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The Grand Wazoo
24-05-2010, 23:06
I love some of those old adverts for gear. I don't know if you've seen this old Marantz advert from about 1973/4 - one of my favourites.
http://us.marantz.com/68.asp
Rare Bird
24-05-2010, 23:22
http://www.thevintageknob.org/PINUP/0609/0609-ariane.html
Sheer class! That would make a brilliant poster :)
Marco.
Ah the 1970s! Political correctness was unknown in those far flung days - any excuse to employ a scantily clad female to drape over cars and hi-fi. Just look at some of the Monty Python sketches from that time.
Not that I'm complaining; but then I'm not female.
Regards
(PS I've got a Uher tape machine that's pictured there)
Rare Bird
25-05-2010, 10:17
Ah the 1970s! Political correctness was unknown in those far flung days
What i loved about the '70's is you got non of this specialised cable & supports bullshit. i still say it's all bullshit now.I've always said if your system is sensitive to cable change it aint worth having ;)
What I loved about the '70's is you got none of this specialised cable & supports bullshit. I still say it's all bullshit now. I've always said if your system is sensitive to cable change it aint worth having ;)
I'm inclined to agree with you Andre.
This might however open a 'can of worms' - there are many here on AoS, who have invested much time and effort on cables and system support and could, no doubt, put a case in favour of exotic cables and supports.
Regards
Rare Bird
25-05-2010, 10:27
Don't worry Barry i can take it :lol:
Hehehe - what are you like! :lol:
Cables most certainly make a difference (as Barry himself knows only too well), but there's no need to use anything more "specialised" than the likes of what Mark Grant supplies..... Anything more expensive than that is for dafties with more money than sense! :mental:
Anyway, did someone mention scantily clad women draped over hi-fi?
Who remembers the 1970s magazine 'Hi-fi for Pleasure', which regularly featured a cornucopia of stocking-clad maidens adorning its front covers? Oi lurved it (even though my copies usually ended up getting, erm, somewhat 'soggy') :eyebrows:
Marco (Who says: 'Get it right up ye' to political correctness!! :ner:)
Hehehe - what are you like! :lol:
Cables most certainly make a difference (as Barry himself knows only too well), but there's no need to use anything more "specialised" than the likes of what Mark Grant supplies..... Anything more expensive than that is for dafties with more money than sense! :mental: I think you know my views on cables Marco. As long as they use good quality cable, good quality connectors and are made with care, there is no need to use anything more exotic. If a change of cables makes a significant difference, then either there was something wrong with original cables, or there is something wrong with the items between which the cables connect. Cables should never be used to compensate for deficiencies in the electronics, i.e. used as tone controls.
Anyway, did someone mention scantily clad women draped over hi-fi?
Who remembers the 1970s magazine 'Hi-fi for Pleasure', which regularly featured a cornucopia of stocking-clad maidens adorning its front covers? Oi lurved it (even though my copies usually ended up getting, erm, somewhat 'soggy') :eyebrows: I remember those Hi-fi for Pleasure mags. Was it because of the covers, or was it the photographs in the equipment reviews, that eventually caused the pages of your magazines become stuck together?
Marco (Who says: 'Get it right up ye' to political correctness!! :ner:) What is Del's opinion on the use of scantily clad women for advertising purposes?
Regards
I got my mug in HiFi For Pleasure, but not scantily clad I'm afraid....
The HiFi shows were really great too, very well attended, loads of freebies for dealer-staff and leaflets/booklets by the rain-forest load......
Ah, memories of my "virginity............"
Hi Barry,
think you know my views on cables Marco. As long as they use good quality cable, good quality connectors and are made with care, there is no need to use anything more exotic. If a change of cables makes a significant difference, then either there was something wrong with original cables, or there is something wrong with the items between which the cables connect. Cables should never be used to compensate for deficiencies in the electronics, i.e. used as tone controls.
Completely agree! :)
I remember those Hi-fi for Pleasure mags. Was it the covers, or was it the photographs in the equipment reviews, that eventually caused the pages of your magazines become stuck together?
Hahaha.... A mixture of both probably! Let's remember that I was about 15 at the time... I divided my time equally between reading that, 'Shoot' football magazine, '2000AD' and 'Razzle' ;)
The best issue of 'Hi-fi for Pleasure' was where a fishnet stocking-clad girly was wearing a garter belt full of cartridges!! Does anyone remember that?
What is Del's opinion on the use of scantily clad women for advertising purposes?
She's not really a feminist, and as the mag was from the 70s, she'd just laugh! :eyebrows:
Marco.
I got my mug in HiFi For Pleasure, but not scantily clad I'm afraid....
Dammit.... I had 'visions' of you in a pair of fishnets! :lol:
Pity there aren't any hi-fi mags around these days like this:
http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/8597/datewithahifi.jpg (http://img193.imageshack.us/i/datewithahifi.jpg/)
Class... What a novel way to keep the draught out....! :eyebrows:
Marco.
Dammit.... I had 'visions' of you in a pair of fishnets! :lol:
Pity there aren't any hi-fi mags around these days like this:
http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/8597/datewithahifi.jpg (http://img193.imageshack.us/i/datewithahifi.jpg/)
Class... What a novel way to keep the draught out....! :eyebrows:
Marco.
Really Marco - I expected better of you!
That is exactly the sort of exploitation I was referring to. Surely Del wouldn't approve, nor any of the female members of AoS?
Best stick to 'Razzle' :eyebrows:
Regards
You're a bad influence on me! :lolsign: :lolsign:
Marco.
You're a bad influence on me! :lolsign: :lolsign:
Marco.
Fair enough!
Regards
(PS Apologies for the sloppy syntax in the second sentence of my last post. Oh, and for unintended alliteration in my apologia. :doh:)
Spectral Morn
25-05-2010, 15:05
Our very own HiFi Dave wrote for HiFi For Pleasure. No doubt he can share a few stories..............
If HiFi is no longer a pleasure, then maybe we need a new title HiFi For Pain :eek: :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:
Regards D S D L
Rare Bird
25-05-2010, 15:07
The best issue of 'Hi-fi for Pleasure' was where a fishnet stocking-clad girly was wearing a garter belt full of cartridges!! Does anyone remember that?
I remember that front cover ;) some years back but i prefer 'Popular Hi-Fi' mag. & the early 70's 'Hi-Fi Sounds' Mag
Rare Bird
25-05-2010, 15:11
Our very own HiFi Dave wrote for HiFi For Pleasure.
Dave Wren is it?
What you wouldn't want on a hi-fi magazine cover is something like this...........
http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/4098/grahampeck.jpg (http://img94.imageshack.us/i/grahampeck.jpg/)
:spew: :eyebrows:
Andre'll get that one!
Marco.
Spectral Morn
25-05-2010, 15:23
Dave Wren is it?
Yes that's the chap.....
Regards D S D L
Better with something like this.... Andre's dream system):
http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/8996/retrohifiad.jpg (http://img707.imageshack.us/i/retrohifiad.jpg/)
;)
Marco.
Spectral Morn
25-05-2010, 15:24
What you wouldn't want on a hi-fi magazine cover is something like this...........
http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/4098/grahampeck.jpg (http://img94.imageshack.us/i/grahampeck.jpg/)
:spew: :eyebrows:
Andre'll get that one!
Marco.
Now lets not be stirring that one up again :doh: Please....
Regards D S D L
You recognised him!! :lol:
No, just a wee snigger-ette, 'tis all ;)
Marco.
Spectral Morn
25-05-2010, 15:34
You recognised him!! :lol:
No, just a wee snigger-ette, 'tis all ;)
Marco.
No the details with the photo gives it away....now you said you would behave ;)
Regards D S D L
Rare Bird
25-05-2010, 15:38
What you wouldn't want on a hi-fi magazine cover is something like this...........
http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/4098/grahampeck.jpg (http://img94.imageshack.us/i/grahampeck.jpg/)
:spew: :eyebrows:
Andre'll get that one!
Marco.
:lol:
Rare Bird
25-05-2010, 15:39
Dammit.... I had 'visions' of you in a pair of fishnets! :lol:
Pity there aren't any hi-fi mags around these days like this:
http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/8597/datewithahifi.jpg (http://img193.imageshack.us/i/datewithahifi.jpg/)
No mags for the gentry like this these days either :eyebrows:
Rare Bird
25-05-2010, 15:58
Back on track :eyebrows:
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a222/LIVING-SIN/Sony-1.png
Quality!
Let's see who can make up the most 'interesting' captions for what the bloke and the two girls might be saying to each other...... :eyebrows:
Marco.
