member of my collection.
Call me smitten. Anyone know who made these watches for Musical Fidelity?
A lot to like here:
-925 solid silver case
-20th Anniversary Limited Edition 465 of 470
-Date wheel color that matches the dial.
-Piepan shapped dial with a combination of smooth and textured areas for visual interest.
-Breguet-style numerals and hands
-ETA 2824-2 movement running at approximately 2 seconds a day fast.
Newest member of my collection.
Call me smitten. Anyone know who made these watches for Musical Fidelity?
A lot to like here:
-925 solid silver case
-20th Anniversary Limited Edition 465 of 470
-Date wheel color that matches the dial.
-Piepan shapped dial with a combination of smooth and textured areas for visual interest.
-Breguet-style numerals and hands
-ETA 2824-2 movement running at approximately 2 seconds a day fast.
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JwRosenthal
·Here is my little office lounge system. This room is quite small and yes, it has treatments! There are panels on the ceiling and behind the speakers. This room echoed like crazy when we took over the space. I need hide the cables after I make new speaker cables.
Linn Akurate Kontrol
Linn 5105 amp
Bluesound Node 2i
Roon rock
Technics 1200 MK5 with Precision Sound Lab PS, Isonoe footers, and Nagaoka MP500
Ergo IX mini monitors on Sound Organisation stands. The rel sub is not hooked up and is just being stored here whilst looking for a new home.
I like seeing rooms & systems like this. We often see mega buck systems in spectacular rooms that are perfectly treated and acoustically amazing - and that’s not how 99% of us live. Looks like you have worked out solutions for real world living.
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JwRosenthal
·M meglosThe intersection of two of my favorite hobbies.
Newest member of my collection.
Call me smitten. Anyone know who made these watches for Musical Fidelity?
A lot to like here:
-925 solid silver case
-20th Anniversary Limited Edition 465 of 470
-Date wheel color that matches the dial.
-Piepan shapped dial with a combination of smooth and textured areas for visual interest.
-Breguet-style numerals and hands
-ETA 2824-2 movement running at approximately 2 seconds a day fast.
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meglos
·I have a friend who is a Musical Fidelity dealer and has 3 watches he got as swag from them- this being the best of the bunch (others were quartz). He says there is an eta in it and it’s well made but no indication of the maker. I assume the construction of the sterling case/ screwdown back and dial layout would look familiar to someone.
That's my thought too. Well made and pretty unique so I was thinking someone would recognize the style and say, "Oh (I think) those were made for them by. . .". I don't care about monetary values, just a little mystery to solve and love to hear the back story.
Saw thread on another forum and they never got to the bottoms of it. I might reach out to some friends that used to rep the line or Musical Fidelity directly.
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sxl2004
·My “portable “ set up for office and travel.
iFi gryphon DAC
Fiio Montblanc amp
Final A8000 earphones
iFi gryphon DAC
Fiio Montblanc amp
Final A8000 earphones
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Larry S
··Color Commentator for the Hyperbole.When Apple discontinued the IPOD classic I bought two new ones for a significant premium. I got one going, then Apple stopped supporting them via Apple Music and operating system migration. So I had a very expensive paperweight. I had not recycled my old IMAC, so today I decided to see if the IPOD would initialize and load songs off my old machine. Yahtzee! Lesson…procrastination pays. Now finalizing with a synch with the library on my current machine.
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bikehomero
·SONY PS-X 60; a directdrive turntable from the end of the 70ties. Tonearm is the OEM variant of the PUA-7, headshell ist SH-165, System a XL45. In the background a second system equipped with Denon DL-103.
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Bill Sohne
··Bill @ ΩFHi
Looking for some help ..... I was given a pair of Stax SR-Lambda Pro Ear Speakers.... looks like there were minimally used. In orderfor me to test them i need a electrostatic amp for it.... Does anyone on the group have a amp I can try ? or other suggestions?
thanks
Bill
Looking for some help ..... I was given a pair of Stax SR-Lambda Pro Ear Speakers.... looks like there were minimally used. In orderfor me to test them i need a electrostatic amp for it.... Does anyone on the group have a amp I can try ? or other suggestions?
thanks
Bill
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TechFounder
·Hi
Looking for some help ..... I was given a pair of Stax SR-Lambda Pro Ear Speakers.... looks like there were minimally used. In orderfor me to test them i need a electrostatic amp for it.... Does anyone on the group have a amp I can try ? or other suggestions?
thanks
Bill
