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·Got this NAD 758 receiver and Vienna Acoustics Hyden Grand speakers for $40 at an estate sale last weekend.....sounds fantastic.
For the Hi-Fi enthusiasts among us...
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··Color Commentator for the Hyperbole.Gift the NAD to some young family member and a link to Crutchfield for some cheap Yamaha speakers. The Vienna’s however…put those on some shot filled stands and pair them with a REL sub and you have some good listening there.
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·+1 the NAD is basically obsolete as an AVR but can serve as an integrated amp in a basic system.
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vibe
·Found some old photos of some of the Hifi gear i've had in the past. I also used to restore old mixers and hotrod technics turntables. Also, found some old watches as well!
For the record, I am full on British Hifi for the past 15 years with Linn and Harbeth now but I do still have a set of Technics 1200s and a rotary mixer. but I will never again touch a pair of klipsch!
For the record, I am full on British Hifi for the past 15 years with Linn and Harbeth now but I do still have a set of Technics 1200s and a rotary mixer. but I will never again touch a pair of klipsch!
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··Color Commentator for the Hyperbole.Found some old photos of some of the Hifi gear i've had in the past. I also used to restore old mixers and hotrod technics turntables. Also, found some old watches as well!
For the record, I am full on British Hifi for the past 15 years with Linn and Harbeth now but I do still have a set of Technics 1200s and a rotary mixer. but I will never again touch a pair of klipsch!
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·Found some old photos of some of the Hifi gear i've had in the past. I also used to restore old mixers and hotrod technics turntables. Also, found some old watches as well!
For the record, I am full on British Hifi for the past 15 years with Linn and Harbeth now but I do still have a set of Technics 1200s and a rotary mixer. but I will never again touch a pair of klipsch!
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vibe
·Is the CJ a PV10? I have a PV10 that has always been my backup pre and ends up staying in systems much longer than you would think after the “primary” preamps are repaired. I found that in an all tube system they can be bloomy, but with a SS amp they really shine.
I had used a Scott 222 and 299, which were great but I preferred the HealthKits. I also had a pair of Mc MC30s when I was in my late teens powering these massive Stephens Trusonic coax horns.
I had quite a bit of class A stuff but the speakers I tend to like are too power hungry for even 50 watts of pure class a. I had a Marantz 15w class A integrated, a cairn, a musical fidelity one and then the big boy threshold SA3.9e, which Mr. Pass says was their best. Also had plenty of Class AB: Bryson and that NOS crown DC300 and a couple of others for my DJ setup.
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·I downsized from my Crites Cornscala's (loved...but beastly) to Heresy IV's and a sub, using an audiolab integrated amp, just waiting for a hifishark alert on a couple of different vintage yamaha amps and controllers (that I can afford...). Just spent wayyy too long reading through 51 pages of this thread and I think i'm about to update my hifishark searches with a few more options! Y'all have some great gear!
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·Yes, a PV 10. I did not have it very long because it was quite noisy. I also matched it with ss amps but the noise floor was too high with horn speakers. I think that was my last tube preamp. I came to the realization that if horns require bloomy, colored tube gear to take off their edge, maybe more neutral equipment would suit my tastes better. I also had a Conrad Johnson PF2 (not tube) which was an incredible preamplifier. The Motif stuff was also supposed to be really good.
I had used a Scott 222 and 299, which were great but I preferred the HealthKits. I also had a pair of Mc MC30s when I was in my late teens powering these massive Stephens Trusonic coax horns.
I had quite a bit of class A stuff but the speakers I tend to like are too power hungry for even 50 watts of pure class a. I had a Marantz 15w class A integrated, a cairn, a musical fidelity one and then the big boy threshold SA3.9e, which Mr. Pass says was their best. Also had plenty of Class AB: Bryson and that NOS crown DC300 and a couple of others for my DJ setup.
It’s currently on my UREI system (Altec 604’s) and even with my ear to the horns at full gain I can only hear the faintest hiss.
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·Wow, that is awesome!
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·That's my vintage hifi set
Old and trusty Thorens TD125 mk1 straight into a Sony TA F700-ES, paired with a couple of Canton GLE70.
Nothing exotic but sounds really good to me.
Well, and a Tissot Seastar for today 😉
Old and trusty Thorens TD125 mk1 straight into a Sony TA F700-ES, paired with a couple of Canton GLE70.
Nothing exotic but sounds really good to me.
Well, and a Tissot Seastar for today 😉
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·That's my vintage hifi set
Old and trusty Thorens TD125 mk1 straight into a Sony TA F700-ES, paired with a couple of Canton GLE70.
Nothing exotic but sounds really good to me.
Well, and a Tissot Seastar for today 😉
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·as far as I know, my turntable sounds pretty good, even in comparison with modern and more expensive ones.
I personally restored it and is equipped with its factory TP-25 arm and an Audio Techinca AT120-eb
I personally restored it and is equipped with its factory TP-25 arm and an Audio Techinca AT120-eb
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·as far as I know, my turntable sounds pretty good, even in comparison with modern and more expensive ones.
I personally restored it and is equipped with its factory TP-25 arm and an Audio Techinca AT120-eb
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·The issue that bricks these most of the time are the capacitors on the speed control board. There used to be packaged 125 rebuild kits on the web that came with all the parts you needed and it was pretty easy soldering.
yes, I know, but I think it's an easily solvable and all in all marginal problem. It demonstrates excellent reliability for a 50 year old turntable
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·yes, I know, but I think it's an easily solvable and all in all marginal problem. It demonstrates excellent reliability for a 50 year old turntable
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·That's my vintage hifi set
Old and trusty Thorens TD125 mk1 straight into a Sony TA F700-ES, paired with a couple of Canton GLE70.
Nothing exotic but sounds really good to me.
Well, and a Tissot Seastar for today 😉
