Still have my LP12 (Mission 774 arm, Grado cart) from 1980 and it did still sound great until the "WOW" arrived. I reckon it might be bearing damage from fitting and removing the 45rpm adaptor - or maybe power supply. Can't justify the expense to fix it right now
Linn Sondeck LP12 Turntable
Linn Ittok Arm
Linn Troika M.C Cartridge
Naim NAC 62 (S) Pre-amplifier
Naim NAP 90 Power amplifier
Naim High Cap power supply
Naim NA-IBL Speakers
Still sounding sweet
That's vintage porn not vintage stereo!!
I live on a boat now and as space is a premium I have to use my Mac Mini as a media server and buy music from iTunes! But before I moved aboard I was seriously considering a Quad 33/303 combo off ebay, with modern caps and upgrades if money allowed. Can anyone explain how the current dumping worked? I used to love reading theories in stereo mags one week which were quickly rebuttled in the next issue!
My fave stereo was my 2nd ever. Garrard record player with a stock tone arm and ortofron cartridge. Nad 3020i amp and some Wharfedale Ditton II speaker. Scored the lot for about 50 quid on the flea market over a year..MINT!!!
I still have a vintage set up upstairs in the bedroom; Celestion XR15 speakers, Sansui AU70 valve amp. and TU70 valve multiplex tuner, Shure M44-7ed fitted to a Goldring GL69 turntable..........................completely different sound to my main hifi downstairs, but vinyl sounds lush on it-especially Rumours by Fleetwood Mac, or City to City by Gerry Rafferty!
I still have a vintage set up upstairs in the bedroom; Celestion XR15 speakers, Sansui AU70 valve amp. and TU70 valve multiplex tuner, Shure M44-7ed fitted to a Goldring GL69 turntable..........................completely different sound to my main hifi downstairs, but vinyl sounds lush on it-especially Rumours by Fleetwood Mac, or City to City by Gerry Rafferty!
Yes, the two you mentioned are good and I've one or two "Direct Cut" viynl's including "Medal" by Pink Floyd which sound brilliant. I miss the good old days of scouring record shops...brings a tear to my eye
Resurrecting this old thread: I bought a Yamaha T-85 tuner in the spring and it is now the main listening tuner in my system. The audio it can produce on a good broadcast is fantastic; in fact it's responsible for some of the best audio I've heard through my hi-fi.
This tuner dates from around 1987. God knows what you'd have to pay for a new one with the same performance.
Linn Sondeck LP12 Turntable
Linn Ittok Arm
Linn Troika M.C Cartridge
Naim NAC 62 (S) Pre-amplifier
Naim NAP 90 Power amplifier
Naim High Cap power supply
Naim NA-IBL Speakers
Still sounding sweet
Blimey -Can we ask - how much did this all cost?
I cant remember all the model numbers.
I think I first had a radioshack unit with a TT on top and an amp underneath - which replaced a dansette! (haven't got the dansette unfortunately!)
Then I bought a s/h system with a GL75 turntable. The thing was, the amp made a humming noise underneath the phono input, nut not when the TT want running - so the amp was OK - The deal was good even if the TT was faulty - but it
turned out the TT transit screws had never been released, and the TT was fine.
Not too many changes, but I ended up with a
Rega Planar 3 turntable (£12 for a new rubber band the other week!)
Sony separates - amp/cd/minidisc
Toshiba tuner
JVC tape deck
monitor audio speakers
the sony stuff about 20 years old (does that sound right for a minidisc?), the rest older still
and about 500 singles, and rather fewer LPs
lovely thread though - brings back memories of a Laskys we had in a Leicester - but I think some stuff came from Richers, and others from Comet!
STD deck/ SME3009/Shure
QED A230 Amp or SonySTR-2800L if I want the wireless
Mission 70 speakers
Sounds timeless and better than anything I've heard lately but wish the amps had remotes
My "vintage" amp and Cd player both sadly died, however my parents are still using my early 1980s Technics record deck. I upgraded my deck to a Rega P3 @ 5 years ago and it could be argued that is a 1970s deck as very little has changed since the first one!
I've also still got my 1980s Mission 732 speakers too in the loft!
The amp, cassette and tuner are in a metal cabinet, and I have a Sony CDP-M77 CD Player from 1989 in the bottom compartment.
I had to replace the turntable belt a couple of years ago, and also had to re-foam the bass speaker cones at about the same time.
Also I have to admit the cassette deck no longer works, and is just there for show.
