Vintage Based Systems. Who's got one?

[walpurgis]

If you run a system based on 'Vintage' or 'Classic' components, please tell us what you're using. I think pre 1980 equipment is what we're talking about here.

My system is part vintage. I often use a late sixties ADC cartridge (10E Mk.II) and my main TT is a Toshiba SR-370 with Mission 774 arm, I run a pair of Tannoy Chatsworth II speakers. These items are from the seventies and sound lovely. The Chatsworths do not use the regular HPD 315A, the are equipped with the later 3128 drivers, which I find superior.

My amplification is modernish though. Class A valves or Class A solid state. My newest CD player dates from about 2003.

[The Black Adder]

As many know I run:

15" Tannoy Monitor Golds in Lockwood Universals (1968)
Thorens TD124 MKII. (1966)
SME 3009 S2 (1967)
Goldring G800 (1969-70something)
Valve wise I run numerous ones from the 1940's 50's and 60's

Rest of my setup is from the 90's onwards.

[Ali Tait]

Garrard 401 from 1971 the is the only vintage kit in my system at the moment, if you don't count the NOS valves in my 300b monoblocks.

I've a wooden sleeve A21 in the cupboard which gets an occasional airing, and also an old Yamaha receiver. A fair few NOS valves of various kinds too.

[Gordon Steadman]

Just the Quad 57s now.

Maybe when the wife retires and we have a bit more spare dosh, I will be able to sneak a few more past her!!

PS: Just remembered the Leak Stereo 20 of course dated 1961. That 'orrible Firebottle's OTL has finally replaced it in the main system after 25 years!! Its restin' sans valves upstairs.

[chelsea]

301 and coral speakers are pretty old.

[walpurgis]

coral speakers are pretty old.

Which ones are they Stu?

[chelsea]

M100 mids and h104 tweeters geoff.

https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQwww8X2LBunYUzHvYC8RZvmOom8d4YE z-wg_UhrZuFD3i47qABNA

http://www.hifido.co.jp/photo/06/708/70880/b.jpg

http://www.hifido.co.jp/photo/11/008/00857/a.jpg

and just debating weather to get coral bass units.

[walpurgis]

Very nice!

[chelsea]

http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd493/pilpil2/garrardpuresound001.jpg

[Macca]

My Akai speakers are from 1973 and I now have an HK 930 receiver also from 1973 but I have yet to 'mate them up' It should be interesting as both products sold mainly on the American market and it is quite possible they would have been partnered together 'back in the day' along with a DD turntable and a reel to reel as sources.

[Firebottle]

Gordon......:ner:

Just the 57s here plus some of the valves in the OTL are from 1947 :eek:

[The Barbarian]

J.A.Michell 'Syncro' Turntable {80's}
SME '3009' S2 Improved Pick-Up arm {70's}
Shure 'M95HE' Cartridge {70's}
Ferrograph 'F307' Mk.II Amplifier {70's}
Castle Acoustics Ltd 'Conway' Mk.I {70's}

[chelsea]

Think i had the conway mk2s,very good speakers.

[The Barbarian]

Hi Stu
Mk.II are a totally different speaker design..

[chelsea]

Thanks andre,just had a peek on google images and they do look very different.

[Jimbo]

Sony HMK-40 Music Centre from about 1973 with Garrard Sp25 TT and original Sony cartridge

[Gordon Steadman]

the valves in the OTL are from 1947 :eek:

A particularly good year - obviously very high quality, as is everything (and indeed, everybody) from that year.:eyebrows:

[The Barbarian]

I thought you meant vintage stuff you presently use..I got tons of vintage gear i just keep boxed for keeps sake, i do get them out from time to time..Here's some..

