Which components would you have in your ultimate 70's system?

[Wakefield Turntables]

Just for fun, if you could have an ultimate, money no object 70's system, which components would you choose?

I was thinking maybe some massive horn loaded JBL speakers, maybe some massive sansui monoblocks, maybe a Sanui 929 TT?

[Beobloke]

For a start, probably:

- Sony PS-X9 with XL-88
- Yamaha C1/B1
- Leak 3090

[shane]

Lecson AC1/AP3/FM1

Gale GT2101

Gale GS401a

Yes, OK, it's all about the looks, so which arm and cartridge? The SME that's usually shown on the Gale looks like a Ford V8 stuck in a Lamborghini, so something a bit more space-age is called for. Transcriptors, maybe? Not sure...

Can't think of a suitably wild-looking cartridge either. Any ideas?

http://mediah.ru/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/meridian-audio-lecson-photo.jpg

http://0339436.netsolhost.com/WordPress/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Copy-2-of-Gale-GT2101-Blue2-300x204.jpg

http://0339436.netsolhost.com/WordPress/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Gale401front-copy-724x1024.jpg

[chelsea]

lp 12
naim
gale 401 chrome jobbies.

[The Grand Wazoo]

To bastardise a famous quote:
"I have the simplest of tastes......

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee133/george-fung/ben-6.jpg


• 1 ML-1 preamplifier
• 2 LNC-2 electronic crossover units and their PLS-151 power supplies
• 6 ML-2 power amplifiers
• 2 Hartley woofer units fitted into (4’ x 3’ x 2’) enclosures
• 4 Quad speakers
• 2 modified Decca ribbon speakers

"..........the source components would be negotiable!"

[istari_knight]

An Amstrad "tower of power" of course !

... Far too many awesome options to consider, I WANT IT ALL!!!

[walpurgis]

From the front.

Decca C4E cartridge (or Ortofon SPU), Decca International arm (original, metal headshell), Garrard 401 TT (modern plinth/base), Rappaport Pre1, Luxman A-3600 power amp, Tannoy Corner Yorks (suitably updated).

[The Barbarian]

Are we talking stuff that was manufactured in the 70'? as ive noticed people mentioning stuff made in the 60's!

However i don't really have any desire for flashy £££ gear. Just stuff i fancy the most from 70's i suppose which would really only be one thing..

J.A.Michell 'Prisma' TT..

[Wakefield Turntables]

Wow, lots of interesting systems. I'm pondering putting a 70s system together and so far have come up with bugger all components :lol:

[The Barbarian]

If you wanna do it on the mega cheap a great sounding amp from the early 70's that go for peanuts Trio 'KA-2000A' The original {'KA-2000'} was the 60's..

[shane]

For various reasons, my actual stand-out system listening experience from the 70s was in around 1976. We had a customer who wanted to compare the best we could offer with what a friend in the business was trying to sell him. We took a Dual 701 with Shure V15 IV, a Yamaha CR1000 receiver and a pair of Gales. The opposition was Linn LP12/Grace G707/Supex SD900 into Naim NAC12 (I think) / NAP250 and a pair of Dahlquist DQ10s. The music was Christina Ortiz playing Shostakovich 2nd Piano Concerto (EMI ASD3081. A brilliant recording), and the annihilation of our system was total, as was our conversion. A lot has since been written about Linn/Naim hype and all the bullshit that went with it, but my God, that system did things that I'd never heard before, and 40 years later it's still my clearest hifi memory from that era.

I'd love to find an old pair of DQ10s and put them with a good valve system. For those to whom they are not familiar, these are not Quads!

http://www.audioheritage.org/vbulletin/attachment.php?attachmentid=51976&d=1310251711

This is what's inside:

http://www.vintagehificlub.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/homepage.jpg

[walpurgis]

If you wanna do it on the mega cheap a great sounding amp from the early 70's that go for peanuts Trio 'KA-2000A' The original {'KA-2000'} was the 60's..

Good sounding amp. Sounds rather like a Sugden A21.

