Now that is just fucking cool. Especially like the keypad - as much as the upright aspect.Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
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Now that is just fucking cool. Especially like the keypad - as much as the upright aspect.Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
Awesome - never saw it at the time or knew it even existed. Massive Yamaha receiver.
Absolutely stupidly complex but I just love the way this young dude is so totally into it.
Receivers were massive in the 70s. And this one massively exceeds the Technics I owned as a teenager. Or rather, my father did, but didn't really use. I think he basically bought it for me but never wanted to admit it.
I did use it a lot, though, hooked up to a pair of Wharfedale Lintons.
https://youtu.be/lw2QqUjdQww?is=2FK4ZnWLXPkM3tYN
Any idea of the sale price?Quote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
As daft an idea as a vertical record deck!Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
Nah. It doesn't need the obvious constant of gravity to read it accurately like a record player does.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
And even then, if you can work out how to apply a constant stylus force to a vertically spinning LP, it's not really an issue.
Explain your thoughts, Barry.
I assume you mean the house... The owner (my brother's partner) sold it for about £3m* iirc, the man who bought it had decided to retire in his 40s, and sold his 50% share in an engineering firm that made parts for oil/gas rigs I was told. Came away with almost £100m. So the house was pocket change.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
He's since sold the house (I'm guessing this is the listing), I don't know how much for. Now lives just outside Keswick with great views of the lake and fells I'm told. How the other half lives eh? My mate's up there, building a giant patio area for him. I said I'd nip up and visit, not got round to it. Should do, the bloke is as likeable and down to earth as they come.
*Near Skelmersdale. If it was London I expect it would be 5 times that.
That CD payer mimics a cassette player in mechanical concept, and thus is prone to similar failures. If it was so good, why at the time did nearly everybody else made CD players that were either top loaders or used drawer loading?
However it would seem that technology has moved on and wall-mounting vertical CD players are now available, though they only get moderate reviews when it comes to audio playback quality.
Apropos the vertical record player, I give you the Mitsubishi LT-15V:
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/hTAAA...1/s-l1600.webp https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/UBMAA...z2/s-l960.webp
A colleague at work had one, though it might not have been a Mitsubishi. I never saw it.
There was also the Technics LT-SV, obviously based on the Mitsubishi:
and the Mitsubishi LT-SV:
I don't think I could live with either of those. I mean, gravity is both free and reliably consistent, so why would you do away with it?Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
Meanwhile, there's this. Ticks most of Macca's boxes (lots of buttons, orange display). Shame it's not black.
https://insheepsclothinghifi.com/wor...I-front-2.jpeg
Agreed, those half width units do look good. And yes, it needs to be black, and I don't like the green illuminated power switch. Apart from that it's perfect.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
I rather like it in 'broadcast' grey (since these units are designed for use in studios):)
Marco.