Trio 'KA-2000' Amps {X2}
Trio 'KA-2000a' Amps {X2}
Trio 'TK-150' Amp
Trio 'KA-2002' Amp
Trio 'KT-1000' Tuner
Ferrograph 'F307, Mk.I' Amp
Ferrograph 'F307, Mk.II' Amp
Ferrograph '20/20' Amp
Ferrograph 'SFM-1' Tuner
Ferrograph 'Series Seven' R+R {X2}
Ferrograph 'Logic Seven' R+R
Revox 'A77, Mk.I' R+R
Uher 'Royal De-Luxe' R+R
Uher 'Variocord 263' R+R
Akai 'GX4000D' R+R
Rotel '100' Amplifier
Rotel 'RA-610' Amplifier
Rotel 'RT-620' Tuner
NAD 'Model 80' Amp
NAD '160a' Tuner/Amp
Armstrong '521' Amp
Armstrong '524' Tuner
Armstrong '421' Amp
Armstrong '424' Tuner
Rogers 'Ravensbrook, Mk.2' Amp
Rogers 'Ravensbourne, Mk.2' Amp
Rogers 'Cadet 3' Amp
Rogers 'A75' Amp
Leak 'Stereo 30+' Amp
Leak 'Stereo 70' Amp
Leak 'Troughline 3' Tuner
Leak 'Stereo 20' Power Amp
Quad '33/303/FM3' Pre/Power/Tuner
Quad '50D' Power amp {x2}
A&R Cambridge 'A60' Amp
A&R Cambridge 'T21' Tuner
Richard Allan amp {Sudgen 'A21'}
Sugden 'A48, Mk.II' Amplifier
Sugden 'T48' Matching Tuner
JA.Michell 'Focus One' Turntable {no arm}
JA Michell 'Syncro' Turntable/SME '3009, S2 Arm
Logic 'DM101' Turntable {Needs new motor}
Logic 'Gemini' Turntable/Logic 'Datum 2' arm
Rega 'Planet' Turntable/Colton 'MC-101' Arm
CJ Walker 'CJ55' Turntable/Linn 'LVV' arm
Monitor Audio 'ET500' Turntable {No arm}
Goldring Lenco 'GL-75' Turntable
Lenco 'L70' Turntable
Thorens 'TD15O,Mk.I' Turntable {No arm}
Thorens 'TD160 Super' Turntable/Mayware 'Formula 4' Arm
Rotel 'RP-3000' Turntable {No arm}
Connoisseur 'BD-1' Motor unit
Ariston 'RD11, Superior' Turntable {No arm}
Castle Acoustics Ltd 'Howard, Mk.I' Loudspeakers
Castle Acoustics Ltd 'Conway, Mk.I' Loudspeakers
Castle Acoustics Ltd 'Richmond, Mk.I' Loudspeakers {2x Pair}
Castle Acoustics Ltd 'Kendal, Mk.I' Loudspeakers

Loads of Cassette Decks/Loads of vintage CD player

:sofa:

[chelsea]

Some lovely stuff there.
I want to get hold of another A60.

[dantheman91]

I thought you meant vintage stuff you presently use..I got tons of vintage gear i just keep boxed for keeps sake, i do get them out from time to time..Here's some..