[walpurgis]

I'd love to find an old pair of DQ10s and put them with a good valve system. For those to whom they are not familiar, these are not Quads!



This is what's inside:

http://www.vintagehificlub.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/homepage.jpg

That looks very like an Advent bass driver. I remember the DQ10 and have heard them.

[Macca]

Got the speakers already but I would quite fancy a Pioneer SPEC 9 combo to power them. Source would have to be an RtR, probably a Revox. Add a swiss cheese plant and a floorstanding lava lamp to get that perfect period feel.

[Gordon Steadman]

Lecson AC1/AP3/FM1

Gale GT2101

Gale GS401a

Yes, OK, it's all about the looks, so which arm and cartridge? The SME that's usually shown on the Gale looks like a Ford V8 stuck in a Lamborghini, so something a bit more space-age is called for. Transcriptors, maybe? Not sure...

Can't think of a suitably wild-looking cartridge either. Any ideas?

http://mediah.ru/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/meridian-audio-lecson-photo.jpg

http://0339436.netsolhost.com/WordPress/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Copy-2-of-Gale-GT2101-Blue2-300x204.jpg

http://0339436.netsolhost.com/WordPress/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Gale401front-copy-724x1024.jpg

The Lecsons have to be the best looking hi-fi ever made. I could definitely live with the looks of this whole system. Nice one.

[The Barbarian]

I could make room for the awesome Trio 'Supreme 1' amp They cost an absolute fortune in the late 60's/early 70's..I have only ever seen one for sale 2nd hand..

[Wakefield Turntables]

What about tuners? What would all go for?

[jandl100]

What about tuners? What would all go for?

An AKAI AT-580 for me.
I actually had one in my 1st ever stereo system - sounded great and looks yummy imo. :)

http://i728.photobucket.com/albums/ww282/hamish_gill/edb7d4dd.jpg

[shane]

THE tuner of the 1970s was the Sequerra model 1! Never saw one, but how droolworthy is this?

http://www.highendpalace.com/121100.jpg

[DSJR]

I've got a 70's system already and to me it sounds very good - Dual 701/ADC ZLM, Crown IC-150 with bridged D-60's and Spendor BC2's. Sure, the bits have been tweaked here and there, but the fundamentals remain..

For an ultimate system, the deck would possibly be one of the better Sony's (8750 or TTS3000/8000), the power amp a DC300A (I have fond memories of the QMI Gain Cell too and remember the Ampzilla but have no idea how these would stack up today) and speakers, well, either AR LST's or IMF RSPM IV's (big LOUD JBL's too possibly).

Loads of other good stuff, a Naim bolt-up 250 pales into insignificance in the wide scheme of things 1970's and the Naim 12S pre is totally outclassed here by the far more straight-wire-with-gain IC150 once a couple of small details are attended to (four little caps and two cheap op-amps).....

[Gordon Steadman]

What about tuners? What would all go for?
Quad FM3 - I just love the looks of that series. I have an FM4 but that was early 80s I think. Sounds good and is functional but the earlier one had character in spades - great industrial design.

[The Barbarian]

What about tuners? What would all go for?

Well the tuner to go for in the 70's was the Yammi 'CT-7000' However i found a lot of tuners from back then to be good.. The Quad 'FM3' as mentioned is a loverly looking & sounding thing but you need an amp with mains switching as it does not have it's own power switch..

[nat8808]

An all Luxman system or an all Accuphase system would be great.

Did Stax do much good stuff in the 70s?

[walpurgis]

Anybody remember the IMF turntable?

http://i60.tinypic.com/25pn4gz.jpg

[YNWaN]

No I don't! But many thanks for drawing it to my attention - very interesting indeed.

[The Grand Wazoo]

......... and remember the Ampzilla but have no idea how these would stack up today) and speakers, well, either AR LST's .....

Ha!
My second option would have been Ampzilla II and stacked LSTs. That would be something.

[walpurgis]

stacked LSTs.

