Retro Hifi..

[davepoth]

I love a bit of valve - practising with a band in a garage in December, they always kept me warm.

[tdm34ds]

LHD said:

My slightly retro set-up:



Marantz SACD SA-11S2 CD Player
Marantz SC-11S1 Pre Amp
Marantz SM-11S1 Power Amp
VPI Scout Turntable
JMW Memorial Tonearm
ART Stiletto Floorstanders

Macintosh gear is the next step...

Lefty, that's an awesome set-up mate, going for the Big Mack kit would be a backward step IMO
unless it's the looks you're after...

[Digby]

LHD said:

My slightly retro set-up:



Marantz SACD SA-11S2 CD Player
Marantz SC-11S1 Pre Amp
Marantz SM-11S1 Power Amp
VPI Scout Turntable
JMW Memorial Tonearm
ART Stiletto Floorstanders

Macintosh gear is the next step...

Lovely!

[telecat]

Pothole said:

that's bks. The British Heart Foundation has shops which specifically deal in home electricals as well as furniture and other interior design items. They just have to have everything tested before they can sell it.

http://www.bhf.org.uk/shop/our-local-shops.aspx#sh...

ETA, if you go into your local one, ask what they have out the back too...I used to volunteer in the Kettering shop and there was always pairs of speakers out the back as they did not really know how to price them. I got a pair of Wharfedale Glendales for £3.75 with my staff discount!

Edited by Pothole on Tuesday 5th July 00:45

The Axis and the Tannoys are well worth keeping. Any Dual Concentric Tannoys are sought after and the Axis is Linn's under acknowledged gem.

[shirt]

tdm34ds said:

To all retro hifi nuts, nirvana has arrived!

This site has things I didn't know existed,

WARNING!!! enter at your own risk as you'll lose hours and hours trawling through it.

http://www.thevintageknob.org/

also:

http://www.silverpioneer.netfirms.com/

an sx-1980 would be as i'm a sucker for VU meters. i have these as part of my bedroom set [not my pics].

pioneer ca-810


ct-810


but thinking of replacing with a tube amp.

[LHD]

tdm34ds said:

LHD said:

My slightly retro set-up:



Marantz SACD SA-11S2 CD Player
Marantz SC-11S1 Pre Amp
Marantz SM-11S1 Power Amp
VPI Scout Turntable
JMW Memorial Tonearm
ART Stiletto Floorstanders

Macintosh gear is the next step...

Lefty, that's an awesome set-up mate, going for the Big Mack kit would be a backward step IMO
unless it's the looks you're after...

Thanks chap.

I love the way the Mac kit sounds.

The looks are a brucie to be honest.

[Pupp]

Paddy_N_Murphy said:

Pupp said:

It's an Icon Audio MC34, which is a UK designed but Chinese produced version of the classic 'Stereo 20' format using EL34 tubes.

Also have a Stereo 60 version, which really shifts some air

I have no Idea what you just said there, how or if I would use it it, but I WANT that thing with the Valves.

Bloody PH...... costs me a fortune !

Trust me - play some well recorded close miked accoustic or vocal material over it and there will be no going back

[Pothole]

TonyRPH said:

Pothole said:

Morningside said:

Pistonho said:

The 'Japanese' 70/80's stuff are also highly sought after especially some of the 'high end' gear. Here is a my Panasonic receiver with speakers I bought from a charity shop.

I keep asking at some charity shops but they told me that are not allowed to sell any electrical items

that's bks. The British Heart Foundation has shops which specifically deal in home electricals as well as furniture and other interior design items. They just have to have everything tested before they can sell it.

....

My mum worked in various charity shops over the years, and they too wouldn't touch electrical stuff.

She too said "they weren't allowed to sell them" but I suspect it was probably an easy excuse to use, as I would imagine that any electrical goods they sell would require a PAT test at the very least, which as others have pointed out is probably not worth it for them.

Odd thing is, there's a 2nd hand HiFi shop near me, and none of the kit they sell is formally tested AFAIK.

why have you quoted my post? you haven't added anything or contradicted me. your Mum believed what she was told.

[TonyRPH]

ermm, I quoted your post as I responded quite a few posts after it (with a few pictures in between), and was simply trying to keep in context.