Trio 'KA-2000' Amps {X2}
Trio 'KA-2000a' Amps {X2}
Trio 'TK-150' Amp
Trio 'KA-2002' Amp
Trio 'KT-1000' Tuner
Ferrograph 'F307, Mk.I' Amp
Ferrograph 'F307, Mk.II' Amp
Ferrograph '20/20' Amp
Ferrograph 'SFM-1' Tuner
Ferrograph 'Series Seven' R+R {X2}
Ferrograph 'Logic Seven' R+R
Revox 'A77, Mk.I' R+R
Uher 'Royal De-Luxe' R+R
Uher 'Variocord 263' R+R
Akai 'GX4000D' R+R
Rotel '100' Amplifier
Rotel 'RA-610' Amplifier
Rotel 'RT-620' Tuner
NAD 'Model 80' Amp
NAD '160a' Tuner/Amp
Armstrong '521' Amp
Armstrong '524' Tuner
Armstrong '421' Amp
Armstrong '424' Tuner
Rogers 'Ravensbrook, Mk.2' Amp
Rogers 'Ravensbourne, Mk.2' Amp
Rogers 'Cadet 3' Amp
Rogers 'A75' Amp
Leak 'Stereo 30+' Amp
Leak 'Stereo 70' Amp
Leak 'Troughline 3' Tuner
Leak 'Stereo 20' Power Amp
Quad '33/303/FM3' Pre/Power/Tuner
Quad '50D' Power amp {x2}
A&R Cambridge 'A60' Amp
A&R Cambridge 'T21' Tuner
Richard Allan amp {Sudgen 'A21'}
Sugden 'A48, Mk.II' Amplifier
Sugden 'T48' Matching Tuner
JA.Michell 'Focus One' Turntable {no arm}
JA Michell 'Syncro' Turntable/SME '3009, S2 Arm
Logic 'DM101' Turntable {Needs new motor}
Logic 'Gemini' Turntable/Logic 'Datum 2' arm
Rega 'Planet' Turntable/Colton 'MC-101' Arm
CJ Walker 'CJ55' Turntable/Linn 'LVV' arm
Monitor Audio 'ET500' Turntable {No arm}
Goldring Lenco 'GL-75' Turntable
Lenco 'L70' Turntable
Thorens 'TD15O,Mk.I' Turntable {No arm}
Thorens 'TD160 Super' Turntable/Mayware 'Formula 4' Arm
Rotel 'RP-3000' Turntable {No arm}
Connoisseur 'BD-1' Motor unit
Ariston 'RD11, Superior' Turntable {No arm}
Castle Acoustics Ltd 'Howard, Mk.I' Loudspeakers
Castle Acoustics Ltd 'Conway, Mk.I' Loudspeakers
Castle Acoustics Ltd 'Richmond, Mk.I' Loudspeakers {2x Pair}
Castle Acoustics Ltd 'Kendal, Mk.I' Loudspeakers

Loads of Cassette Decks/Loads of vintage CD player

:sofa:

:D This guy has needs HI-FI needs a lot of kit their my son :cool:

[Barry]

The only vintage items I still use on a day-to-day basis are:

EMT 930/929/TSD15 turntable, arm and cartridge (mid '60s)

Thorens TD124/II turntable (x3) (late '60s)

SME 3009/S2 arm (late '60s)
SME 3009/S2 IMP arm (early '70s)
SME 3012 arm (mid '60s)
Breuer Dynamic 5A arm (late '70s)

ADC25 cartridge (early '70s)
Ortofon SPU (design goes back to 1959)
Denon DL103 (mid '60s)
Deccca Mk V and Mk VI cartridges (mid '70s)

Mark Levinson ML2 monoblock power amps (mid '70s)

and

Quad 57 ELS (advertised in 1955!)
B&W DM2a seakers (late '70s)




However like André, I do have other vintage equipment:

Ferrograph 632 reel-reel tape machine (late '60s)
Nagra IV-S reel-to-reel tape machine (mid '70s (?))
Quad 33/303/FM3/AM3 (early '70s)
Quad FM2 (early '70s)
Quad 50E (late '60s)
Quad 520f amp (late '70s?)
Radford STA15 Mk.III amplifier (late '60s)

Shure M55E
B&O SP6
ADC 10E Mk.IV (x2)

(all these cartridges mid '60s and early '70s)

Audio & Design M9BA unipivot arm (with mercury contacts!), later known as the Keith Monks arm (mid '60s)
Decca ffss arm (Super) arm (mid to late '60s).

That's about it. :)

[PaulStewart]

I want to get hold of another A60.

Just picked up an A60 from a chap I work with, he is an ex BBC studio floor manager and got this and a pair of Rogers LS3/5As under the beeb's staff purchase scheme. Aprt from a little fading of the wood it's perfect, measures 100% in spec. A light dose of wire wool and three or four coats of teak oil and it will be like new for the next Audiojumble :)

[Macca]

The really amaxing thing about Andre's list is that you can bet it will all be in concours condition, no scratched fascias or buttons missing.

[The Black Adder]

I thought you meant vintage stuff you presently use..I got tons of vintage gear i just keep boxed for keeps sake, i do get them out from time to time..Here's some..