Twice as much poor imaging? ;)

[YNWaN]

http://www.audioheritage.org/vbulletin/attachment.php?attachmentid=51976&d=1310251711

If ever a speaker was designed to be used with the grills on :). I remember these, an interesting design with its combination of dipole and box mounted drivers - horribly built though and some of the drivers were pretty poor - odd that more speakers don't use three different types of tweeter all at once .... ;).

[Firebottle]

... Far too many awesome options to consider, I WANT IT ALL!!!

:rfl: Only just read this thread but that gave me a giggle.

I used to have a Lecson AC1, swapped it for a 303 with my brother, wish I'd still got the 303 :doh:

:cool: Alan

[The Grand Wazoo]

Twice as much poor imaging? ;)

Nope - 3 times!

[walpurgis]

A little something from Altec maybe? These are the Valencias and they sound superb:

http://i60.tinypic.com/2jd5ok6.jpg

Not sure about the castors though.

[Clive]

I hope my hearing is up to listening enjoyably when I'm in my 70s! Oh it's the system not the person.....:wheniwasaboy:

[walpurgis]

Or perhaps some beefy JBLs. These are the L300 Summit. Very nice.

http://i60.tinypic.com/rwnibn.jpg

[Wakefield Turntables]

A little something from Altec maybe? These are the Valencias and they sound superb:

http://i60.tinypic.com/2jd5ok6.jpg

Not sure about the castors though.

YES WE WANT THE CASTORS!!!!! The castors are very cool and look extremely 70's :D


Or perhaps some beefy JBLs. These are the L300 Summit. Very nice.

http://i60.tinypic.com/rwnibn.jpg


Mmmm... :drool:

[Techno Commander]

These should do nicely. :)

http://www.avforum.hu/uploads/post-31-1304336542.jpg

http://img.canuckaudiomart.com/uploads/large/335796-kenwood_supreme_650_ever_seen_one_.jpg

[walpurgis]

Something for the front end:

http://i61.tinypic.com/11az880.jpg

Mico Seiki DDX-1000 & MA-303 arm. Lovely!

And perhaps an Ortofon SPUe to bung on the end of the arm.

http://i60.tinypic.com/2enu5g1.jpg

[walpurgis]

Or, just to be different. An ADC 10E Mk.II.

http://i59.tinypic.com/t0okte.jpg

One of the the best non MCs you'll ever come across.

I know, I've got one and it sounds superb. Better than my 10E Mk.IV and 26 and far better than many MCs I've used.

(actually, I believe mine dates from about 1968, so not strictly seventies)

[Marco]

These should do nicely. :)

http://www.avforum.hu/uploads/post-31-1304336542.jpg

http://img.canuckaudiomart.com/uploads/large/335796-kenwood_supreme_650_ever_seen_one_.jpg

Welcome back, Andy - where've ya been, dude? :)

Marco.

[DSJR]

Not sure many of you have heard much if any of the eye candy above.. Droll inducing looks don't always tell you of sonics you know ;)

[walpurgis]

Not sure many of you have heard much if any of the eye candy above.. Droll inducing looks don't always tell you of sonics you know ;)

I admit the JBL L300, to me at least, despite looking great, and although very impressive does not sound as fabulous as the Altec Valencia. I've heard both several times.

I'll stand by the SPUe and ADC though. They sound superb even by modern standards.

[Techno Commander]

Welcome back, Andy - where've ya been, dude? :)

Marco.

Long story Marco. I shall divulge at some point.

[Marco]

No worries, mate. Hope you are well. It's good to have you back :cool:

Marco.

[The Barbarian]

Welcome back, Andy - where've ya been, dude? :)

Marco.
I had this vision that Andy had been captured by a Moroccan barbary Macaque monkey

:D

[Macca]

I had this vision that Andy had been captured by a Moroccan barbary Macaque monkey

:D

That happened to a pal of mine....

[The Grand Wazoo]

Yep, it's more common than you'd think.

[keiths]

Urrrg, Moroccan Barbary Macaques, I hate those guys.

[Barry]

Or, just to be different. An ADC 10E Mk.II.

http://i59.tinypic.com/t0okte.jpg

One of the the best non MCs you'll ever come across.

I know, I've got one and it sounds superb. Better than my 10E Mk.IV and 26 and far better than many MCs I've used.