P.S Lol @ "Frolic" :lol:
Rare Bird
25-05-2010, 16:40
Quality!
Let's see who can make up the most 'interesting' captions for what the bloke and the two girls might be saying to each other...... :eyebrows:
Marco.
P.S Lol @ "Frolic" :lol:
''If she don't let go of your arm i'm gonna shove that record up her arse side wayz '
Spectral Morn
25-05-2010, 16:48
"ummmmmmmmm I think one speaker is louder than the other !"
Ahhhhhhh!!!!! So that's stereo"
"Who cares about a proper HIFI table"
Regards D S D L
The Grand Wazoo
25-05-2010, 17:22
Now then people, enough of this nonsense!
Let's try and be sensible here - let's get back to the matter in hand.
http://retrothing.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83452989a69e20120a90547a9970b-800wihttp://retrothing.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83452989a69e20120a905489e970b-800wi
..............now is that cool or what?
The Grand Wazoo
25-05-2010, 20:10
Way-Hey, how about more sounds on the move?!
http://discretemusic.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/s_welk.jpghttp://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JfmYtoWg4vU/SU0T29fBseI/AAAAAAAAF84/CKP5d9TGA4o/s400/1.jpg
Hifi For Pleasure always baffled me. I mean, would you want hifi that wasn't for pleasure; that turned you into a geek wanting to try out that latest tweak in a doomed attempt to find perfection, listening obsessively to the same track from 'Love Over Gold' time and time again?
Hifi For Pleasure always baffled me. I mean, would you want hifi that wasn't for pleasure; that turned you into a geek wanting to try out that latest tweak in a doomed attempt to find perfection, listening obsessively to the same track from 'Love Over Gold' time and time again?
It was just a name of an audio magazine. There were plenty of others around in the 70's and '80s:
Popular Hi-Fi - would you wan't it to be 'Unpopular Hi-Fi'?
Practical Hi-Fi (and Audio) - 'Impractical Hi-Fi' ?
Hi-Fi for Pleasure - 'Hi-Fi for Pain and Misery'?
Hi-Fi Answers - 'Hi-Fi Obfuscation and Confusion'?
In the '90s there was:
Audiophile - 'Audiophobe'?
The Flat Response -'The Flatulant Response'?
Hi-Fi Review - 'Hi-Fi Refuse'?
(The last two alternative titles are closer to the mark, for those blatently biased and sycophantic rags).
Regards
Way-Hey, how about more sounds on the move?!
http://discretemusic.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/s_welk.jpghttp://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JfmYtoWg4vU/SU0T29fBseI/AAAAAAAAF84/CKP5d9TGA4o/s400/1.jpg
Steady on - you'll get Andre all excited! (though maybe it's more '60s than '70s)
Regards
It was just a name of an audio magazine. There were plenty of others around in the 70's and '80s:
Popular Hi-Fi - would you wan't it to be 'Unpopular Hi-Fi'?
Practical Hi-Fi (and Audio) - 'Impractical Hi-Fi' ?
Hi-Fi for Pleasure - 'Hi-Fi for Pain and Misery'?
Hi-Fi Answers - 'Hi-Fi Obfuscation and Confusion'?
In the '90s there was:
Audiophile - 'Audiophobe'?
The Flat Response -'The Flatulant Response'?
Hi-Fi Review - 'Hi-Fi Refuse'?
(The last two alternative titles are closer to the mark, for those blatently biased and sycophantic rags).
Regards
The title that Caroline really hates is 'What HiFi?' As she pointed out, it should really be 'Which HiFi?', but I guess 'Which' is copyrighted by those consumer champions in Hertford (where hurricanes hardly happen).
The title that Caroline really hates is 'What HiFi?' As she pointed out, it should really be 'Which HiFi?', but I guess 'Which' is copyrighted by those consumer champions in Hertford (where hurricanes hardly happen).
No - 'What HiFi' is the correct title, both factually and literally. Just read the contents, and you will ask yourself "what hi-fi?". Your good lady is of course correct, and a pedant after my own heart!
Regards
No - 'What HiFi' is the correct title, both factually and literally. Just read the contents, and you will ask yourself "what hi-fi?". Your good lady is of course correct, and a pedant after my own heart!
Regards
Caroline's even more pedantic that me, which is quite an achievement. I'm a bit hazy on when to use 'that' and when to use 'which', but Caroline's a sub-editor on a scholarly journal and is down on any incorrect usage like a ton of bricks.
Our elder daughter clearly takes after her; I remember many years ago when she was about 5, we went past a sign that read: 'Don't even think about parking here!'. My daughter said 'That sign's not right, is it daddy?'. I asked her what was wrong with it, and she replied 'It should say: 'Please don't even think of parking here!''
Here is nice link (http://www.hifi-forum.de/viewthread-84-12508.html)to Germans audio forum with lots of classic hi-fi advertising.
On the other hands I'm especially interested in tests or reviews of Sansui's gear from UK audio magazines in period 70'-80'.So,if someone has an old magazines,and can scan,would be very,very grateful :youtheman:
Something like that:
http://i837.photobucket.com/albums/zz292/pepa131/katalog/Final_Comparison1-11.jpg
PS-money is not an object.
Regards
Caroline's even more pedantic that me, which is quite an achievement. I'm a bit hazy on when to use 'that' and when to use 'which', but Caroline's a sub-editor on a scholarly journal and is down on any incorrect usage like a ton of bricks.
Our elder daughter clearly takes after her; I remember many years ago when she was about 5, we went past a sign that read: 'Don't even think about parking here!'. My daughter said 'That sign's not right, is it daddy?'. I asked her what was wrong with it, and she replied 'It should say: 'Please don't even think of parking here!''
We are perhaps confusing pedanty with politeness. However your daughter's comment does raise the interesting question: which of the two imperatives is more effective? The blunt order, or the appeal to reason and one's better nature?
Regards
We are perhaps confusing pedanty with politeness. However your daughter's comment does raise the interesting question: which of the two imperatives is more effective? The blunt order, or the appeal to reason and one's better nature?
Regards
Or even pedantry.
Where we live now, the appeal to one's better nature would probably be more effective. Where we used to live, the blunt order, backed up with a Rottweiler on a short chain in the front yard, was the way to go.
Lol, Joe.....
Chris, some way cool retro ads there! :respect:
Marco.
hifi_dave
25-05-2010, 21:49
It was just a name of an audio magazine. There were plenty of others around in the 70's and '80s:
Popular Hi-Fi - would you wan't it to be 'Unpopular Hi-Fi'?
Practical Hi-Fi (and Audio) - 'Impractical Hi-Fi' ?
Hi-Fi for Pleasure - 'Hi-Fi for Pain and Misery'?
Hi-Fi Answers - 'Hi-Fi Obfuscation and Confusion'?
In the '90s there was:
Audiophile - 'Audiophobe'?
The Flat Response -'The Flatulant Response'?
Hi-Fi Review - 'Hi-Fi Refuse'?
(The last two alternative titles are closer to the mark, for those blatently biased and sycophantic rags).
Regards
You have left out Hi-Fi Weekly......:doh:
Did you write for Hi-fi for Pleasure then, Dave? :)
If so, did you get to meet any of the 'foxy chicks' on the covers of the mag? :eyebrows:
Marco.
Rare Bird
25-05-2010, 21:58
You have left out Hi-Fi Weekly......:doh:
He missed more than that :lolsign:
He missed more than that :lolsign:
Gosh you lot are hard to please! OK, the magazines I have read at some time or other are or have been:
Hi-Fi News & Record Review (now simply Hi-Fi News)
Gramophone
Popular Hi-Fi
Hi-Fi Sound
Practical Hi-Fi and Audio
Audiophile
Hi-Fi Answers
Hi-Fi Weekly
Hi-Fi Review
The Flat Response
Hi-Fi for Pleasure
Hi-Fi Choice
Hi-Fi World
Hi-Fi +
Stereo Review
Stereophile
The Audio Amateur
The Absolute Sound.
Don't ask me to list the pornography mags I've read.
Regards
Spectral Morn
25-05-2010, 22:48
Gosh you lot are hard to please! OK, the magazines I have read at some time or other are or have been:
Hi-Fi News & Record Review (now simply Hi-Fi News)
Gramophone
Popular Hi-Fi
Hi-Fi Sound
Practical Hi-Fi and Audio
Audiophile
Hi-Fi Answers
Hi-Fi Weekly
Hi-Fi Review
The Flat Response
Hi-Fi for Pleasure
Hi-Fi Choice
Hi-Fi World
Hi-Fi +
Stereo Review
Stereophile
The Audio Amateur
The Absolute Sound.