Trio 'KA-2000' Amps {X2}
Trio 'KA-2000a' Amps {X2}
Trio 'TK-150' Amp
Trio 'KA-2002' Amp
Trio 'KT-1000' Tuner
Ferrograph 'F307, Mk.I' Amp
Ferrograph 'F307, Mk.II' Amp
Ferrograph '20/20' Amp
Ferrograph 'SFM-1' Tuner
Ferrograph 'Series Seven' R+R {X2}
Ferrograph 'Logic Seven' R+R
Revox 'A77, Mk.I' R+R
Uher 'Royal De-Luxe' R+R
Uher 'Variocord 263' R+R
Akai 'GX4000D' R+R
Rotel '100' Amplifier
Rotel 'RA-610' Amplifier
Rotel 'RT-620' Tuner
NAD 'Model 80' Amp
NAD '160a' Tuner/Amp
Armstrong '521' Amp
Armstrong '524' Tuner
Armstrong '421' Amp
Armstrong '424' Tuner
Rogers 'Ravensbrook, Mk.2' Amp
Rogers 'Ravensbourne, Mk.2' Amp
Rogers 'Cadet 3' Amp
Rogers 'A75' Amp
Leak 'Stereo 30+' Amp
Leak 'Stereo 70' Amp
Leak 'Troughline 3' Tuner
Leak 'Stereo 20' Power Amp
Quad '33/303/FM3' Pre/Power/Tuner
Quad '50D' Power amp {x2}
A&R Cambridge 'A60' Amp
A&R Cambridge 'T21' Tuner
Richard Allan amp {Sudgen 'A21'}
Sugden 'A48, Mk.II' Amplifier
Sugden 'T48' Matching Tuner
JA.Michell 'Focus One' Turntable {no arm}
JA Michell 'Syncro' Turntable/SME '3009, S2 Arm
Logic 'DM101' Turntable {Needs new motor}
Logic 'Gemini' Turntable/Logic 'Datum 2' arm
Rega 'Planet' Turntable/Colton 'MC-101' Arm
CJ Walker 'CJ55' Turntable/Linn 'LVV' arm
Monitor Audio 'ET500' Turntable {No arm}
Goldring Lenco 'GL-75' Turntable
Lenco 'L70' Turntable
Thorens 'TD15O,Mk.I' Turntable {No arm}
Thorens 'TD160 Super' Turntable/Mayware 'Formula 4' Arm
Rotel 'RP-3000' Turntable {No arm}
Connoisseur 'BD-1' Motor unit
Ariston 'RD11, Superior' Turntable {No arm}
Castle Acoustics Ltd 'Howard, Mk.I' Loudspeakers
Castle Acoustics Ltd 'Conway, Mk.I' Loudspeakers
Castle Acoustics Ltd 'Richmond, Mk.I' Loudspeakers {2x Pair}
Castle Acoustics Ltd 'Kendal, Mk.I' Loudspeakers

Loads of Cassette Decks/Loads of vintage CD player

:sofa:

You got the curtains to match, Andre? - Maybe a few rocket lamps, beauty board on the wall?... maybe one of those geometric pin and thread pictures.

:sofa:

You have some excellent gear my friend...:more:Respect!

[The Barbarian]

Quad 520f amp (late '70s?)


Produced Mid 80's to mid 90's

[The Barbarian]

You got the curtains to match, Andre? - Maybe a few rocket lamps, beauty board on the wall?... maybe one of those geometric pin and thread pictures.



I do actually even a sofa to match

:D

[The Black Adder]

I do actually even a sofa to match

:D

lol... Superb matey. Bet your drum fookin ace.

[DSJR]

Apart from the cables, practically all my stuff is 'classic vintage.'

For anyone interested -

Dual 701 with a host of 70's (and one or two) 80's cartridges/ Amcron-Crown IC-150(updated IC's and a few caps)/Bridged Amcron-Crown D-60's into Spendor BC2's. A third D-60 in stereo mode drives headphones (no inline resistors so straight off the output stage). How could I forget the rebuilt Quad II's I care for - severely coloured sonics but who bloody cares!

