new member from Berlin

[as-audio]

Good evening to everybody,

I was asked to introduce myself.

I noticed this forum for the first time when I saw that some
gentleman reported about a number of "our" old preamps,
Audiolabor VV2020.

You can have a look at my homepage http://www.audiolabor.de/
(in german).

Have to leave my home now, more to come ..? ..

[walpurgis]

Interesting line up of equipment Andy. I had heard of the Audiolabor name before, but was unaware of the product line up.

I love the look of the Synchron turntable, very neat.

The Art of Sound has worldwide membership, the bulk of which are in the UK.

I don't know if you market in the this country, but a trade account may be available. You'd need to speak to Marco, the site owner.

I'll look forward to hearing more from you.


Geoff.

[trio leo]

Hello Andy, welcome to the AoS from me, let us know what type of music you like and if you have any photos of your kit, we like photos.

Enjoy your music :)

cheers, Alan

[The Black Adder]

Good evening, Andy.

Welcome to AOS. Some great products there. It's very nice to have you join us. :)

Yes, it would be great to hear more too!

Enjoy
Jo

[Barry]

Welcome to AoS Andy,

Some interesting equipment you handle. Is that a Breuer Type 5A arm shown at the top of your website?

What equipment do you use personally and what are your tastes in music?

Enjoy the Forum

Regards
Barry

[Juha]

I found the Audiolabor VV 2020 preamp on Ebay.de.
My first one had no cover, but worked well and sounds good.
Later bought 2 more.
I use VV 2020 every day.

How do you rate it ?
Any tips for me on recapping or renovation.

[as-audio]

Thank you for all the answers. Initially I wanted to help Juha
to find missing parts for his preamp cabinet.

walpurgis: my homepage is not for marketing - the company does not exist any more.
It is for manuals and other info, even diagrams, to aid repair. All spares still available.

I think most of the stuff was sold in Germany, but thanks to the internet it is spread worldwide
in the meantime.

Barry: Yes, it is an old Breuer arm mounted on our "konstant" turntable, about 1981.
Now after 30+ years I don't use Audiolabor gear any more but still use some of the old
cabinet stuff for prototyping.

Juha: I can help with missing cabinet parts. This was may original intention on registration.
Not sure how to rate the 2020 today, but I can say it is a very complex and versatile preamp.
Not easy to count the number of circuit boards in this small cabinet even. Try to check the elcaps
"in situ" with an LCR bridge (Philips PM 6303 or similar recommended), but most of these will still
work fine after 35+ years.

[walpurgis]

OK Andy. I understand your interest here now. You are most welcome.

I'm sure your continued input would be of great interest.

Please feel free to join in and contribute.

Geoff.

[as-audio]

I have to admit that I did not see this forum before,
and it seems to have a friendly atmosphere.

But I am more in the repair, design and consultancy
business today and so my input may stay small.

Among people interested in vintage gear my other
homepage may be already be known:
http://www.klangfilm.org/

It is about old cinema equipment made by Siemens
and is intended as a free resource of information.
Any useful comments on this or probably even pictures
and documentations are most welcome.

I don't know much about the use of this brand in the UK
or Ireland cinemas and public address locations. Anybody
can report on this? Thank you.

[Barry]

We have one member here who is very keen on equipment of this vintage and manufacturer.

[as-audio]

Is it you?
Had to look up keen in the dictionary. If it is not only "engaged" but also a little bit knowledgable I would be pleased.

[walpurgis]

Among people interested in vintage gear my other
homepage may be already be known:
http://www.klangfilm.org/ .

That's interesting Andy. I have visited this site several times, as I like vintage speaker units, as does our Grant (struth), who is running a pair of sixty year old 250mm Telefunken units. I have some Philips and Isophon full range speaker drivers. I like Japanese full range speakers too.

[struth]

Good evening to everybody,

I was asked to introduce myself.

I noticed this forum for the first time when I saw that some
gentleman reported about a number of "our" old preamps,
Audiolabor VV2020.

You can have a look at my homepage http://www.audiolabor.de/
(in german).

Have to leave my home now, more to come ..? ..

Sorry for the tardiness of my welcome Andy/ welcome to AoS mate/ Lot of vintage audio lovers here, and as Geoff say I have some Telefunken L242 alnico units. Nice gear and am on the look out for another 1 as I have a spare driver so I can make up another set some day.
anyways, enjoy the forum and hope to see some of your posts in future

[Barry]

Is it you?
Had to look up keen in the dictionary. If it is not only "engaged" but also a little bit knowledgable I would be pleased.

No, it's not me but another "Andy".

[Us-&-Them]

I like the look of the equipment on your homepage. Welcome AOS !!!

[Floyddroid]

Willkommen Andy.

[as-audio]

Sorry for the tardiness of my welcome ... I have some Telefunken L242 alnico units. Nice gear and am on the look out for another 1 as I have a spare driver so I can make up another set some day.

Had to look up tardiness in the dictionary first and then had a look at the Telefunken L242 speaker units
as seen on E**y 261939229694 for instance. These are in fact made by Isophon Berlin with Telefunken
OEM logo (see the typical basket and typical magnet structure). It does not mean a bad thing but so it is
manufactured at a time when Telefunken closed down their own speaker dept. It will not be easy to find
another one, but it is possible on german E**y. Isophon has been the main supplier for german radio
companies.

In the meantime the message function is activated ..

[Eagle owl]

Hello and welcome Andy.

Geoff. :wave:

[as-audio]

Gentlemen, probably anybody has a single or pair of these incredible speakers for sale?
Also looking for the Radford which we had in use in our company in the past. Thank you.

[as-audio]

And again - happy new year of course.

Still looking for the venerable Radford and a single Goodmans Axiom 350
(would love to listen to this one in stereo)

And if anybody is in need of vintage parts or spares of german origin please
let me know..

A.

[Bksabath]

Welcome to the forum

Loads of nice record shop's in Berlin from which I buy regularly on line