(actually, I believe mine dates from about 1968, so not strictly seventies)

+1 to that, though I wouldn't agree it sounds better than either the 10E Mk. IV or the 25/26.

[Techno Commander]

I had this vision that Andy had been captured by a Moroccan barbary Macaque monkey

:D

Strange you mention that. :)

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg116/sillystuff99/Stuff/PICT0472.jpg

Although to be fair that monkey was on holiday in Gib.

[walpurgis]

+1 to that, though I wouldn't agree it sounds better than either the 10E Mk. IV or the 25/26.

Well I've got two 10E Mk.IVs and recently sold my 26 and in my opinion the 10E Mk.II just sounded best. There isn't much in it though, they are each fine sounding cartridges.

[Barry]

Well I've got two 10E Mk.IVs and recently sold my 26 and in my opinion the 10E Mk.II just sounded best. There isn't much in it though, they are each fine sounding cartridges.

No disagreement with that! :)

[Barry]

What was so special about the '70s anyway?

I think the only components from that decade that are of interest to me are: the Decca SC4E cartridge; the B&O MMC20CE cartridge, and the Levinson HQD system (as pointed out by Chris). Oh - and the Audiostatic speaker range from Holland.

I would be curious to hear the Rappaport Pre-1 preamplifier, though I doubt it would improve on more recent designs from other manufacturers.

[Macca]

What was so special about the '70s anyway?

.

Loudspeakers like this:

http://i903.photobucket.com/albums/ac233/Macca_photos_2009/akai2001.jpg (http://s903.photobucket.com/user/Macca_photos_2009/media/akai2001.jpg.html)

Coffee tables like this:

http://i903.photobucket.com/albums/ac233/Macca_photos_2009/table001.jpg (http://s903.photobucket.com/user/Macca_photos_2009/media/table001.jpg.html)

Buckeroo!

[The Barbarian]

What was so special about the '70s anyway?



That's what i want to know!

[istari_knight]

Certainly more interesting than hifi of the past 20 years IMO.

[Barry]

Certainly more interesting than hifi of the past 20 years IMO.

Well the claptrap published in the Hi-Fi mags of the '70s, viz: the sine qua non of the Linn LP12 turntable and indeed of the whole Linn/Naim hegemony, made for interesting, if frustratingly annoying reading. Fortunately, it all turned out to be complete and utter bullshit!

There were some good products made in the '70s: the Meridian range, Lentek, some Mission products, as well as the introduction of Koetsu cartridges, but otherwise the audio products that most interest me come from the mid to late '60s.

[The Barbarian]

The audio products that most interest me come from the mid to late '60s.

:respect:

[walpurgis]

A pair of Dynaco Mk III monos would be nice.

http://i62.tinypic.com/2h4htas.jpg

[Barry]

Would much rather have either a pair of Lowther LL26 monoblocks:

http://www.lowthervoigtmuseum.org.uk/images/Large/Lowther%20LL26%20-%202.jpg

http://www.lowthervoigtmuseum.org.uk/images/Large/Lowther%20LL26%20-%204.jpg
Image: Lowther Voight Museum


Or a pair of Radford MA-15 Mk.III or MA-25 Mk. III monoblocks:

http://img5.imagevenue.com/aAfkjfp01fo1i-18040/loc91/1b8_rad.JPG
Image: imagevenue.com

[The Barbarian]

Those Lowther '26' are late 50's amps.. Those Rads are early 60's..

[Barry]

Those Lowther '26' are late 50's amps.. Those Rads are early 60's..

I did say I was more interested in audio gear from the '60s. The LL26 were still available from Lowther in the early '70s.

[The Barbarian]

Yeh i recon that 70's lark was a bad idea Andy Swap it to 1960's immeditely that a good chap, what on earth was yer thinkin loike?

:eyebrows:

[nat8808]

Anybody remember the IMF turntable?

http://i60.tinypic.com/25pn4gz.jpg

Mr Gainsbourg had one I seem to remember - as ever, my first encounter with one of these (virtual encounter I mean, not in the flesh) and subsequent learing about them was from an ebay sale, last year I think - £400 odd quid untested.