The upstairs-office system gets loads of use and is again a varying mixture of - 'Any Garrard auto deck you like :rofl: AP76/Zero 100/86SB/Lab 80mk2/60mk2 and AT6, all with almost period cartridges from Empire, ADC (I have a small collection of XLMs, a ZLM and a Phase IV or two) and an Ortofon VMS10e in the Zero 100 right now.' There's a Thorens TD160 in bits and a early 70's Beogram 3000 with SP12 cartridge, which is too slick in looks and operation and sonically, too well behaved for me. The amps are later, eitherAVI or Croft preamp (former from late 90's and latter from early 90's), an HH power amp (VX300) from early 90's I believe and LS5/9's from the same era. I've been given yet another Crown D-60 in lovely original condition externally and this is again used for headphones, although it's bloody marvellous into the LS5/9's. I'm currently playing another amp in this system (NVA AP20) and it sounds so perfect with the speakers I've not felt a desire to go back as yet.



Since my major Hifi (rather than record player) listening dates from the late 60's, may I say that very few early 70's transistor amps really float my boat as they all have flaws to some extent or another. By the mid 70's, Japanese amps measured very well on THD, but the bodging needed to achieve this robbed the music sadly I felt and crossover distortion, now all but banished in class AB amps, was still a huge problem for lower cost amps (Naim too, but nobody will believe me). Power supplies delivered volts but little current quite often, but since many speakers then were a 'comfortable' 8 Ohms plus, it may not have mattered too much.

[Barry]

Produced Mid 80's to mid 90's

Ah - not so vintage after all!

Cheers

[Marco]

If you run a system based on 'Vintage' or 'Classic' components, please tell us what you're using. I think pre 1980 equipment is what we're talking about here.


Wot about vintage CD players, muchacho? Those boys gots ta be included, too... ;)

Marco.

[The Grand Wazoo]

Eh?

[walpurgis]

Wot about vintage CD players, muchacho? Those boys gots ta be included, too... ;)

Marco.

I can't think of any players that were on the market prior to 1980 Marco. Sony, Marantz and Phillips players became available around that time if I recall.

[The Grand Wazoo]

From Wiki:

First Red Book CDs and players
Philips established the Polydor Pressing Operations plant in Langenhagen near Hannover, Germany, and quickly passed a series of milestones.

The first test pressing was of a recording of Richard Strauss's Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony), played by the Berlin Philharmonic and conducted by Herbert von Karajan, who had been enlisted as an ambassador for the format in 1979.[14]
The first public demonstration was on the BBC television program Tomorrow's World in 1981, when The Bee Gees' album Living Eyes (1981) was played.[15]
The first commercial compact disc was produced on 17 August 1982. It was a recording from 1979 of Claudio Arrau performing Chopin waltzes (Philips 400 025-2). Arrau was invited to the Langenhagen plant to press the start button.
The first popular music CD produced at the new factory was The Visitors (1981) by ABBA.[16]
The first album to be released on CD was Billy Joel's 52nd Street, which reached the market alongside Sony's CDP-101 CD player on 1 October 1982 in Japan.[17]

[Marco]

I can't think of any players that were on the market prior to 1980 Marco. Sony, Marantz and Phillips players became available around that time if I recall.

Yoo iz missin' ma point, shweety... You were saying that vintage gear is defined as being pre-1980. My point is that vintage CDPs should be included, even though those weren't born until 1982!

Got it now, daddy-o? :)

Marco.

[walpurgis]

Well the Meridian MCD must qualify as 'vintage CD', as it was a true audiophile design.

[The Grand Wazoo]

....even though those weren't born until 1982!

That's not vintage - it's classic!

[Marco]

Well the Meridian MCD must qualify as 'vintage CD', as it was a true audiophile design.

Indeed - so does my Sony X777ES/DAS-R1, oh and the Technics SL-P1200! ;)

Other vintage bits, chez-moi:

Ortofon SPU (origins from 1959).
Various valves from 1940s and 50s.
Sony ST-5055L Tuner (1973). See here:


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Lockwood Major loudspeakers with Tannoy Monitor Gold drivers (1960s).

Marco.

[BTH K10A]

I think you should all put that outdated worn out tat up for sale in Private Exhibitions.