But apart from that, it sounds just as good as it did 30 years ago. :cool:
The system cost £450 in 1980 (21st Birthday present)
Classic Hi-Fi Separates are the best! I have an Aiwa separates set from 1990, was given to me years ago, and even though the CD Deck, Tape Deck and Vinyl Deck all stopped working (replaced Vinyl Deck now), I kept the Amp, and bloody hell was that a smart choice. Here I have a piece of equipment from 1990 that's hooked up to my computer via S/PDIF from a 2010 Soundcard, outputting at 48Khz/24bit LPCM Stereo and the sound is just brilliant and clear and I'm very happy with it.
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Pioneer Amp
Nakamichi Tape Deck
Akai Tuner
JVC Equalizer
Onkyo Turntable
NEC Speakers
Sorry to say I don't use it as much as I did as it was moved to the spare room to make way for the Home Cinema System.
You still can't beat the sound of a good "Vinyl" set-up.
And how good is the sound on these "home cinema systems"?
I see them as a re-hash of 70s quadraphonic sound but perhaps I'm missing something.
Only use the Cinema system for TV. For serious listening it's off the the spare room, but than get called anti-social, you can't win.
Good old "Quadraphonic" for people with "Four Ears!"
That's vintage porn not vintage stereo!!
I live on a boat now and as space is a premium I have to use my Mac Mini as a media server and buy music from iTunes! But before I moved aboard I was seriously considering a Quad 33/303 combo off ebay, with modern caps and upgrades if money allowed. Can anyone explain how the current dumping worked? I used to love reading theories in stereo mags one week which were quickly rebuttled in the next issue!
My fave stereo was my 2nd ever. Garrard record player with a stock tone arm and ortofron cartridge. Nad 3020i amp and some Wharfedale Ditton II speaker. Scored the lot for about 50 quid on the flea market over a year..MINT!!!
I'm sure my big bro had a Yazoo 12" mixed in quad!
There were some "Quad" records released, I have a copy of "Tubular Bells" which sounds great.
Yes, the two you mentioned are good and I've one or two "Direct Cut" viynl's including "Medal" by Pink Floyd which sound brilliant. I miss the good old days of scouring record shops...brings a tear to my eye
This tuner dates from around 1987. God knows what you'd have to pay for a new one with the same performance.
Cassette Deck
CD
Amp
FM / AM Tuner
Digital Satelite Radio Tuner (adr)
Blimey -Can we ask - how much did this all cost?
I cant remember all the model numbers.
I think I first had a radioshack unit with a TT on top and an amp underneath - which replaced a dansette! (haven't got the dansette unfortunately!)
Then I bought a s/h system with a GL75 turntable. The thing was, the amp made a humming noise underneath the phono input, nut not when the TT want running - so the amp was OK - The deal was good even if the TT was faulty - but it
turned out the TT transit screws had never been released, and the TT was fine.
Not too many changes, but I ended up with a
Rega Planar 3 turntable (£12 for a new rubber band the other week!)
Sony separates - amp/cd/minidisc
Toshiba tuner
JVC tape deck
monitor audio speakers
the sony stuff about 20 years old (does that sound right for a minidisc?), the rest older still
and about 500 singles, and rather fewer LPs
lovely thread though - brings back memories of a Laskys we had in a Leicester - but I think some stuff came from Richers, and others from Comet!
QED A230 Amp or SonySTR-2800L if I want the wireless
Mission 70 speakers
Sounds timeless and better than anything I've heard lately but wish the amps had remotes
I've also still got my 1980s Mission 732 speakers too in the loft!
A Myryad amp (not vintage I know)
A pair of Tannoy Definition D700s which are probably now in the vintage class.
Vintage even
Turntable - 6025
Amp - 1070M
Cassette - 5050M
Tuner - 2060ML
Speakers - HD660
The amp, cassette and tuner are in a metal cabinet, and I have a Sony CDP-M77 CD Player from 1989 in the bottom compartment.
I had to replace the turntable belt a couple of years ago, and also had to re-foam the bass speaker cones at about the same time.
Also I have to admit the cassette deck no longer works, and is just there for show.
But apart from that, it sounds just as good as it did 30 years ago. :cool:
The system cost £450 in 1980 (21st Birthday present)
youve given away your age! lol
I wonder how many houses still have these? A great collectors item - but not to listen to, although probably considered hi-fi when new.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lH8h57CU08Q&feature=related