Was going to post a link to the video of Gainsbourg listening to his IMF with SME 3009 ... but can't find it.

[Wakefield Turntables]

Well I was born in '73 so that why I wanted a 70's system. OK, due to popular demand I have started a similar 60's thread but please keep this thread alive!

[nat8808]

Anyway, you're all a bit crazy..

The 80s / 90s is where it's at, where hifi met build quality and over the top designs, not to mention the peak of cassette and vinyl (in my opinion) and the beginning of mega-buck aspirational products . Some may say that's where the rot started to set in but who cares if it's all available relatively cheap today secondhand?

Give me some Cabasse Altantis actives any day over any 70s amp/speaker combo!

http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/3876/dsc03442s.jpg

[walpurgis]

Give me some Cabasse Altantis actives any day over any 70s amp/speaker combo!

Have you actually heard these? I have and they are very oddly coloured. If ever a speaker sounded like a 'wardrobe' it's these. I didn't like them one bit.

[nat8808]

Have you actually heard these? I have and they are very oddly coloured. If ever a speaker sounded like a 'wardrobe' it's these. I didn't like them one bit.

Don't tell me that, destroy my dreams! No, I haven't - the review at the time said they were amazingly 3D..

Did you hear them at a show?

That's a kind of odd thing to sound like though considering the design with the drivers in the "eye" - perhaps it's all in the bass area which sounds like a wardrobe, with the internal bass drivers. Also thought it has some kind of room correction adjustment in the active part, perhaps that wasn't done properly.

Listen to me making excuses for them!

[walpurgis]

Did you hear them at a show?

Yes both times at a show. They had plenty of room to 'breathe' and the acoustics of the environment were OK. Some of the other, lesser Cabasse speakers actually sounded better.

[jandl100]

How about one of these .... :drool: ....

http://www.hifiengine.com/files/images/ROTEL%20AMPLIFIER%20Vintage%20HIGH%20END%20Powerho use!%20RA-1412%20HU....preview.jpg

Rotel RA-1412. As it happens, there just might be one on its way to Jerry Towers .... :whistle:

[walpurgis]

Rotel RA-1412. As it happens, there just might be one on its way to Jerry Towers .... :whistle:

Nice. Supposed to sound pretty decent. I've always fancied one.

[jandl100]

yep, I've lusted after one for years -- in fact, after going to collect a Krell 300i amp - which I rate very highly. The seller had a 1412 and said he preferred it to the Krell.
-- so straight onto the want list! :eyebrows:

[The Barbarian]

I heard one of those Rotel's years ago driving a pair of American BIC '200' omni Loudspeakers. Sounded very good..

[walpurgis]

I heard one of those Rotel's years ago driving a pair of American BIC '200' omni Loudspeakers. Sounded very good..

I remember the BICs, but never heard a set. Horn tweeters as I recall.

[The Barbarian]

I have a review somewhere. They belonged to a guy who lived across road from my dad. Ive never seen a pair since, i liked them tho, i liked the OHM Acoustics 'F' omni speaker aswell

[walpurgis]

i liked the OHM Acoustics 'F' omni speaker aswell

A clever design, also which I've seen but not heard. Sort of an early interpretation of the principle MBL use now.

[jandl100]

A clever design, also which I've seen but not heard. Sort of an early interpretation of the principle MBL use now.

MBL? - who said MBL? ;)

Actually, the Ohm Walsh driver is more like the tech used in German Physiks omni speakers. :) Although the GP concept is rather more complex, I think, and uses computer optimised bending wave technology.

[nat8808]

Well I was born in '73 so that why I wanted a 70's system. OK, due to popular demand I have started a similar 60's thread but please keep this thread alive!

That's no good reason! Would you also want a 70s TV or a 70s mobile communications device or personal computer? OK.. depending on how cool they each look, I might well do I must admit.

[The Barbarian]

Well I was born in '73 so that why I wanted a 70's system.

Funny this innit i was born in the 60's & obsessed will all things 1960's..