You can then use the proceeds to put a deposit down on some real hifi, proper blingy hi end stuff with 1" thick faceplates and 12" high platters and six nines silver in everything. It's the only way to audio nirvana.

The good samaritan in me might even help you out on the road to enlightenment by buying some of that tat.

[Marco]

Quite right, Andy. Who needs old tat when you can have Bling/Badge-Fi! :eyebrows:

Marco.

[The Barbarian]

If were talking vintage CDP's the earliest i have is a Meridian 'MCD', Mission 'DAD7000R', Sony 'CDP-101'..

[walpurgis]

Bling? Something like this maybe?

http://i61.tinypic.com/i2ufkx.jpg http://i59.tinypic.com/119lzm8.jpg


http://i61.tinypic.com/2qx5nrr.jpg

Hang on, that one's not bling. Never mind! :)

[The Barbarian]

The Aura CD Player in the top left, well the wife asked me at one bit to buy one..

[walpurgis]

I've got a mint Meridian 206. Looks like new and sounds great as just a player or as a transport. Super bit of kit from the eighties.

[Mothman]

My system is a mix of old & new. In my main system I'm currently using a re-capped A60 amp & Ditton 44 speakers and have various other bits of 70's & 80's kit in other systems around the house. I also have an early 70's Sansui AU505 amp which I had re-capped a couple of years ago, this I rate even higher than the A60 (which is saying something as the A60 is bloody good) but unfortunately it has a fault in one channel and so has had to be mothballed.

[simon e]

My systems another mix of classic and new.

Classics:
Leak stereo 20, with original mullard values. Carefully rebuilt with Russian PIO caps and takman carbon film resistors.

Thorens TD124 mk2, with rega rb300 and sumiko blue point No. 2

Modern:
Impulse H6 speakers
Croft micro 25 pre
Bushmaster 2 dac
Squeezebox touch
with ankaka battery powering the dac and touch.

[BTH K10A]

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f120/emttsd15/IMG_1577_zps28e5a15a.jpg (http://s46.photobucket.com/user/emttsd15/media/IMG_1577_zps28e5a15a.jpg.html)

[walpurgis]

I just love traditional sixties style speakers. I take it the big'uns are your BTH jobbies Andy? What's in the smaller boxes to the left?

[BTH K10A]

I just love traditional sixties style speakers. I take it the big'uns are your BTH jobbies Andy? What's in the smaller boxes to the left?

The large cabinets are the BTH K10A 18" dual concentrics. The smaller ones are Westrex 2326A although "smaller" is relative as they still weigh over 100 lbs each and make my JBL Array 1400's look small

They were last Westrex domestic loudspeaker and replaced the Acoustilens. All the drivers are in absolute mint condition and the cabinets are very good for their age too.
They were first marketed in 1962 and were only produced for a couple of years before Westrex pulled out of the domestic market. The HiFi year books list them as POA but an ex Westrex engineer I spoke to remembers them being priced at £229 each at a time when you could buy a Tannoy Autograph or Vitavox CN191 for £165. A combination of the short production run and the price has made these almost impossible to find.

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f120/emttsd15/HiFi/IMG_1289.jpg (http://s46.photobucket.com/user/emttsd15/media/HiFi/IMG_1289.jpg.html)

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f120/emttsd15/HiFi/IMG_1293.jpg (http://s46.photobucket.com/user/emttsd15/media/HiFi/IMG_1293.jpg.html)

[walpurgis]

Very nice, they look superb. Yes I recognised the JBLs, funny how small they look there. All you need now is a set of VOTT Altecs! :)

[jandl100]

Coincidentally, about 2 hours before this thread started I hooked up my Marantz 4230 quad receiver (1973-78) to my main rig - and it's stayed that way! It sounds damn fine. :)

Fed, of course, by my vintage classic Technics SL-P1200 CD player (1986-92, mine's an early one).

My 21stC MBL speakers do rather let things down, of course. :(

[Firebottle]

Who needs old tat when you can have Bling/Badge-Fi!