Don't ask me to list the pornography mags I've read.
Regards
Barry Hunt ! I am shocked :eyebrows::eek:;):lol:
One that you would read such things......
and Two that there is anything to read in them :lol::lol::lol::lol:
Regards D S D L
Rare Bird
25-05-2010, 23:01
Hi-Fi News & Record Review (now simply Hi-Fi News)
simply Hi-Fi News in the first place :lolsign:
Spectral Morn
25-05-2010, 23:03
simply Hi-Fi News in the first place :lolsign:
Different sort of Birds on the cover of that mag.....
Are the birds on the front cover part of a test disc ?....bird calls....better than trains I suppose :lol::lol::lol::lol:
Regards D S D L
Barry Hunt ! I am shocked :eyebrows::eek:;):lol:
One that you would read such things......
and Two that there is anything to read in them :lol::lol::lol::lol:
Regards D S D L
Oops! Could say that was a Freudian slip, or a pun as photography is another interest of mine and collegues would jokingly refer to the mags as 'Amateur Pornography' or 'Creative Pornography'! A lot of people still confuse nude photography with pornography. It really was a typo - honest! :doh:
At least it proves my posts are read. When I used to write reports at work, I would always include an unusual word or phrase, so as to check that they were read. If people asked "what does ** mean?", I knew they had read the report.
simply Hi-Fi News in the first place
I do have one or two copies of the magazine when it was originally 'Hi-Fi News', but my qualification is correct: from becoming 'Hi-Fi News & Record Review', it is now simply called 'Hi-Fi News'.
Anyway it's time to get back to my reading the latest copy of 'Rubber Weekly'! :eyebrows:
Ah, I have *just* the outfit for you, dahling, next time you visit! ;)
Marco.
The Grand Wazoo
26-05-2010, 07:19
Come on now gents, you're not qualified to discuss pornography unless you own a pornograph.
........here's another one of the hi-fi hat.
Notice mention of the break-proof valves!
http://www.harrisonline.com/GRAPHICS/radiohat.jpg
Rare Bird
26-05-2010, 08:02
Back to being boring :rolleyes:
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a222/LIVING-SIN/401.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a222/LIVING-SIN/4012.jpg
Quality, Andre! I've never seen that Garrard ad before :)
Guys, lets see how many genuine vintage hi-fi ads we can unearth! :cool:
Marco.
Rare Bird
26-05-2010, 09:24
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a222/LIVING-SIN/Accuphase.jpg http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a222/LIVING-SIN/TR2075.jpg
Man, just look at that Tandberg!! :stalks:
Marco.
Rare Bird
26-05-2010, 10:27
Aye beautiful. I prefer the 'TR2075' to the dogs bollox 'TR2080'
The Grand Wazoo
26-05-2010, 15:38
Those Tandbergs looked ancient even when they were new, but bejeezus could they make a good sounding receiver!
http://cdn.gajitz.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/vintage-audio-adverts-2.jpg
http://www.old-ads.com/images/revox_ad.jpg
http://www.tone-lizard.com/images/Fisher.gifhttp://www.tone-lizard.com/images/AmperexECC83.gifhttp://www.tone-lizard.com/images/Mullard7025.gifhttp://www.tone-lizard.com/images/Mullard.gif
Some great stuff there, Chris! I'd be happy to own any of that, including the Bose speakers :)
Love the ads for the valves, too.
Marco.
The Grand Wazoo
26-05-2010, 18:15
Oooh, I've got some cracking valve ads, gimme a minute.
The Grand Wazoo
26-05-2010, 18:22
In 1957 Tung Sol did a series of 6 ads with cartoons on them. Here are the 4 best ones...........
The first one, I love! - I've got a copy of it framed.
http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/7852/christungsolno1.jpg http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/1290/christungsolno3.jpg
http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/8750/christungsolno2.jpg http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/735/christungsolno4.jpg
Quality! :clap:
I'd cover the walls of my listening room in all that stuff (framed), if I had the space...
Marco.
The Grand Wazoo
26-05-2010, 19:11
I was going on about the Eico amps the other week, when they were mentioned...........
http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/5474/chriseico3.jpg http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/2918/chriseico4.jpg
The Grand Wazoo
26-05-2010, 19:14
.........and here are a couple of ads I've posted on AoS before..........
http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/3710/aradvert.jpg
http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/1162/hkcitation14.jpg
Great stuff Chris, i love Hifi Porn
Rare Bird
26-05-2010, 20:07
Those Tandbergs looked ancient even when they were new
Trouble with people there more intrested in what they look like.
Rare Bird
26-05-2010, 20:14
For people with 70's recievers that look like cheap 80's ones ;)
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a222/LIVING-SIN/TB.jpg
The Grand Wazoo
26-05-2010, 20:19
Yes, indeed. And even the tiddlers were enormous pieces of gear, too big for a standard rack. I think there's someone here who recently got a Tandberg receiver, I wonder how it's working out for them?
Rare Bird
26-05-2010, 20:22
Yes, indeed. And even the tiddlers were enormous pieces of gear, too big for a standard rack. I think there's someone here who recently got a Tandberg receiver, I wonder how it's working out for them?
Yeh me great thanks..Those tandberg recievers looked very modern in the day don't undrstand?
The Grand Wazoo
26-05-2010, 20:32
I thought they looked dated, but there you go!
I didn't realise you have one, I was thinking of another person here.
Rare Bird
26-05-2010, 21:08
I didn't realise you have one, I was thinking of another person here.
A 'TR2055'. I have a 'TR200' amp aswell..Donno who the other person is!
On the other hands I'm especially interested in tests or reviews of Sansui's gear from UK audio magazines in period 70'-80'.So,if someone has an old magazines,and can scan,would be very,very grateful :youtheman:
Something like that:
PS-money is not an object.
Regards
I have no practice to quote myself,but can not believe no one has commented :( .
Or should open a new thread?
Spectral Morn
27-05-2010, 22:06
I have no practice to quote myself,but can not believe no one has commented :( .
Or should open a new thread?
I have a tuner mag HIFI Choice from the late 70's but it is a small readers digest size and I would have to break it apart to scan or take photos of the pages. I am sorry but I don't want to do that. There are a few Sansui tuners in it.
Regards D S D L
I have a tuner mag HIFI Choice from the late 70's but it is a small readers digest size and I would have to break it apart to scan or take photos of the pages. I am sorry but I don't want to do that. There are a few Sansui tuners in it.
Regards D S D L
And I wanted to send tuning knob :(
Joking Neil :)
Appreciate honest answer
Spectral Morn
27-05-2010, 22:19
And I wanted to send tuning knob :(
Joking Neil :)
Appreciate honest answer
Hi Robert
Let me see if taking a photo is possible. As to the tuning knob I am okay as I have the original still :)
Let me also see if I have any sansui reviews elsewhere I have a pretty big collection of magazines but more late 80s than earlier.
Regards D S D L
Hi Robert
Let me see if taking a photo is possible. As to the tuning knob I am okay as I have the original still :)
Let me also see if I have any sansui reviews elsewhere I have a pretty big collection of magazines but more late 80s than earlier.
Regards D S D L
:youtheman:
Rare Bird
27-05-2010, 22:43
Sansui
Tnx Andre
But I would love to see tests or reviews or comparisons of old Sansui's,and from more recent times (90') some alpha 907 or AU-X1111MV will be just fine :)
I know that there were several in UK,so maybe there is some test.
Rare Bird
27-05-2010, 23:11
90's :eek: Sorry no can do. I could try find some proper Sansui reviews tho ;)
:lolsign:
The Grand Wazoo
27-05-2010, 23:41
I have nothing to help you with either, I don't think. Sorry or I would've posted it or at least let you know.
Love the ad for the xx1's though Andre!
Rare Bird
30-05-2010, 14:35
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a222/LIVING-SIN/AD2.jpg http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a222/LIVING-SIN/AD1.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a222/LIVING-SIN/P1.jpg http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a222/LIVING-SIN/P2.jpg
The Grand Wazoo
30-05-2010, 15:19
Oh, OK..........Ferrograph............
http://img535.imageshack.us/img535/9071/chrisferrographd.jpghttp://img121.imageshack.us/img121/2410/chrisferrographc.jpghttp://img210.imageshack.us/img210/5246/chrisferrographb.jpghttp://img535.imageshack.us/img535/7706/chrisferrographa.jpg
Oh, OK..........Ferrograph............
http://img535.imageshack.us/img535/9071/chrisferrographd.jpg http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/2410/chrisferrographc.jpg
http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/5246/chrisferrographb.jpg
http://img535.imageshack.us/img535/7706/chrisferrographa.jpg
Now those are real Ferrographs! None of that Series 7 stuff (pace André).
