1970s Hifi gear inherited.
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Odd situation this. More an emotional vent and request for info so I don't royally fk this up.
After about 6 years my Nan has asked me to go through my Grandfathers Hifi equipment and clear out the loft for her. Its a pretty weird situation and I'm sure I'm not alone in experiencing this....Well I hope I'm not.
First was the Garage and that felt like I was trespassing on his tomb. We weren't banned from there but it was always his place not ours. Everything was as he had left it 8 years before falling ill and becoming house bound and dying 2 years later. Tools all neatly put away in their boxes just a small layer of dust on it all. A beautiful Valve amp stereo receiver powering two old speakers on a shelf and a click of a button it all slowly hummed into life.....Turned it all off and decided I needed to do that another day when im not so emotional about it. The receiver was made by a company called Fisher if that means anything to anyone?
Now onto the loft. My Nan said he had put a load of bits and pieces into the loft and If i wanted any of it to just take it and put the rest to one side if its no good and she would get it taken away and dumped.
I remember their loft from when I was about 6. I think I was getting told to get down it was dangerous yaddah yaddah yaddah from them. it was a just a big old loft exposed floor beams and plaster ceilings that you could fall through if you put a foot wrong.....
Well fast forward 24 years. I turn the light on as im climbing the stairs and No word of a lie there is flooring CARPET plastered walls and a full on LOUNGE with a recliner in the loft. And a nice book case with a huge set of hifi separates all wired in to some old speakers.
They lived in Norfolk and Grandad used to work for an electrical rentals company called HUGHES. Sort of company you would hire the TV and washing machine from for a few pound a month in the 70-80s. They also sold Hifi separates too.
In the unit there was a SANYO DCX8000K, a Trio KR-750, Sony PS-T1 record deck?, Sansui SE graphic equalizer, a phillips top loading cassette recorder player deck, some OMAR floor standing speakers. and some Dynatron LS-200 floor standers too. all 4 speakers were wired up to the DCX8000k which had selectable outputs pair a pair b and both.
Im currently having an Extension built and this would look great in the conservatory but I know nothing about hifi separates or how to use them. If I post up some pics and the model numbers of things that are up their can anyone tell me if its worth keeping, how to transport and handle it all. I just really don't want to break something that my grandfather spent a long time putting in and getting right.
After about 6 years my Nan has asked me to go through my Grandfathers Hifi equipment and clear out the loft for her. Its a pretty weird situation and I'm sure I'm not alone in experiencing this....Well I hope I'm not.
First was the Garage and that felt like I was trespassing on his tomb. We weren't banned from there but it was always his place not ours. Everything was as he had left it 8 years before falling ill and becoming house bound and dying 2 years later. Tools all neatly put away in their boxes just a small layer of dust on it all. A beautiful Valve amp stereo receiver powering two old speakers on a shelf and a click of a button it all slowly hummed into life.....Turned it all off and decided I needed to do that another day when im not so emotional about it. The receiver was made by a company called Fisher if that means anything to anyone?
Now onto the loft. My Nan said he had put a load of bits and pieces into the loft and If i wanted any of it to just take it and put the rest to one side if its no good and she would get it taken away and dumped.
I remember their loft from when I was about 6. I think I was getting told to get down it was dangerous yaddah yaddah yaddah from them. it was a just a big old loft exposed floor beams and plaster ceilings that you could fall through if you put a foot wrong.....
Well fast forward 24 years. I turn the light on as im climbing the stairs and No word of a lie there is flooring CARPET plastered walls and a full on LOUNGE with a recliner in the loft. And a nice book case with a huge set of hifi separates all wired in to some old speakers.
They lived in Norfolk and Grandad used to work for an electrical rentals company called HUGHES. Sort of company you would hire the TV and washing machine from for a few pound a month in the 70-80s. They also sold Hifi separates too.
In the unit there was a SANYO DCX8000K, a Trio KR-750, Sony PS-T1 record deck?, Sansui SE graphic equalizer, a phillips top loading cassette recorder player deck, some OMAR floor standing speakers. and some Dynatron LS-200 floor standers too. all 4 speakers were wired up to the DCX8000k which had selectable outputs pair a pair b and both.
Im currently having an Extension built and this would look great in the conservatory but I know nothing about hifi separates or how to use them. If I post up some pics and the model numbers of things that are up their can anyone tell me if its worth keeping, how to transport and handle it all. I just really don't want to break something that my grandfather spent a long time putting in and getting right.