And given that many on here only read the most recent post, my post on it's own would have lacked any meaning...

You have a problem with that?

[Pothole]

meh

[spats]

dutchgray said:

I have 3 minidisc players, two portables, one old for when I'm working alone and a nice one for other times and a alpine head unit in my landrover, would like a proper Hifi separate too.

Nice to see another MD fan. I've got a 3 disc machine in the car, a full size hifi separate indoors, at least 3 portables lying about, and god knows how many discs!

I remember selling them at Sony, and always having a demo disc in my pocket. i used to chuck it about to prove they were tougher than CDs and then play them back in what ever machine I was demoing.

I think I had 70 mins of random music, from Queen and Tubular Bells to The prodigy and Faithless!

[Marvindodgers]

tdm34ds said:

To all retro hifi nuts, nirvana has arrived!

This site has things I didn't know existed,

WARNING!!! enter at your own risk as you'll lose hours and hours trawling through it.

http://www.thevintageknob.org/

Pheww! Managed to escape from there with only 1 hour disappearing!!

[Morningside]

Pothole said:

Morningside said:

Pistonho said:

The 'Japanese' 70/80's stuff are also highly sought after especially some of the 'high end' gear. Here is a my Panasonic receiver with speakers I bought from a charity shop.

I keep asking at some charity shops but they told me that are not allowed to sell any electrical items

that's bks. The British Heart Foundation has shops which specifically deal in home electricals as well as furniture and other interior design items. They just have to have everything tested before they can sell it.

....

Well after a search round another charity shop, look what I found OK it needs a good clean etc. But for the price I paid for it who cares.

[Trustmeimadoctor]

anyone help an old rotel unit i had

silver as im sure everything was in the 80's
all in one tuner tape deck amp if any one has any ideas and pics so i can confirm what it was be great i bought it for £5 back in about 1989 and remember having to think long and hard about it as well £5 was alot to me when i was 9

bit of googling and this looks sort of like it but its a bit small to tell and also the website its on doesnt have it any more

Edited by Trustmeimadoctor on Monday 11th July 16:42

Edited by Trustmeimadoctor on Monday 11th July 16:58

[was8v]

Great thread!

I pulled a Pioneer SX-590 receiver out of a skip with a seized tuning knob, freed off easily. I hook my iPhone up to the aux in and it drives some lovely period Castle Richmond speakers via mains cable speaker wire.




I also have one of these Pioneer Tx-606 tuners for sale if anyone wants it:

[Digby]

Morningside said:

Well after a search round another charity shop, look what I found OK it needs a good clean etc. But for the price I paid for it who cares.

Nice Let us know how you get on with it.

[Digby]

was8v said:

Great thread!

I pulled a Pioneer SX-590 receiver out of a skip with a seized tuning knob, freed off easily. I hook my iPhone up to the aux in and it drives some lovely period Castle Richmond speakers via mains cable speaker wire.




I also have one of these Pioneer Tx-606 tuners for sale if anyone wants it:

Lovely.I almost bought that tuner a week or so ago after seeing one for sale.I had a tuner already, but it looked nicer with the amp.However, I was bidding on a Technics tuner at the time to replace my original one in the pics at the start of the thread as that too looked nicer.I won it!.Now, having two tuners, I saw another on ebay that was quite specific for my amp made my Pioneer, so am now bidding on that lol.

[Digby]

shirt said:

also:

http://www.silverpioneer.netfirms.com/

an sx-1980 would be as i'm a sucker for VU meters. i have these as part of my bedroom set [not my pics].

pioneer ca-810


ct-810


but thinking of replacing with a tube amp.

Stunning bit of kit!

[Pupp]

Coming to an on-line auction house near you in the next week or so:

A Teac V5000 casette player - lovely bit of kit, xompletelu unmarked, probably £500+ when new; I'd imagine it'll make about £30 (sod it, I think I'll keep it)

A Cyrus One amp, in bits, needs a volume pot (no longer available from Cyrus) so for spares/maybe repair, as they say...

[Pothole]

Pupp said:

A Cyrus One amp, in bits, needs a volume pot (no longer available from Cyrus)

surely they didn't make their own?