Regards
Rare Bird
01-06-2010, 02:05
:lol: Theres vintage & there's scrap metal :lol:
Great topic, and hats off to Chris (TGW) for persisting in the face of thread drift! Actually, though, I distinctly remember some of my 70's porno mags (pinched from my mate's dad - Mayfair, Park Lane, Knave - only the high-brow stuff!) having great hifi ads in them - see, I knew I wasn't like normal lads, I was supposed to be looking at tits and all I noticed was adverts for Marantz and Pioneer! :doh:
Love the Garrard 401 one Andre (the same mate owned the 401 before I got it, sadly the jazz mags are long gone, but at least I still have the turntable!)
The Grand Wazoo
02-06-2010, 23:53
Great topic, and hats off to Chris (TGW) for persisting in the face of thread drift!
I hope there'll be no hat doffin' round 'ere unless it's a hi-fi hat with unbreakable valves an' a twirly aerial.
Sorry, Hifi hats on would have been much better, wouldn't it!
I'll get my "revolutionary duraphonic fiber glass case"...
(And there was me thinking the made mobile phones!)
http://wellmedicated.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/motorola-hi-fi-in-fiber-glass1.jpg
Rare Bird
03-06-2010, 09:39
Love the Garrard 401 one Andre (the same mate owned the 401 before I got it, sadly the jazz mags are long gone, but at least I still have the turntable!)
I loved mine but the speed fluctuations drove me nuts. this was before any fancy power supplies for em came out tho..
Look at the turntable used in the 1970's Ferrograph pics - THE springy belt drive by AR no less...
Rare Bird
03-06-2010, 09:58
Look at the turntable used in the 1970's Ferrograph pics - THE springy belt drive by AR no less...
Aye AR-XA
Tannoy
http://www.hifilit.com/hifilit/Tannoy/1952ad.jpg
http://www.hifilit.com/hifilit/Tannoy/1a.jpg
http://www.hifilit.com/hifilit/Tannoy/cartridge-1a.jpg
Lovin' it, Martin! :)
The cartridge is an interesting one.... I'd love to hear that!
Marco.
Pete The Cat
22-06-2010, 19:59
Have just got as far as February 1981 in my stash of Hi-Fi Answers (slow reader, panting over every comma). B&W DM14, Stax Lambda...
I particularly love the monthly columns by Ellis, of Ellis Marketing, a London retailer selling the sort of Japanese chrome kit that was at complete odds with the rest of the mag. He obviously paid for a large ad every month just so that he could write his own half page editorial namechecking some new multi-dialled Akai creation while the staff writers were all being Sondek-centric.
I followed Gold, Hughes, Howard et al subsequently but never worked out what happened to Adrian Orlowski.
Happy days...
Pete
Spectral Morn
22-06-2010, 20:15
Have just got as far as February 1981 in my stash of Hi-Fi Answers (slow reader, panting over every comma). B&W DM14, Stax Lambda...
I particularly love the monthly columns by Ellis, of Ellis Marketing, a London retailer selling the sort of Japanese chrome kit that was at complete odds with the rest of the mag. He obviously paid for a large ad every month just so that he could write his own half page editorial namechecking some new multi-dialled Akai creation while the staff writers were all being Sondek-centric.
I followed Gold, Hughes, Howard et al subsequently but never worked out what happened to Adrian Orlowski.
Happy days...
Pete
HI Pete
Welcome to AOS
Can you pop into the Welcome section of the forum and say hello. Tell us a wee bit about yourself, your system and taste in music.
Thank you in advance :)
Regards D S D L
Techno Commander
07-07-2010, 14:28
http://www.creativepro.com/files/story_images/20060607_fg8.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NVQujPOPx2c/SlaMN7vsx5I/AAAAAAAAIkc/Koa_EaiKruE/s400/Lycklig+QUAD.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NVQujPOPx2c/SlaMN7vsx5I/AAAAAAAAIkc/Koa_EaiKruE/s400/Lycklig+QUAD.jpg
'Darling I am Bastard freezing there is absolutely no heat at all coming off this bloody radiator! I'm going to get a man in!'
'Yes Dear, whatever you say...'
Techno Commander
07-07-2010, 21:28
:lolsign:
The Grand Wazoo
07-07-2010, 22:17
It's the guy with a mono hi-fi and stereo pipes again! He put in an appearance here on AoS a long while back now.
Back in the early 80's I used to call Sony "Sony make believe" as in "It's only make believe" - a pisstake.
I glanced at the TV the other night to see Sony's latest advert which ended with the words "Sony. Make. Believe" :lol:
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NVQujPOPx2c/SlaMN7vsx5I/AAAAAAAAIkc/Koa_EaiKruE/s400/Lycklig+QUAD.jpg
Her: "I'll give you something much nicer to fiddle with if you leave that bloody thing alone for two minutes."
Him: "Yes, dear, but unfortunately two minutes is about all I can manage these days, so if you don't mind I'll just turn up the Frank Sinatra...."
Marco.
http://i419.photobucket.com/albums/pp272/jonboy_01/garardtape.jpg
I met a man at the car booty the other day who had one of these, i gave him my number but he hasn't rung yet,
My cousin had one of these decades ago. I wonder if he still has it?
Rare Bird
10-07-2010, 16:01
One for Marco
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a222/LIVING-SIN/Lockwoods.jpg
Interesting! :)
Was there any other info with the advert?
Marco.
http://i780.photobucket.com/albums/yy88/barrydhunt/IMG_0001-3.jpg
This advert appeared in the 1967 editions of Hi-Fi News; long before the use of remote controls.
In those days if you could afford Quad gear, one simply got one's "man" to do it for you! The BBC obviously could and did.
I think the tape deck is a Revox 736 and the turntable a Garrard 301 with probably a Decca arm and cartridge.
Regards
Following the theme of Quad adverts - this one is a bit more up to date, but still over 35 years old. Taken from the June 1974 issue of Studio Sound:
http://i780.photobucket.com/albums/yy88/barrydhunt/IMG-3.jpg?t=1279392861
The advertisment talks of connecting 50 Quad 303s together, yet the photograph only shows 37 (I counted them - I ought to get out more often!)
I doubt if André, Nick, Dave (DSJR), Garry (quadsugdenman) or I were to pool our 303s together we would meet this total!
Ive got one to chip in as well, i think the cables might be a nightmare though :lol:
This one taken from Hi Fi News, November 1968 is, on the left, for Marco and on the right, for Nick (Beechwood) and Chris (The Grand Wazoo)
http://i780.photobucket.com/albums/yy88/barrydhunt/IMG_0001-4.jpg?t=1279396254
This one is taken from Hi-Fi News, June 1967.
http://i780.photobucket.com/albums/yy88/barrydhunt/IMG_0002.jpg?t=1279398771
It shows the Audio & Design M9BA Laboratory Pickup Arm. A damped unipivot, this design was ahead of its time. The single pivot point permitted a very low friction (~3mg) design. This arm had a moment of inertia that was less than that of the SME 3009; the reference arm of those days.
Even more innovative and long before the heavy hand of today's Health and Safety regulations, was the use of four mercury contact baths. This allowed the fixed headshell arms to be freely interchanged - one just lifted it off the unipivot. Two of the contact pins that dipped into the mercury pools were copper, the other two were copper plated iron. A magnet in the base of the arm acted on the ferrous pins, effecting bias.
Later versions would be known as the Keith Monks M9BA arm. The only differences were cosmetic. The headshell was drilled with a series of holes for weight relieving, copying that of the SME headshell.
I have one and did use it briefly. It was a good arm to use with the Decca cartridges since the unipivot could be damped with some viscous silicone grease. I would like to resurrect it again to use with a Decca - however I'm reluctant to expose myself to any more mercury vapour. I wonder if it would be possible to bypass the mercury contacts and arrange for a set of fine wires to be connected to the pins, emerge from the top of the arm near the unipivot and terminate in a plug and socket arrangement. This would allow the arm 'wands', of which I have two, to be interchangeable.