Edited by TinyCappo on Wednesday 21st May 15:09 for speels and model info.
Edited by TinyCappo on Friday 5th December 22:40
That sounds awesome.
I've just bought a 70's Gec record player/radio powering 2 old festival series speakers from eBay, it sounds awesome.
Best thing is it has a 5 pin din line in, I bought a 3.5mm adapter for this and a bluetooth receiver for a total of £8 on ebay and now I can stream music and radio to my 70's Hifi!
I've just bought a 70's Gec record player/radio powering 2 old festival series speakers from eBay, it sounds awesome.
Best thing is it has a 5 pin din line in, I bought a 3.5mm adapter for this and a bluetooth receiver for a total of £8 on ebay and now I can stream music and radio to my 70's Hifi!
nagsheadwarrior said:
That sounds awesome.
I've just bought a 70's Gec record player/radio powering 2 old festival series speakers from eBay, it sounds awesome.
Best thing is it has a 5 pin din line in, I bought a 3.5mm adapter for this and a bluetooth receiver for a total of £8 on ebay and now I can stream music and radio to my 70's Hifi!
The DCX8000K has a 5pin Din for one of the tape inputs But I also have a few spare phono style inputs 5 in all I think with one channel being shared by the Din input. is there any benefit in using the 5pin Din over a phono or was it just what you had available?I've just bought a 70's Gec record player/radio powering 2 old festival series speakers from eBay, it sounds awesome.
Best thing is it has a 5 pin din line in, I bought a 3.5mm adapter for this and a bluetooth receiver for a total of £8 on ebay and now I can stream music and radio to my 70's Hifi!
TinyCappo said:
The DCX8000K has a 5pin Din for one of the tape inputs But I also have a few spare phono style inputs 5 in all I think with one channel being shared by the Din input. is there any benefit in using the 5pin Din over a phono or was it just what you had available?
Better to use the phono then, I only had the din input so had no choice.Bungleaio said:
Sounds fantastic!
Is there a good selection of music too?
Some photos would be great but I understand if it's not something you want to put up on the net.
There was actually not a huge amount up there. These 4 were next to the unit. I think these were the last 4 albums he took up to listen up there which is a little morbid in some ways, good choices though if that was the case. I took them downstairs to photograph as I wanted to put them with the others in a box in a cupboard.Is there a good selection of music too?
Some photos would be great but I understand if it's not something you want to put up on the net.
I didn't take any of the garage, still feels like I am trespassing. but I will next time Im up there
Pic of the Trio unit. and the DCX8000K.
Mad he wallpapered the roof!
and one of the child friendly speakers that cant have its cones pushed in
No idea what the random teddies on sofa are about theres a brick in each one as far as I can tell!
I just have pics of the serial numbers and model labels for the rest of it. but when i return up to collect it all Ill post some more pics.
I managed to get a copy of a the Schematic diagram for the DCX8000k from the internet (just incase it ever needs a repair). One thing I noticed on the schematic is that it has a completely separate pre-amp stage with pre-amp out which is what the Sansui is connected to before returning via phono back into the amp. Seems overkill to me but I don't know the first thing about quality enough to warrant fiddling with it :P
Edited by TinyCappo on Friday 23 May 16:50
mad4amanda said:
That sanyo receiver is really interesting as we had one identical apart from the badge : Pioneer , I wonder if they had an agreement to share units and badge engineer? I will try and find a picture it was from about 1971 ish.
It does look remarkably like the Pioneer my Father in Law still uses!DAC = Digital to Audio Convertor. Usually Stereo. Essentially any device that has a Digital Output Coaxial or Fibre Optic, can be connected to the DAC via one cable (usually), and that DAC then outputs an Analogue signal via left and right RCA sockets and cables. Same as a AV amp where the DVD player sends the Signal via one cable. I have a Meridian 200 CD Transport that "feeds" a Chord DAC64 that then sends the analogue signal to my Amplifier,
Cupramax said:
telecat said:
DAC = Digital to Audio Convertor.
Digital to analogue...I tend to like Rob Watts designs having had a DPA PDM1 in Mark 1, Mark 2 and Mark 3 two box forms. I then moved on to the SX128 which uses the same tech as the DAC64 I currently use.
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