I think you've just come up with the next acronym - BBF - Bling/Badge-Fi :doh::eyebrows:

:cool: Alan

[Jimbo]

The large cabinets are the BTH K10A 18" dual concentrics. The smaller ones are Westrex 2326A although "smaller" is relative as they still weigh over 100 lbs each and make my JBL Array 1400's look small

They were last Westrex domestic loudspeaker and replaced the Acoustilens. All the drivers are in absolute mint condition and the cabinets are very good for their age too.
They were first marketed in 1962 and were only produced for a couple of years before Westrex pulled out of the domestic market. The HiFi year books list them as POA but an ex Westrex engineer I spoke to remembers them being priced at £229 each at a time when you could buy a Tannoy Autograph or Vitavox CN191 for £165. A combination of the short production run and the price has made these almost impossible to find.

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f120/emttsd15/HiFi/IMG_1289.jpg (http://s46.photobucket.com/user/emttsd15/media/HiFi/IMG_1289.jpg.html)

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f120/emttsd15/HiFi/IMG_1293.jpg (http://s46.photobucket.com/user/emttsd15/media/HiFi/IMG_1293.jpg.html)

They dont take too much room at all do they:lol:

[Marco]

I think you've just come up with the next acronym - BBF - Bling/Badge-Fi :doh::eyebrows:

:cool: Alan

Hehehehe... It's now been added to the list of official 'AoS lingo', along with 'SPPV', 'FBA' and 'Pishanto' :D

Marco.

P.S Lovin' those shpeekaz, Andy!

[StanleyB]

Two that we used on the repair slip at one of the repair companies I once worked for was PMS(Poor Man's System) and NFG(No effing Good).

[Marco]

I suspect we're going to have to create a glossary!

Marco.

[Barry]

I suspect we're going to have to create a glossary!

Marco.

Agreed - what does FBA stand for?

[Marco]

File Based Audio :)

Marco.

[Qwin]

Please no more Acronyms/abbreviations.

I worked in the motor industry where they abound, we had a three page list of them, you could have a conversation in a design meeting and use more acronyms than words, it got ridiculas. I once stopped a conversation by asking what one of them meant, I actually new because I had looked it up, but wasn't supprised that no one else (9 people) new the correct meaning, it had became a generalisation and could easily be miss used.

It becomes a club that excludes the occasional visitor from the conversation, we may as well resort to Text speak.
'SPPV', 'FBA' and 'Pishanto' seen em used, havn't a clue what any of them mean.

As you can probably tell it's a pet hate of mine, in business correspondance I have refussed to reply to emails containing text speak and we are talking blue chip companies.

:sofa:

[BTH K10A]

They dont take too much room at all do they:lol:

Not really :D

[Primare]

This is my vintage Pioneer system, or most of it at least.

https://i.imgur.com/gfvljySl.jpg

[Bencat]

Well I have two main systems that I listen to . In my Music room the Speakers are Quad ESL57 and my amplifier is a Krell KSA50 which is early eighties . Rest of the system is more modern days with an SBT Clone as a Streamer and then in to a MiniDSP DDRC24 as both DSP unit and volume control .

My Other spare room system is Raspberry Pi with Digi Hat as streamer , Pair of Quad 405 MK1 (Fidele Audio modified) Power Amplifiers , MiniDSP DDRC 24 pair of KEF 103 Reference speakers . Both systems are working really well and I listen one if not both every day .

[TAD12]

My study/office system.
Marantz 3250B, Marantz SM8, Mission 750 SE 20th Anniversary edition, Michell Odyssey/ Ortofon /Rondo Red.
Oh yeah and believe it or not, a Brennan JB 7 still going strong.
Good old vinyl stereo and mp3.
Good enough and still a super sound from the Marantz kit. IMHO of course.

Regards.

Tad.:cool:

[quadsugdenman]

Just moved so when I can find space to set them up again (and if they have survived the move)

Linn Sondek Ittok Asaka (1979)
Revox B77 (1979)
Quad 33/303 /FM3 (1977/1977/1978) or Sugden C51/P51(1976)
Quad 57 (unknown)
ARC101(1980)

Lots of old fm tuners somewhere?.:scratch:

[mr shovel]

This is my vintage Pioneer system, or most of it at least.

https://i.imgur.com/gfvljySl.jpg

Beautiful!