Ive got one to chip in as well, i think the cables might be a nightmare though :lol:
Cables didn't affect the sound in 1974,:lol:
Beechwoods
18-07-2010, 09:15
http://i419.photobucket.com/albums/pp272/jonboy_01/garardtape.jpg
I met a man at the car booty the other day who had one of these, i gave him my number but he hasn't rung yet,
That looks like a Grundig Stenorette... only thing it they were designed for dictation not hi-fi. I wonder what the specs were for the Garrard.
http://www.radiomuseum.org/images/radio/grundig/stenorette_sl_386027.jpg
The Grand Wazoo
18-07-2010, 10:22
http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/512/leakpoweramp.jpghttp://img686.imageshack.us/img686/7198/leakpreamp1957.jpg
Leak TL/50/25/12 plus & Varislope III & Point One preamps from 1957 US Audio magazine.
The Grand Wazoo
18-07-2010, 10:30
Some McIntosh gear - the C8 preamp and the MC60 Power Amp.
http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/8459/mcintoshc8preamp1957.jpg
http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/9213/mcintoshc8mc601957.jpg
The Grand Wazoo
18-07-2010, 10:36
The Fisher - Model 80-C Preamp & Model 125-AX Power Amp
http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/7826/thefisher80cpreamp.jpghttp://img694.imageshack.us/img694/6711/thefisher125axpoweramp.jpg
The Grand Wazoo
18-07-2010, 10:42
Tech-Master Model 19 Integrated Amp - is it hi-fi or is it a Battenburg cake?
http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/4016/techmastermodel19integr.jpg
Tech-Master Model 19 Integrated Amp - is it hi-fi or is it a Battenburg cake?
:lolsign:
spendorman
18-07-2010, 21:23
Following the theme of Quad adverts - this one is a bit more up to date, but still over 35 years old. Taken from the June 1974 issue of Studio Sound:
http://i780.photobucket.com/albums/yy88/barrydhunt/IMG-3.jpg?t=1279392861
The advertisment talks of connecting 50 Quad 303s together, yet the photograph only shows 37 (I counted them - I ought to get out more often!)
I doubt if André, Nick, Dave (DSJR), Garry (quadsugdenman) or I were to pool our 303s together we would meet this total!
Four here are a start
Some of my favorites below:
http://www.hifilit.com/hifilit/Karlson/1955-1.jpg
http://www.hifilit.com/hifilit/Altec/1954h.jpg
http://www.hifilit.com/hifilit/Altec/1959-o.jpg
http://www.hifilit.com/hifilit/Jensen/bulletin1-1.jpg
http://www.hifilit.com/hifilit/Thorens/TD124.jpg
Techno Commander
20-07-2010, 08:30
Very direct drive. :)
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NVQujPOPx2c/S7uF2l_bx3I/AAAAAAAAOXw/C4SvKJjUb3I/s1600/transtable-1.jpg
Mmm, doesn't look as if it would need Mike New's bearing.
spendorman
20-07-2010, 09:28
Very direct drive. :)
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NVQujPOPx2c/S7uF2l_bx3I/AAAAAAAAOXw/C4SvKJjUb3I/s1600/transtable-1.jpg
Blimey, at least the arm looks low mass in comparison with the rest of the kit!
The Grand Wazoo
20-07-2010, 17:10
Love the power take off shaft that allows you to have belt drive turntables too! Or maybe you could drive a cotton mill with it!
spendorman
20-07-2010, 17:37
It is direct drive, well almost
Beechwoods
12-08-2010, 18:51
Just came across this one, over on Boing-Boing (http://www.boingboing.net/2010/08/12/1973-ad-for-sony-ree.html)... and it's quite true I have to admit!
http://i560.photobucket.com/albums/ss49/aos_images/beechwoods/ggstapedeck.jpg
What a fab ad, Nick! the Advertising Standards people would probably have a fit these days, but great nonetheless! (I love the word "nonetheless" - can you think of another in the English language that is made of three words stitched together - I bet the Sony TC-377 could mix that many, and more!)
What a fab ad, Nick! the Advertising Standards people would probably have a fit these days, but great nonetheless! (I love the word "nonetheless" - can you think of another in the English language that is made of three words stitched together
Nevertheless, heretofore ... they tend to be the sort of words found in legal documents.
:doh: nevertheless, of course! how could I miss that one...
Notwithstanding that, whosoever thinks this is thread drift, I apologise for my bad craftsmanship or workmanship insofar as I haven't posted an ad...
hereinafter is an apt one - albeit a different kind of threesome is in the offing I reckon! :eyebrows:
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NVQujPOPx2c/SxPmMW3R1QI/AAAAAAAAM4M/XA_mYNufiv4/s1600/sony-ad-girls8.png
Who would have thought a crappy Sony music centre would have got you into bed with 2 "chicks" at the same time! :eek: Anyone recognise the model number of that Sony? I want one! :)
Techno Commander
13-08-2010, 12:46
Ooh!! A record changing maiden. :)
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NVQujPOPx2c/SuHHHMP44oI/AAAAAAAAMbc/dWnZeHpmsFM/s1600/2m8BXUfrilve4evj8xXNPEZSo1_500.jpg
How many times do I have to tell you no cheap tubes in the Hi-Fi!
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NVQujPOPx2c/S-Qh63c_MWI/AAAAAAAAO-4/96K8-ULoaxs/s400/nocheaptubes.jpg
http://retrothing.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83452989a69e20133f1841271970b-pi
Musical Muff??
http://retrothing.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83452989a69e20133f1b9bf28970b-pi
Rare Bird
13-08-2010, 13:00
:Anyone recognise the model number of that Sony? I want one! :)
I know ;)
hifi_dave
13-08-2010, 13:19
You would...:rolleyes:
But have you got a musical 'muff' ?
I know ;)
I knew you would! :)
"Pocket Hi-Fi: It's like a party in your pocket. But not in a weird way." :lol::lol::lol:
Something for Quad lovers
http://i837.photobucket.com/albums/zz292/pepa131/Ad/quad72-4.jpg
http://i837.photobucket.com/albums/zz292/pepa131/Ad/quad71-3.jpg
http://i837.photobucket.com/albums/zz292/pepa131/Ad/quad69-5.jpg
http://i837.photobucket.com/albums/zz292/pepa131/Ad/quad69-1.jpg
http://i837.photobucket.com/albums/zz292/pepa131/Ad/quad67-2.jpg
http://i837.photobucket.com/albums/zz292/pepa131/Ad/1963-6.jpg
http://i837.photobucket.com/albums/zz292/pepa131/Ad/1963-1.jpg
http://i837.photobucket.com/albums/zz292/pepa131/Ad/Image-8BE7A5F8E96611D8.jpg
regards,
and something for TT funs
http://i837.photobucket.com/albums/zz292/pepa131/Ad/Palladin.jpg
http://i837.photobucket.com/albums/zz292/pepa131/Ad/garrardlady.gif
http://i837.photobucket.com/albums/zz292/pepa131/Ad/garrard_range301.jpg
http://i837.photobucket.com/albums/zz292/pepa131/Ad/garrard301.jpg
http://i837.photobucket.com/albums/zz292/pepa131/Ad/Garrard401-1970-1.jpg
http://i837.photobucket.com/albums/zz292/pepa131/Ad/garrard401-1970-2.jpg
http://i837.photobucket.com/albums/zz292/pepa131/Ad/h016.jpg
regards,
Something for Quad lovers
http://i837.photobucket.com/albums/zz292/pepa131/Ad/quad72-4.jpg
http://i837.photobucket.com/albums/zz292/pepa131/Ad/quad71-3.jpg
http://i837.photobucket.com/albums/zz292/pepa131/Ad/quad69-5.jpg
http://i837.photobucket.com/albums/zz292/pepa131/Ad/quad69-1.jpg
http://i837.photobucket.com/albums/zz292/pepa131/Ad/quad67-2.jpg
http://i837.photobucket.com/albums/zz292/pepa131/Ad/1963-6.jpg
http://i837.photobucket.com/albums/zz292/pepa131/Ad/1963-1.jpg
http://i837.photobucket.com/albums/zz292/pepa131/Ad/Image-8BE7A5F8E96611D8.jpg
regards,
Love it, love it, love it!
Regards, (a Quad lover)
and something for TT funs
http://i837.photobucket.com/albums/zz292/pepa131/Ad/Palladin.jpg
http://i837.photobucket.com/albums/zz292/pepa131/Ad/garrardlady.gif
http://i837.photobucket.com/albums/zz292/pepa131/Ad/garrard_range301.jpg
http://i837.photobucket.com/albums/zz292/pepa131/Ad/garrard301.jpg
http://i837.photobucket.com/albums/zz292/pepa131/Ad/Garrard401-1970-1.jpg
http://i837.photobucket.com/albums/zz292/pepa131/Ad/garrard401-1970-2.jpg
http://i837.photobucket.com/albums/zz292/pepa131/Ad/h016.jpg
regards,
That JBL 'cocktail cabinet' speaker (it's stereo would you believe?) would fetch a fortune today. I wonder if it's any good? Must say the owner looks a bit of a spiv!