[walpurgis]

Funny this innit i was born in the 60's & obsessed will all things 1960's..

I was born in the forties, but have no interest in military surplus. :)

[Gordon Steadman]

Funny this innit i was born in the 60's & obsessed will all things 1960's..

I was born in the 40's and I'm not obsessed with anything:)

[Gordon Steadman]

I was born in the forties,

Snap!

[The Barbarian]

Not everyone one is the same tho chaps ;) Some decades just aint worth re-visiting.

[Gordon Steadman]

Not everyone one is the same tho chaps ;) Some decades just aint worth re-visiting.
Wadya reckon Geoff? Will you send the boys round or will I?

[walpurgis]

Wadya reckon Geoff? Will you send the boys round or will I?

Dunno, 'the boys' I know now all have dodgy knees, backs and hips and couldn't see well enough to land a clump these days. :lol:

[The Barbarian]

Bettah make sure there quite a few :eyebrows:

[Gordon Steadman]

Dunno, 'the boys' I know now all have dodgy knees, backs and hips and couldn't see well enough to land a clump these days. :lol:

Snap:(

[nat8808]

Funny this innit i was born in the 60's & obsessed will all things 1960's..

I was born in the 70s and I like ... 80s and 90s gear! Some 2000s gear but mostly it's a bit too silver slab fronted for me and I've not read the mags to know what's what.

[The Barbarian]

Not everyone one is the same tho chaps ;)

I think i talk to myself sometime

[Gordon Steadman]

I think i talk to myself sometime

Why say that? I thought a few threats of a leisurely duffing up by some geriatrics constituted a conversation of sorts:scratch:

[The Barbarian]

This is why


I was born in the forties, but have no interest in military surplus. :)


I was born in the 40's and I'm not obsessed with anything:)


Not everyone one is the same tho chaps ;) Some decades just aint worth re-visiting.


I was born in the 70s and I like ... 80s and 90s gear! Some 2000s gear but mostly it's a bit too silver slab fronted for me and I've not read the mags to know what's what.

[Gordon Steadman]

This is why

Yes and.......??? there has been a constant stream of posts to this thread Andre. In what way do you wish to discuss your obsession with the 60's? Us lot who were born in the late 40's were in our formative years during the 60's so we are hardly immune to its charms:)

Anyone going to start a 50's thread?

[Macca]

Anyone going to start a 50's thread?

Suez, Everest, the Coronation, the end of Rationing, Skiffle. That about covers it doesn't it? Even the 'Eighties were better than the 'Fifties.

[Barry]

For various reasons, my actual stand-out system listening experience from the 70s was in around 1976. We had a customer who wanted to compare the best we could offer with what a friend in the business was trying to sell him. We took a Dual 701 with Shure V15 IV, a Yamaha CR1000 receiver and a pair of Gales. The opposition was Linn LP12/Grace G707/Supex SD900 into Naim NAC12 (I think) / NAP250 and a pair of Dahlquist DQ10s. The music was Christina Ortiz playing Shostakovich 2nd Piano Concerto (EMI ASD3081. A brilliant recording), and the annihilation of our system was total, as was our conversion. A lot has since been written about Linn/Naim hype and all the bullshit that went with it, but my God, that system did things that I'd never heard before, and 40 years later it's still my clearest hifi memory from that era.

I'd love to find an old pair of DQ10s and put them with a good valve system. For those to whom they are not familiar, these are not Quads!

http://www.audioheritage.org/vbulletin/attachment.php?attachmentid=51976&d=1310251711

This is what's inside:

http://www.vintagehificlub.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/homepage.jpg

The system would have sounded a whole lot better had they been Quads. ;)

[Gordon Steadman]

Suez, Everest, the Coronation, the end of Rationing, Skiffle. That about covers it doesn't it? Even the 'Eighties were better than the 'Fifties.

Oh I don't know, any era that had Cliff can't be all bad......can it?:sofa:

[The Barbarian]

Us lot who were born in the late 40's were in our formative years during the 60's so we are hardly immune to its charms :)



What's that suppose to mean?

