Who else does Vintage Hi-Fi.

Blue Shadow · Post by **Blue Shadow** » Feb 18, 2005 4:30 PM

Tim,
I'm a few hours north of FL, by air!! but I'll be glad to come down and help 'clean up the garage' and haul that 'junk' outta the way so another car can be kept under cover.

Tim in N FL · Post by **Tim in N FL** » Feb 19, 2005 12:57 AM

OK Blue Shadow (can I call you B.S.? ~0 ),
...I'm IN...let's do it...we'll be in and out of Justin's Dad's garage before they know it and nobody will get hurt! We're driven for vintage audio gear....woohoo! We'll keep what we want and sell the remainder on http://www.audiogon.com my favorite audio enthusiast marketplace! Check it out!
Cheers,
Tim

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Justin_FL · Post by **Justin_FL** » Feb 19, 2005 1:11 AM

Hey, wait now! According to my Mom the garage needs a cleaning; there's not a fat chance my Dad wants to get rid of the stereo equipment, though! No surprise visits because of the vicious dogs that guard the yard-- unfortunately their idea of an attack is with the tongue on the back of your leg. Not to mention you must trip over Porsche parts to find the equipment. Getting your foot stuck by an aircooled 911 engine block with the studs sticking out is painful. Ask me how I know...

FirstFives Dictator · Post by **FirstFives Dictator** » Feb 19, 2005 6:43 AM

I don't have a lot of personal stuff left (Thorens TD125 w/ Grace 707 arm that died the same day Robert Palmer did and Audio Research D100 amp); but about 5-10% of my business is repairing vintage receivers. Wickly expensive because most of them need capacitors, lamps and FM alignments but still fun to do.
Darn kids that work for me belly-ache, but I say "hey this unit can't be that old; I remember when it was sold new!"

Favorite stuff to work on is old Crown stuff. Must unusual recently was JBL graphic controller and engergizer combo (SG520 SE400). Preamp was so old it was all germanium transistors. Sounded amazing though.

Currently servicing Crown 800 series open reel machine and Studer A-80 24 track 2" machine

http://www.audio-services.com

GregB · Post by **GregB** » Feb 19, 2005 9:00 AM

Tim,
Here are a couple of sites worth checking regularly as well;
http://www.classic-audio.com/
http://www.classicaudio.com/
http://www.mcintoshaudio.com/
It is really nice to see there is still a very active market for this old stuff. I for one am not a fan of gadget laden surround sound systems, give me a good, two channel system any day. The same school of thought applies to an E12/E28/E30 versus a BangleMW.

Peter,
Like your shop. I've got an old Harmon / Kardon 430 receiver that I'm restoring now for my office system. I have a pair of B&O S45s for that system which I just had reconditioned last year. Bought those new in 1980 and have kept them around in the orignal boxes. Actually, I grew up just a few miles South of you in Goldsboro, NC where I got all of my early audio knowledge when I ran an audio shop for a friend of mine just outside the gates of Seymour Johnson AFB.

Looks like we've got more to talk about at 5er Fest guys!

Tim in N FL · Post by **Tim in N FL** » Feb 19, 2005 9:03 AM

OK Justin....you win...no surprises visits until your Dad has that big audio garage sale I dreamt about last night

These were in the dream too...but I'd rather have an e28 ///M5 instead

http://buy.audiogon.com/cgia/rd.pl?cool ... 1113710120

Peter, I still need to send you my old N.A.D. 3140 integrated amp for resurrection ~0
It was the first piece of audio gear I ever bought with my own money...circa 1981.
My Dad (a retired electronics technician) started the project a while back but abandoned it after sourcing the tech manual, troubleshooting the problem, disassembling the thing, and sourcing the discrete components. I believe it is still in pieces in a corner of his test bench @ home.