The father of a school chum of mine had a Garrrard TPA/10 pick up arm, but his was mounted on a Collaro 2020 deck.
Regards
The JBL was a Paragon and it was a fabulous piece of speaker/furniture.
Snoopdog
28-08-2010, 12:33
The guy in the Garrard advert looks an awful lot like Hollywood actor Richard Boone, famous for his appearance in numerous westerns during the 60's (General Sam Houston in the Alamo-1960).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LREIkfPPsuA
and some more
http://i837.photobucket.com/albums/zz292/pepa131/Ad/IMG_2651.jpg
http://i837.photobucket.com/albums/zz292/pepa131/Ad/mullard-advert.jpg
http://i837.photobucket.com/albums/zz292/pepa131/Ad/14120101-034-0101a-1.jpg
http://i837.photobucket.com/albums/zz292/pepa131/Ad/h017.jpg
http://i837.photobucket.com/albums/zz292/pepa131/Ad/h022.jpg
http://i837.photobucket.com/albums/zz292/pepa131/Ad/nittygritty_11.jpg
http://i837.photobucket.com/albums/zz292/pepa131/Ad/nittygritty_21.jpg
regards,
quadsugdenman
28-08-2010, 19:34
Something for Quad lovers
http://i837.photobucket.com/albums/zz292/pepa131/Ad/quad72-4.jpg
http://i837.photobucket.com/albums/zz292/pepa131/Ad/quad71-3.jpg
http://i837.photobucket.com/albums/zz292/pepa131/Ad/quad69-5.jpg
http://i837.photobucket.com/albums/zz292/pepa131/Ad/quad69-1.jpg
http://i837.photobucket.com/albums/zz292/pepa131/Ad/quad67-2.jpg
http://i837.photobucket.com/albums/zz292/pepa131/Ad/1963-6.jpg
http://i837.photobucket.com/albums/zz292/pepa131/Ad/1963-1.jpg
http://i837.photobucket.com/albums/zz292/pepa131/Ad/Image-8BE7A5F8E96611D8.jpg
regards,
Pictorial heaven!!! Built to last and doing EXACTLY what it says on the tin!!!!
Reid Malenfant
28-08-2010, 19:43
Pictorial heaven!!! Built to last and doing EXACTLY what it says on the tin!!!!
Ah, that takes me back :) I was a kid when i first heard my fathers hifi, he had some records that kids would enjoy. I'll never forget the impression his hifi had on me compared to everyone elses music centres :eyebrows: He also played classical music, even though i'm not keen on it now there are certain pieces i really appreciate. Back then it sounded amazing :)
As i remember it a Goldring G99 with SME 3009 pickup arm, Shure M75ED?, Quad 33 & 303 driving Leak Sandwich 600 loudspeakers ;)
Thank god it wasn't a mono record player :lol:
walriley
09-11-2010, 22:01
Andre,
The Ferrograph in your avatar. My dad's got an F307 and he's still uses it!
Hi mate,
Just a quickie... Could you do me a favour and add your first name to your profile?
Cheers! :cool:
Marco.
Rare Bird
10-11-2010, 00:04
Andre,
The Ferrograph in your avatar. My dad's got an F307 and he's still uses it!
Aye i just bought yet another (It's an illness i have) :eyebrows:, i'll have you dads aswell if he don't want it :lolsign:
Jac Hawk
14-11-2010, 18:11
I love some of those old adverts for gear. I don't know if you've seen this old Marantz advert from about 1973/4 - one of my favourites.
http://us.marantz.com/68.asp
Somehow i don't think i'll be doing that to my Marantz reciever, no matter what the advert says:no:
Techno Commander
22-01-2011, 16:01
Sorry for the big picture, but its worth it. :)
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kmlDQCPgyXI/TAjCNrOp6CI/AAAAAAAABQE/H02s3KfXLTo/S1600-R/DSC00875.JPG
Rare Bird
22-01-2011, 16:35
awesome
WOW - me likes!! :respect:
Marco.
BTH K10A
29-01-2011, 17:18
Sorry for the big picture, but its worth it. :)
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kmlDQCPgyXI/TAjCNrOp6CI/AAAAAAAABQE/H02s3KfXLTo/S1600-R/DSC00875.JPG
I thought the forum likes big pics and plenty of them:)
Great retro 70's room, love the Pioneer Spec-1 pre and Spec-2 power amp.
The Aquaplased cones on the L series JBL's have a 70's vibe but the JBL Aquarius 4's are look so right in that room:smoking:
An absolute corker of a photo!
Techno Commander
29-01-2011, 17:55
I have always liked the old L series JBLs, but I am afraid the Aquarius doesnt quite do it for me. I am also vert partial to the sound of JBL studio monitors and if I had the space, a pair of 4350s (http://www.jblpro.com/pub/obsolete/4350b.pdf) would be very nice.
http://www.jbl43.net/img/4350-13-3s.jpg
As to what this pair being run fully active with Accuphase power amps sounds like..................:eek::eek::eek:
http://livedoor.blogimg.jp/hal900000/imgs/6/0/608a17ba.JPG
http://livedoor.blogimg.jp/hal900000/imgs/8/b/8b6702b9.JPG
BTH K10A
29-01-2011, 18:27
I have always liked the old L series JBLs, but I am afraid the Aquarius doesnt quite do it for me. I am also vert partial to the sound of JBL studio monitors
I agee, I've owned a number of the old JBL monitors...... L200's, C50SM S7, C50SM S8 and 4333A. They passed on to new owners when I bought the Array 1400's.
The Aquairius is more in keeping with the style of that room though, I've never heard a pair, saw some on ebay a few years ago that were somewhere in surrey. According to a friend who heard a pair in the US they actually sound quite good.
I As to what this pair being run fully active with Accuphase power amps sounds like..................:eek::eek::eek:
http://livedoor.blogimg.jp/hal900000/imgs/6/0/608a17ba.JPG
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I don't care how much they are - I want them!:cool:
Techno Commander
30-01-2011, 01:36
Indeed. :)
Although I would hazzard a guess that the speakers are significantly cheaper than the stack of electronics in the middle.:eek:
BTH K10A
30-01-2011, 08:48
Indeed. :)
Although I would hazzard a guess that the speakers are significantly cheaper than the stack of electronics in the middle.:eek:
Maybe, but in the last couple of years the value of these has rocketed.
These are on sale at hifido for circa £10k
http://www.hifido.jp/KWjbl/G1/P0/A10/E/0-50/S5/C10-55075-88392-00/
And to think in 2008 I passed up on a pair in London for £900. :doh:
They were soffit mounted in a bar and it was up to the buyer to remove them. That'll teach me for being lazy. :brickwall:
£10K! - oh well I could always re-mortgage I suppose...:(
As to what this pair being run fully active with Accuphase power amps sounds like
Now that's what I call near-field :eek:
Reid Malenfant
10-02-2011, 19:08
http://livedoor.blogimg.jp/hal900000/imgs/8/b/8b6702b9.JPG
I didn't spot that before but the guy (well it must be a bloke innit :D) is using a Behringer DCX2496 for an active crossover :) Funnily enough i spotted it on the last pic of this setup in the thread, it's a lot clearer here.. Looks like that might be some kind of active Accuphase xover as well :scratch:
Hell of a system, i bet it makes a lot of noise :eyebrows:
The Grand Wazoo
10-02-2011, 19:17
Looks like that might be some kind of active Accuphase xover as well :scratch:
It's a DF55 crossover, I think:
http://www.accuphase.com/model/df-55.html
Techno Commander
10-02-2011, 19:22
Looks to be a tad more expensive than the Behringer. :)
Reid Malenfant
10-02-2011, 19:23
It's a DF55 crossover, I think:
http://www.accuphase.com/model/df-55.html
:eek: It certainly looks like it Chris :)
I can't get over the crossover slopes - 96Db/octave :whistle:
Reid Malenfant
10-02-2011, 19:25
Looks to be a tad more expensive than the Behringer. :)
Yes, 4 way as well :eyebrows: I want one! :lolsign:
:eek: It certainly looks like it Chris :)
I can't get over the crossover slopes - 96dB/octave :whistle:
That's almost approaching a 'brick wall' filter. Dread to think what the group-delay response looks like (or more importantly sounds like!)
