What vintage gear are you playing?

Currently enjoying:

IMF TLS 50 II speakers
Sansui AU555A
Sansui G4700
Luxman PD264 with AT13EA cartridge

Everything works great!
 
Well for sure my trusty Thorens Td125 (1968) ,Victor Ua7045 (um 1980?) or so , Sansui Tu-317 (1978) but how old is vintage? does my Denon Dp59L
(1988) qualify as vintage yet? the rest of my gear is from da 90z
 
As of today................................................

Marantz 2010 receiver
ADS CD-100X CD player
Magnavox CDB460 CD player
AR 'The Turntable' with Grado 8M Signature cartridge
ADS L-10 speakers
Celestion 3 speakers
Heybrook HB1 speakers


Steve
 
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gearhound said:
As of today................................................

Marantz 2010 receiver
ADS CD-100X CD player
Magnavox CDB460 CD player
AR 'The Turntable' with Grado 8M Signature cartridge
ADS L-10 speakers
Celestion 3 speakers
Heybrook HB1 speakers


Steve
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Nice! I like that 2010. Those low-powered amps have a sweet sound. I don't know exactly why. Perhaps it's because they don't require much to operate properly. Guitar amps are like that. The simpler the circuit, the better the sound.

It's too-bad they don't make much audio gear like this anymore. Back in the early '70's, even the lowest-powered receivers were given strict attention to detail. Today, they just hammer something together from whatever parts are lying around. I blame it on the "Big Receiver Wars" of the late '70's. Suddenly everybody was selling 400w p/c speakers with dual 15" woofers. BWAAAHHH!! That sound ain't for me. I like low-powered stuff.

Whoops, I almost forgot..

Currently running my digital setup:

Sansui 2000x receiver
Compaq Laptop (source for digital audio files)
HRT Music Streamer II dac (USB dac for use with my laptop)
Wharfedale W60E 3-way speakers (12.5" woofers, 5" mid-woofer, mylar dome-tweeter... 50w p/c)
Plus 4 hard drives filled with FLAC CD-rips, vinyl-rips, MFSL, DCC/AF, etc, you name it...

Simple, but effective.
 
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tonight I'm giving this rig some time

Onkyo TX 6500 MKII
Sansui SR 838 tt
Nakamichi CR-7
Polk 7b

the turntable is the newest addition, giving the Technics SL 1300 a rest. I just love this thing. I got it from a guy who bought it in Japan, and it's like brand new. It came with a NIB original Sansui SV-43 cartridge and two NIB SN-43 stylus.
 
What vintage gear are you playing now?

A Teac A-4010S reel to reel, listening to recorded 60's music! :D
 
Listening Now?

Nice Teac R-t-R. I have 100 or so recorded (AKAI M8 and Sony TC 355) while stationed overseas '68-'72. Trying to digitize just to preserve. Tapes getting "gummy". Suggestions? Thanks! Steve
 
Since post 185 I've pretty much changed a lot of the stuff.

Living room;
FISHER 800C
Pioneer PL-A45D with Shure V15III or M97XE
TEAC V95RX
AKAI GX-370D or TEAC A4010GSL
AR 2 AX's.
1962 RCA 3VF405 (Console)

Dining Room
1965 FISHER Custom Electra VIII (Console) ELAC 10F
1965 FISHER FUTURA (Console) DUAL 1009 or ELAC 50H

Bedroom
1951 FISHER Coronet (Warwick Cabinet)
1970 Magnavox Chairside with Extension (Console(s))

PIONEER SX-424 (hooked to Cable and VCR/DVD)
PIONEER PL-25F
Scott S-10's

Basement
1958 RCA Phono Only SHF-5
1959-60 Trylon Phono only console (hot chassis)
1959 FISHER 510-610 Consolette (orig 510 conv. to 610) (Garrard RC-121)
1959 FISHER 560 Companion Seaker console with 30A
1961 FISHER Coronet II (C-808) (Garrard RC-88)
1961 DUMONT Console (Garrard RC-88)
1963 Nordmende Isabella (Dual 1008)
1964 FISHER Custom Electra VII Garrard AT-60
1969 FISHER Royal Electra (R-494) Fisher branded BSR

SX-790
SX-434
STA-65B (2)
HK 230


All work and get rotated in.

Just sold a Sansui 1000A, FISHER 400, and a SX-1010. GAWD I MISS THEM!

LArry
 
sstreed said:
Nice Teac R-t-R. I have 100 or so recorded (AKAI M8 and Sony TC 355) while stationed overseas '68-'72. Trying to digitize just to preserve. Tapes getting "gummy". Suggestions? Thanks! Steve
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Basically what you're doing (converting them to digital) is pretty darn good enough to preserve those sounds. Put them on CD's? How about just putting them on floppy disk or stored on a computer? I haven't done anything like what I've mentioned but should really consider it myself.
The tape that I described in my original post came with the Teac A-4010S reel to reel. To think that I was going to toss the plastic reel with tape in the trash! But after I replaced the belts on it and got it going again I decided to hear what was on the tape and to my surprise nothing but recorded 60's music that the previous owner had recorded! WOW, I was blown away by the sounds (not the best quality since it was an old tape) but basically by the different songs. All the songs took me back to when I used to hear them on the radio back in the day (60's) and decided to keep it.
Oh and by the way, yes you are correct, that Teac A-4010S is awesome! I'm amazed at its performance.
 
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Yamaha CX-800 Preamp, B-6 Amp, T-85 Tuner, CDX-5000 CD player & YP-D8 Turntable with Shure V15 Type-IV cartridge. Klipschorn Speakers. The Turntable is 70's vintage, the rest 80's. I've owned all except the B-6 & the Shure since new.

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right now....

Squeezebox Touch streaming through Musical Fidelity V-DAC
preamp - Carver C-19
amp - Carver TFM-45
Speakers - AR LST's
Playing Doors first album

John
 
Mancave Man said:
Yamaha CX-800 Preamp, B-6 Amp, T-85 Tuner, CDX-5000 CD player & YP-D8 Turntable with Shure V15 Type-IV cartridge. Klipschorn Speakers. The Turntable is 70's vintage, the rest 80's. I've owned all except the B-6 & the Shure since new.
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That's one helluva nice system to have from brand new.
 
currently playing:

- dual 1019
- marantz 2226b
- cambridge soundworks model 6s (not necessarily vintage)
 
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