Cheers,
Tim

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Madhungarian · Post by **Madhungarian** » Feb 19, 2005 8:37 PM

I have an Akai AM-73 Digital Reference Master integrated amplifier for sale NOS. They don't make them like this anymore!
I am using the same with a Yamaha DSP-1 for surround, driving a pair of Diatone VS 501 speakers. Those are my all time favorite speakers, will never part with them. Some say Japanese speakers have too rigid sound, not complianr etc. Whatever that means! I also have a pair of Diatone VS-100, and VS-9000
These were never sold in the US, but pricein Japan some $10K.

Tim in N FL · Post by **Tim in N FL** » Feb 19, 2005 9:16 PM

Greg,
Thanks for the links...I'll add them to my list to peruse when I'm not hangin' out on this board

Julius,
What vintage is the Akai DRM amp? I used to like Akai tape decks back in the day but know nothing about their amps. Please tell me you didn't pay $10,000 for those Diatone VS 501s

I want a pair of planar drivers next (e.g., Magnepans) coupled with a nice subwoofer (e.g., Carver's latest or perhaps a Velodyne). Anyone here running such a set-up? The other wishlist speaker set-up is the Dalquist DQ-10s...came to love them after listening for hours on end during my teens while hanging out at a girlfriend's house. Her father had some sweet gear...mostly Acoustic Research stuff....and a Linn Sondek turntable

Cheers,
Tim

FirstFives Dictator · Post by **FirstFives Dictator** » Feb 19, 2005 9:19 PM

[QUOTE="Greg B _ ATL"]Peter,
Like your shop. I've got an old Harmon / Kardon 430 receiver that I'm restoring now for my office system. I have a pair of B&O S45s for that system which I just had reconditioned last year. Bought those new in 1980 and have kept them around in the orignal boxes. Actually, I grew up just a few miles South of you in Goldsboro, NC where I got all of my early audio knowledge when I ran an audio shop for a friend of mine just outside the gates of Seymour Johnson AFB.

Looks like we've got more to talk about at 5er Fest guys! [/QUOTE]
The 430 was a big step up from the fragile 330's
I college we used to buy output transistors for those in lots of 20 to keep around.
430's were just expensive enough to be out of reach for most dorm room systems but was probably the actual min power required to be reliable in such a demanding application (toasted underclassmen driving small receiver to 75% THD))

Blue Shadow · Post by **Blue Shadow** » Feb 19, 2005 10:40 PM

I have an ///M6 buddy with a set of the MG-I and a sub of some sort. He drives them with a Quintessence preamp and a pair of Kenwood L-07M amps. Nice sound until the alcohol says there needs to be more sonic impact. That is the reason I let my pair of MG-Is go as a down payment on a car. For speakers today, I would like a set of stacked advents for partying, DQ-10s for louder listening and MG-II or higher for jazz. That is why I have the DCM Time Windows. They do most of that.

Manuel · Post by **Manuel** » Feb 20, 2005 2:49 AM

Great to hear words like "smooth" and "rich" to describe the sound quality produced by the vintage audio systems. I still have a Bose 1801 amp (circa 1977) driving a pair of Bose 901 speakers. The Bose amp weighs about 70 lbs. because of a huge transformer in the middle and has heat sinks on both sides that can double as toaster slots after they heat up after an hour. Vinyl discs are spun on a Kenwood KD500 turntable (the concrete slab base) with an SME tone arm and Ortofon cartridge. But I really coveted a former uncle's system; Altec Lansing Voice of the Theater loudspeakers, MacIntosh receiver, Thorens turntable w/SME tonearm. Yeah, take a vintage system and then play a Sheffield Labs direct-to-disc recording. It will sound like you're standing in the middle of the performance.

SW · Post by SW » Feb 20, 2005 11:21 AM

DCM time windows? Wow that is something. We (my brothers and me) have 4 left over from our fathers estate and we want to get rid of them. Any suggestions?

Blue Shadow · Post by **Blue Shadow** » Feb 20, 2005 1:24 PM

Send em to me. Actually they sell on ebay for reasonable amounts, over $100.

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Who else does Vintage Hi-Fi.