Reid Malenfant
10-02-2011, 20:03
That's almost approaching a 'brick wall' filter. Dread to think what the group-delay response looks like (or more importantly sounds like!)
Yes, i guess this is why i still love 24Db/octave Linkwitz/Riley as there are no phase anomalies. There really isn't a lot of point going over 24Db/octave as that is steep, though the Behringer DCX2496 can manage 48Db/octave :scratch:
I guess these things are much easier to do in the digital domain ;)
Neil McCauley
12-03-2011, 01:57
I don't care how much they are - I want them!:cool:
Yes indeed. Me too. Probably superior to my stacked JBL Century 100s driven by a rather fine Accuphase E-405. Oh well.
michaelhigh
21-09-2011, 02:38
I didn't spot that before but the guy (well it must be a bloke innit :D) is using a Behringer DCX2496 for an active crossover :) Funnily enough i spotted it on the last pic of this setup in the thread, it's a lot clearer here.. Looks like that might be some kind of active Accuphase xover as well :scratch:
Hell of a system, i bet it makes a lot of noise :eyebrows:
Massive drool (probably floating away in it at this very moment)...
Hope the owner realises the bigger tweeters are firing into his legs. I bet they boom like crazy, no matter how butch they look in a domestic environment :lol:
I asked wifey if I could have a pair - I won't type the answer I got, coupled with the comments about the Spendors being FAR TOO LARGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Am I a man or a mouse? EEEEEK!
I asked wifey if I could have a pair - !
Ah you see that was your first mistake! - The fait accompli is always the best tactic:eyebrows:
The Grand Wazoo
21-12-2011, 08:50
Now then, boys and girls - last night I discovered a rich vein of vintage hi-fi adverts that I hadn't even considered looking for before - TV adverts. So here's a late December treat for us all.......
wB6JQEsrL7w HANkQwz_P5k gbT6nocOmZ8
pQ9cpUf5ccI RRgZp28LwGY wiS0vVJKxns
f9vO8ycLO2A 1fCmZHl3Stk aEF_hdK-Ufo
Some great clips there, Chris. Doesn't it show how perceptions have changed? I love the Technics 'wall of controls and lights' :lol:
Great clips Chris.
I always liked this one.
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Got to get me a Sanyo "Hi-Power Bi-Amp Disco Sound" stereo for the car! :lol:
They were fab Chris, good one!
agree... these are amazing. i want a magnavox system now!
morris_minor
21-12-2011, 16:08
Love the Technics cassette "dominos" .. ..
Got to get me a Sanyo "Hi-Power Bi-Amp Disco Sound" stereo for the car! :lol:
Hard to do stereo with only a single amp, although Amstrad would have found a way.
The Grand Wazoo
21-12-2011, 17:14
I had a great time this morning watching those clips - so much so that I was nearly late for a meeting.
Now then people, enough of this nonsense!
Let's try and be sensible here - let's get back to the matter in hand.
http://retrothing.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83452989a69e20120a90547a9970b-800wihttp://retrothing.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83452989a69e20120a905489e970b-800wi
..............now is that cool or what?
I simply must have one!!!:mental:
The 1949 ipod...
I thought the forum likes big pics and plenty of them:)
Great retro 70's room, love the Pioneer Spec-1 pre and Spec-2 power amp.
The Aquaplased cones on the L series JBL's have a 70's vibe but the JBL Aquarius 4's are look so right in that room:smoking:
Thats a spec 4 ,much smaller than the spec 2 I had a spec 1&2 ,The spec 2 was compleatly rebuilt 355 RMS into an 8 ohm load before clipping. The whole thing was upgraded with Black Gates and Panisonic FS caps. I wish I hadn't sold them.
If you look to the left you'll see them sitting on top of the old JBL's.
walpurgis
19-04-2012, 18:30
I hate hearing the old argument about the sound of cables. Its clear if you listen to the changes that swapping cables can make to the sound. The answer is that ALL cables are detrimental to the signal they carry. The ones that are perceived as sounding good or better are the ones that have the least negative impact on the original signal (conductive/capacitive/inductive/resistive/etc). I can hear the difference. Walpurgis (Geoff).
And your message is here because...?
walpurgis
20-04-2012, 23:19
Hmm. I was responding to somebody's comment that cables have no audible effect. I seem to have somehow managed to do this in the wrong place. I'm very new to the forum and still feeling my way about! Sorry about that. Walpurgis (Geoff)
BTH K10A
24-04-2012, 21:06
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lqvvu9ZZfmY&feature=player_embedded
Quality, Andre! I've never seen that Garrard ad before :)
Guys, lets see how many genuine vintage hi-fi ads we can unearth! :cool:
Marco.
You might want to contact Neff or phonomac for vintage ads (well at least back to 1972) as I've just given them about 62 Kg of various HiFi magazines and a load of hand-outs from some HiFi show I visited around 1977. The Technics bumpf featured around 6 Direct Drive turntables from what I recall. The bulk of the mags were HFNRR then, surprisingly, HiFi for Pleasure. Can't think why :)
I've just found another thirty I'm giving to a mate who may flog them at his History Society's charity stall for 20p a piece but if somebody else wants them I'll recover them from him after he's finished with them. Just let me know.
The Grand Wazoo
06-11-2012, 08:38
It's not exactly advertising but this is the best place for the following stuff to go, I think. I've linked to some of it before, but here is the full thing for a bit of a Tuesday morning lift, just in case we wake up tomorrow and discover that the 'Leader of the Free World' ™ is named after a glove.
http://www.hifilit.com/hifilit/Mad/madtitle.jpg
MAD Magazine did a hi-fi special in 1958.
Excellent!
http://www.hifilit.com/hifilit/Mad/mad-1.jpg
http://www.hifilit.com/hifilit/Mad/mad-2.jpg
http://www.hifilit.com/hifilit/Mad/mad-3.jpg
http://www.hifilit.com/hifilit/Mad/mad-4.jpg
http://www.hifilit.com/hifilit/Mad/mad-5.jpg
It can be found here (http://www.hifilit.com/hifilit/Mad/Mad.htm)
Let the darned thing revolve any way it wants. No true Hi-Fi fan cares about music. It's the sound that's important!
Some things haven't changed :rolleyes:
Some things haven't changed :rolleyes:
Reminds me of a quote by Beecham: "The British love music; they just don't like the noise it makes".
Rare Bird
12-11-2012, 00:38
http://i1075.photobucket.com/albums/w425/ELPFAN1968/631.jpghttp://i1075.photobucket.com/albums/w425/ELPFAN1968/632.jpg
http://i1075.photobucket.com/albums/w425/ELPFAN1968/633.jpghttp://i1075.photobucket.com/albums/w425/ELPFAN1968/634.jpg
http://i1075.photobucket.com/albums/w425/ELPFAN1968/Cheeks.jpg
I have a Ferrograph 632 with the Teak trim. Very '70s, despite the all triode (Mullard) line up.
Rare Bird
12-11-2012, 00:52
Hi Barry
I actually put them up especially for you.. :eyebrows:
Please lord land me wan er deez loike
http://i1075.photobucket.com/albums/w425/ELPFAN1968/CBL7.jpg
Hi Barry
I actually put them up especially for you.. :eyebrows:
Please lord land me wan er deez loike
http://i1075.photobucket.com/albums/w425/ELPFAN1968/CBL7.jpg
Ah - now you'll talking. Wright and Weare tape deck with excellent solid state electronics.
But then there was the Clarke and Smith machine: When the founder of Vortexion, Sidney Brown, died in 1972, Clarke and Smith bought the firm and the manufacture of the Vortexion range of equipment continued for a time at the original site in Wimbledon. Production was eventually transferred to the Wallington site in the mid 1970s. (The Vortextion name survives to this day under Hagger Uk Ltd who are based in Letchworth, Herts). In fact the company acquired a number of small, specialised firms over the years. The markets must have been tough in the 1970s with overseas competition, Clarke and Smith however survived.
http://www.ferrographworld.com/c&s.html
Thought Quad fans would enjoy these! :)
http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/4264/quad1nm.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/21/quad1nm.jpg/)
http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/7434/quad2o.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/822/quad2o.jpg/)
http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/4948/quad3.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/855/quad3.jpg/)
http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/7767/quad4.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/202/quad4.jpg/)
http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/4135/quad5.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/39/quad5.jpg/)
http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/7388/quad6.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/824/quad6.jpg/)
http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/7830/quad7.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/27/quad7.jpg/)
http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/4757/quad8.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/850/quad8.jpg/)
http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/8095/quad9.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/823/quad9.jpg/)
http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/6871/quad10r.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/22/quad10r.jpg/)
http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/958/quad11.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/543/quad11.jpg/)
Marco.