[tommy6206]

My main system in daily use. Apart from the system below I have another Technics system setup in the bedroom I use every night to fall asleep too:lol:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0803/tommy6206/Temp/20190214_175505_zpssuvyovld.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/tommy6206/media/Temp/20190214_175505_zpssuvyovld.jpg.html)


Technics SE9600 amp
Technics SU9600 pre amp
Technics RS9900 tape deck
Technics SL-P1200 cd deck
Technics SL 1210mkII
Technics SH-9010 eq
Technics ST9600 tuner
Tascam 34 RTR
Akai 4000ds RTR
Celestion Ditton 44's

[Fiddlefye]

My main system is tube-based and a mix of modern and semi-modern gear, but I have a number of vintage systems in play around the house and one set up at my wife's art supply shop.
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1936/44657657745_5c998b4c7c_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2b3faNi)DSC_2920 (https://flic.kr/p/2b3faNi) by fiddlefye (https://www.flickr.com/photos/82699172@N00/), on Flickr
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4674/26066398168_d7eaf35574_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/FHp735)DSC_4240 (https://flic.kr/p/FHp735) by fiddlefye (https://www.flickr.com/photos/82699172@N00/), on Flickr
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4543/27168182499_250e9edc03_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/HoL38D)DSC_6918 (https://flic.kr/p/HoL38D) by fiddlefye (https://www.flickr.com/photos/82699172@N00/), on Flickr
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4548/24080342367_170bba4bdf_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/CFU3QF)DSC_6377 (https://flic.kr/p/CFU3QF) by fiddlefye (https://www.flickr.com/photos/82699172@N00/), on Flickr
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4515/38604038681_c96f9f362c_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/21PiMKP)DSC_2224 (https://flic.kr/p/21PiMKP) by fiddlefye (https://www.flickr.com/photos/82699172@N00/), on Flickr
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4562/38527402041_8d89a5089b_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/21Gx1mr)DSC_2220 (https://flic.kr/p/21Gx1mr) by fiddlefye (https://www.flickr.com/photos/82699172@N00/), on Flickr

[oldius]

Yep, all of it. Sony, Audio Technica, Lentek, Denon, Technics, Kinshaw, Beovox.



https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4823/45204563685_fd252176ee_z.jpg

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4812/32244612868_c7ef8a0cfa_c.jpg

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/848/42978530825_1b06576e6c_c.jpg

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/971/41002125035_97c94c2f6e_c.jpg

[Fiddlefye]

Lovely stuff. That Sony TTS-8000 is a wonderful drive, hard to beat.

[Audio Al]

Oh God where do I start :doh: on second thoughts best not to start :)

[Yomanze]

1970s turntable (Pioneer PL-71)
1980s DAC (TDA1541A)
Royd speakers (Sorcerers and RR3s)
LFD amps

[Roy S]

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190323/7057b12a21e1d2cbfdc407dbb0d11983.jpg

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190323/48e6e0bde6ddfc8c751ce8a7d82d3632.jpg

& my Tannoys [emoji4]

[oldius]

Lovely stuff. That Sony TTS-8000 is a wonderful drive, hard to beat.Thank you.

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[Beobloke]

In my main system, the older bits are the turntable (early 1980s), preamplifier (late 1980s) and CD player (early 1990s). The arm, cartridge, phono preamp and speakers are all contemporary.

[struth]

My TT, arm and cart are all vintage. tt and arm late 70's to early 80 and cart 1961. Speaker drivers are early 60's too I believe. Everything else is fairly to very modern.

[oldius]

My NS1000 not in the other system pics https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190327/aba6da76cd9780d83a9058e58bd5e713.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190327/1f5ea4fe9c05fcb255bf286f75a7981e.jpg

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[Barry]

My NS1000 not in the other system pics https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190327/aba6da76cd9780d83a9058e58bd5e713.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190327/1f5ea4fe9c05fcb255bf286f75a7981e.jpg

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An Alice Coltrane fan? :)

[oldius]

An Alice Coltrane fan? :)My favourite jazz artist Barry.

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