[Gordon Steadman]

What's that suppose to mean?

It means we rather liked the time we spent in that era:)

[Macca]

It means we rather liked the time we spent in that era:)

Hah! if you can remember it you wern't really there. My dad and my uncle said the Sixties was crap until the last couple of years then everything went from black and white into colour, apparantly.

[The Barbarian]

+1 Martin the last couple of years

[Gordon Steadman]

Hah! if you can remember it you wern't really there. My dad and my uncle said the Sixties was crap until the last couple of years then everything went from black and white into colour, apparantly.

Some of actually had a great time but then we were actually doing stuff rather than just watching from the outside. I am pleased to say my memories are very clear. Certainly the first few years were a bit naff but the last six were terrific.

The old chestnut about not remembering etc is just that - ie. bollocks.

[Barry]

Oh I don't know, any era that had Cliff can't be all bad......can it?:sofa:

Better than that - The Quad full-range electrostatic (now erroneously called the Quad 57) was introduce to the public in 1955. :)

[Barry]

Some of actually had a great time but then we were actually doing stuff rather than just watching from the outside. I am pleased to say my memories are very clear. Certainly the first few years were a bit naff but the last six were terrific.

The old chestnut about not remembering etc is just that - ie. bollocks.

Yep, I was there - and despite consuming certain substances, can remember it quite well.

[nat8808]

I think i talk to myself sometime

Sorry André ! I didn't realise that your previous post was a desire to halt all conversation!

I was just expressing what era of hifi I like with the mention of when I was born to give it the same format as other posts.

Of course feel free to to ignore my posts if you don't want to hear my opinions or self-expressions - I'll still post them up though as it's some form of cheap therapy :cool:

Unless you meant "I think I WILL talk to myself sometime [soon]" because it's enjoyable?

[shane]

Oh I don't know, any era that had Cliff can't be all bad......can it?:sofa:

That covers every decade from the 50's to now.

[Gordon Steadman]

That covers every decade from the 50's to now.

Sad but true. I actually have two songs of his on one of my compilation Cds. Fortunately, I have a remote control for the CDP:rolleyes:

[nat8808]

Con-grat-u-lations!

[Gordon Steadman]

Con-grat-u-lations!

Good grief no - please - not that one. I know I have made the odd error of judgement during a long life but to insult me like this just as am getting mellow from the odd drop of red grape juice is going to spoil my evening - perhaps.

[walpurgis]

Anyway, about this seventies system............... :rolleyes: (:))

[The Barbarian]

You know what used to get on my wires in the 70's/80's how a lot of speakers looked the same. Teak Cabinets/Matt black baffle boards..

[Gordon Steadman]

You know what used to get on my wires in the 70's/80's how a lot of speakers looked the same. Teak Cabinets/Matt black baffle boards..
Each age seems to have its particular favourite style. Now its all tall narrow and deep cabinets with multiple drivers, presumably because of the 'interior design' aspect.

[The Barbarian]

Each age seems to have its particular favourite style. Now its all tall narrow and deep cabinets with multiple drivers, presumably because of the 'interior design' aspect.

Don't you think it's more like a cost excersize.. It would have thought it a lot easier & cheaper to firstly machine a baffle board up for the units & just give it a quick matt black spray, rather than having to Veneer a board & then machine it for the unit & then have to finish the veneer?

[hermit]

Interesting thread. I'm currently moving over to a vintage system. So far I have bought a nice vintage amp and turntable. Next hurdle is to find vintage speakers that can oust my pair of Proac Response Two S. I am a big AR fan so I'm on the lookout for a pair of AR3a's. I also have a hankering for a pair of Yamaha NS1000.

The amp I bought is a Kenwood Model 500. Here (http://www.thevintageknob.org/kenwood-Model_500.html) is a link to it on the vintage knob

The turntable is a Sony PS-6750 and more info can be found on the Vintage Knob (http://www.thevintageknob.org/sony-PS-6750.html) and Classic Hifi (http://classichifi.info/Sony_PS-6750.shtml).