Not only good advertising but informative and entertaining too. Cheers for posting those Marco ;)
prestonchipfryer
13-12-2012, 08:34
Thanks for posting those ads marco. Takes one back to earlier times. :)
Something wonderful happens when Z1 Z3 = Z2 Z4
Ahh, Elektor. I subscribed to that magazine from issue 1 and read it for years. Made a few of the projects, too. Wonderful read.
Ahh, Elektor. I subscribed to that magazine from issue 1 and read it for years. Made a few of the projects, too. Wonderful read.
Ha ha! Me too.
I built the mc preamp. Still have it somewhere.
"Elektor" - huh? :scratch:
Ha - you oldies remember all this weird stuff... Never heard of it before! :eyebrows:
Marco.
Reid Malenfant
13-12-2012, 22:33
Less of the oldies if you please :D
I also have an Elektor book, 301 circuits or something like that..
It may well have the same MC pre amp that Barry mentioned. If I remember correctly it was a double differential input using 16 transistors to reduce the noise floor :)
You just get someone else to design & build your kit Marco, it's nothing to do with age, only inclination :ner:
:lol:
Lol.... Remember, dude, that I never got into audio seriously until 1982. If this Elektor thing was out before that, I won't have a scooby-doo about it! ;)
And yes, the DIY angle is also relevant :)
Marco.
Less of the oldies if you please :D
I also have an Elektor book, 301 circuits or something like that..
It may well have the same MC pre amp that Barry mentioned. If I remember correctly it was a double differential input using 16 transistors to reduce the noise floor :)
You just get someone else to design & build your kit Marco, it's nothing to do with age, only inclination :ner:
:lol:
Yes, that might be the one - 8 transistors in parallel for each channel.
I remember that MC circuit, too. I built the active crossover and power MOSFET amps, some others too.
The Grand Wazoo
03-02-2013, 12:25
Well, it's not classic advertising but it's advertising with a classic.
The current Yahoo Mail sign-in page has got a Lenco on it!
http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/1069/yahoolenco.jpg
I think the reason the record is so covered in dust is because it's been sitting on the platter, unplayed for years. Well, you can't play it without a counterweight on the arm, can you?
In a similar vein, I was travelling on the London Overground on Thursday and saw this poster:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8198/8258688994_ab484e1de6_z.jpg
daytona600
03-02-2013, 19:57
..
jandl100
15-04-2013, 07:49
Here's one for Alex ...
http://www.alchemisthifi.info/ranges/axiom/images/axiom_ad_hifiworld.jpg
.... do you think they are lilac? :eyebrows:
And, whilst I'm here ---->
http://groovyusedbooks.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/vintage-headphone-ad-copy.jpg
Ooooo -- do you remember this lady? -->
http://www.visit4ads.com/sitecontent/LG/fullZZZZZZPRW070104144320PIC.jpg
http://mniec.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/hifi-girl-of-the-week-julie.jpg?w=594
Fantastic - especially the curtains one!
:lolsign:
There was a certain lack of political correctness with the others, mind the dude with the Koss headphones must be gay if all he wants to do is close his eyes and listen to the music... Unless he already did the business!
jandl100
15-04-2013, 09:12
Ah, well -- political correctness. I tend to have a Marco-like view on such things.
If the "forum leaders" wish me to delete them, that's fine, I will do so. :)
Nah - keep them, they're funny!
jandl100
15-04-2013, 09:50
Good old fashioned advertising (nice kit, too!) -->
http://24.media.tumblr.com/f1ba89b09239ac9b6f0628cd0a12d30a/tumblr_miqbhup5m21rrwtg4o1_500.jpg
Wasn't meant to be a criticism Jerry (apologies if it came across that way!) just an observation of the times, and how with "PC gone mad" you probably wouldn't be allowed these days! :)
hifi_dave
05-07-2014, 12:31
Hehehe -
Anyway, did someone mention scantily clad women draped over hi-fi?
Who remembers the 1970s magazine 'Hi-fi for Pleasure', which regularly featured a cornucopia of stocking-clad maidens adorning its front covers? Oi lurved it (even though my copies usually ended up getting, erm, somewhat 'soggy') :eyebrows:
Marco (Who says: 'Get it right up ye' to political correctness!! :ner:)
I well remember the ladies on Hi-Fi for Pleasure covers as I sat in on several of the photo shoots - one of the perks for writing in that mag. All very interesting and stimulating as I recall. Several of the lovelies went on to be Sun page 3 models.
From 1977 (nice turntable :D)
http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/ss68/Lodger56/sonytt_zps0ad068eb.jpg
Nearly £19k in today's money
walpurgis
09-01-2015, 23:54
I'd like the TA-8650 amp.
From 1977 (nice turntable :D)
http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/ss68/Lodger56/sonytt_zps0ad068eb.jpg
Nearly £19k in today's money
THat takes me back. I probably would have killed for that set up in 77
Ninanina
10-01-2015, 00:47
I was just 15 back then so cannot quite remember that Sony goodness... it wasn't until I was about 19 that I 'discovered' hifi.. :)
Martyn Miles
29-01-2015, 19:07
Just came across this one, over on Boing-Boing (http://www.boingboing.net/2010/08/12/1973-ad-for-sony-ree.html)... and it's quite true I have to admit!
http://i560.photobucket.com/albums/ss49/aos_images/beechwoods/ggstapedeck.jpg
I have still got a 377.
I have a small business ,MGM Audio. I run a PA system and do some recording, using high quality mics.
I was once recording a choir ( digitally ) and took my '377 along to run off of the mixing desk outputs, along with the digital recorder.
The lady Choirmaster asked why I was using it, and I told her the analogue sound was 'warmer'.
Did she understand?
Who knows..?
M Miles.
The Barbarian
29-01-2015, 19:21
Love the tape deck! :)
'TC-766'
Martyn Miles
29-01-2015, 19:26
.........and here are a couple of ads I've posted on AoS before..........
http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/3710/aradvert.jpg
http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/1162/hkcitation14.jpg
I have one which cost me £25.
A new mat, lubrication and a Denon DL-110 cartridge.
Total cost ?
Just under £165.
My Linn LP-12 / Mission 774 / Entre cartridge does sound good, but what a price...
M Miles.
BTH K10A
12-06-2016, 21:22
A few vintage adverts here
https://uk.pinterest.com/source/itishifi.blogspot.com
Neil McCauley
29-06-2017, 15:27
http://www.hifianswers.com/2017/02/vintage-fisher-k-10-dynamic-spacexpander/
Neil McCauley
29-06-2017, 15:30
http://www.hifianswers.com/2016/09/tandberg-let-them-improve-your-hearing/
Neil McCauley
29-06-2017, 15:31
http://www.hifianswers.com/2016/09/pickering-the-oa-1-dynamic-open-air-headphones/
http://www.hifianswers.com/2016/09/pickering-the-oa-1-dynamic-open-air-headphones/
Neil, posts linking to your paper have to go in your trade room.. will move them later.
stel1963
28-05-2021, 14:45
I have still got a 377.
I have a small business ,MGM Audio. I run a PA system and do some recording, using high quality mics.
I was once recording a choir ( digitally ) and took my '377 along to run off of the mixing desk outputs, along with the digital recorder.
The lady Choirmaster asked why I was using it, and I told her the analogue sound was 'warmer'.
Did she understand?
Who knows..?
M Miles.
Probably she did not understand at all. In the mind of most people, digital its still the only choice. I had the mother of a friend who had a Nagra. She was still using it 6-7 years ago for taking notes, recordin piano, etc. Some friends hof the son of her daughter came... 25 years old more and less. They where not even curious. Some of them appreciated vinyls, just because they where "a la mode" (it was in Paris). but all of them considered the nagra as old garbage.
Probably she did not understand at all. In the mind of most people, digital its still the only choice. I had the mother of a friend who had a Nagra. She was still using it 6-7 years ago for taking notes, recording piano, etc. Some friends of the son of her daughter came... 25 years old more and less. They where not even curious. Some of them appreciated vinyls, just because they were "a la mode" (it was in Paris). but all of them considered the Nagra as old garbage.
That's their misfortune. Perhaps it should have been pointed out to any of them who enjoyed watching films, that until recently, all the dialogue was recorded on a Nagra IV-S.
Lawrence001
30-05-2021, 09:32
http://www.hifianswers.com/2016/09/pickering-the-oa-1-dynamic-open-air-headphones/I can't see anything do I have to register to view the articles?
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