Some pics

http://i1349.photobucket.com/albums/p753/neradi/Kenwood%20Model%20500/2014-05-09190930_zps059db8f9.jpg

http://i1349.photobucket.com/albums/p753/neradi/Kenwood%20Model%20500/2014-05-09185448_zps65957f7d.jpg

http://i1349.photobucket.com/albums/p753/neradi/Kenwood%20Model%20500/2014-05-09185524_zps9f0972dd.jpg

http://i1349.photobucket.com/albums/p753/neradi/Kenwood%20Model%20500/2014-05-09185550_zps05cf0b74.jpg

[hermit]

To update my post above, My seventies system is now complete. I just bought a nice original pair of IMF TLS50 from the pfm classifieds. Just the sound I have been searching for. I couldn't be happier.

http://i1349.photobucket.com/albums/p753/neradi/IMF%20TLS50/2014-07-09203515_zpsfd8f737f.jpg

Edit. The other change from the last post has been the addition of a DV20XH. Just on the lookout for an ADC LMG-1 headshell now as the DV didn't have sufficent overhang in the original Sony headshell.

http://i1349.photobucket.com/albums/p753/neradi/Sony%20PS-6750/2014-05-17232614_zps9163adaa.jpg

[Roy S]

Nice system Paul (and good to see you've got the 'Still Game' DVD set in a previous pic)

[hermit]

Nice system Paul (and good to see you've got the 'Still Game' DVD set in a previous pic)

I lived in Paris for 10 years and I found Still Game was just the tonic if I'd had a bad time of it dealing with any aspect of the French bureaucracy :)

[Macca]

Very cool Seventies system. And Seventies gas fire too :) You just need a cheaply veneered cabinet with smoked glass door to replace that red stand and you're done.

[hermit]

Very cool Seventies system. And Seventies gas fire too :) You just need a cheaply veneered cabinet with smoked glass door to replace that red stand and you're done.

That gas fire is pure class. I've literally begged my landlady to remove it but she's having none of it. The joys of renting.

If I had a bigger room my kit would sit resplendent on something like this:

http://www.brabohag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/brabohagsmallforweb07.jpg

[The Barbarian]

Aye like mine, but this was taken awhile back when i was just using a Michell 'Focus One' TT A&R 'A60' Amp..

I tried getting the photo looking as 70's as i could

http://i1075.photobucket.com/albums/w425/ELPFAN1968/1960slamp.jpg (http://s1075.photobucket.com/user/ELPFAN1968/media/1960slamp.jpg.html)

[Barry]

Wouldn't a '70s phone be one of the "Trim Phone" range? :)

[dantheman91]

Currently Using in the lounge

Pioneer SX 330 Circa 1974
B&W DM2A Speakers Circa 1972

With the low power output of the pioneer at just 7 watts i think it punches above its weight ok NOT THE BEST but it plays music that's for sure.

[The Barbarian]

Wouldn't a '70s phone be one of the "Trim Phone" range? :)

The era im obsessed with is around 1968 - 1971 that's the era i do all my decor & fitting to. That Telephone you see just plonked there cos it did not have a home at the time is a GPO '706' They were introduced around 1968. It looks simular to the '746' which was introduced in around 1976 but it's not {There's an obvious tell tale sign between the two}..I do also have a 1974 '722' trimphone in blue but still needs some work doing on it....

I might start a topic soon about all my late 60's/early 70's household objects :eyebrows:

Well i'll blow out my Old Hall {Robert Welsh} candle holder & bid you lot goodnight, ip at 4:00am for work..

[Techno Commander]

Some 4355s
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-oKbea9GZA6c/T-YX1p1a8AI/AAAAAAAAApo/yGXR3GEmL6c/w876-h657-no/JBL_4355L_WOGrl1.jpg

a Citation XX Pre/power combo
http://hk.image.auctions.yimg.com/ac/99/15/b25255292-ac-2205xf1x0548x0411-m.jpg

and a nice little Sony.
http://www.audioclassic.org/uploads/1/8/8/9/18899713/8686903_orig.jpg

[Barry]

Now the Sony reel-to-reel I like!