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I'm calling vintage pre '95.
The only item I have is this:
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But I'd love to own some period separates.
Let's have a look at your stash.
Had the MD deck since new (2000 according to minidisc.org). Tape deck was £12 off ebay a few years ago when my separates one died.
(Packing blanket is down to me currently decorating!)
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Arcam alpha amp paired with mission 770 speakers and a technics turntable retro enough? I bought the amp second hand 20 years ago
Arcam alpha amp paired with mission 770 speakers and a technics turntable retro enough? I bought the amp second hand 20 years ago
Yes - but you can't be arsed taking a photograph?
Crimson monoblocks, Ruark Icons and AVI Minitrons. Not quite pre 95.
My sister has my dad's stuff AR turntable and 3as, Harmon Kardon receiver.
OP it's not expensive to buy...
Technics Sl-100 linear turntable.
Tannoy speakers - M20 Gold.
plus Arcam alpha amp.
No pics, but...
NAD 3020i amp from around '94, as well as some TDL RTLII MK2 speakers and a Luxman D322 cd player from around the same time.
I've got a portable CD player in the loft, but it's from around '99.
Back at my Mum and Dad's I've got a Hitachi 3D superwoofer ghetto blaster with twin tape deck. That must be from around '91-'92 I reckon.
A Bang and Olufsen Beomaster 3000, like this:
I have some Yamaha NS10’s, which are on permanent loan to my brother...thanks for reminding me!
TJ I had similar Arcam alpha amp paired with mission speakers with marantz cd & tape deck. Gave it away to a bloke at work last year as it just sat collecting dust.
Thanks for your efforts with the pic's
SHOW us your vintage audio equipment
Couple of years later than 95 here so no pics for you 🙂
Sorry derek.
Have a look in any recording studio...
Have you tried a Google image search Derek?
I hear it's quite good.
Still in use l, around 1987, Monitor Audio R300 MD’s
Also my Marantz CD80 from couple years later
My Lynx Stratos awaiting repair
And finally my Musical Fidelity pre amp also in storage
All library photos i’m afraid
I have a JVC separates system from 86 which had 'touch' controls on everything, including the double tape player... Still in use.
I used to use this
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Which was my granddad's, I replaced it in about 2005.
I still use the turntable though
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It could do with a new cartridge and I'm sure there's plenty out there that sound better, but partly for sentimental reasons & because it's a nice thing. Early 80s I think.
For a while I used this Dual CS 505 while I was waiting to recommission the Beogram. Early 80s I think as well.
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Dual turntables were great sound just dodgy lids probably hated uv, im listening to cds just now Trojan records reggae love songs cracking sound with my Marantz 50se from '91, sony amp and a mix of speakers Mission m33i and acoustic energy the other
I have that Dual turntable in the attic, bought it in 1982. If we ever listen to vinyl nowadays we still use the wife’s systemdek 11 from a similar age. They used to have one in the National museum of Scotland in Edinburgh.
I have the Systemdek biscuit tin with a Mission arm Nagaoka cartridge needing a wee repair i think my Siamese cat pawed the spinning record too much, she is long gone and so have Systemdek turntables
My ELS 63s.
The 909 amp that feeds them.
Derek wants some pics - so borrowed from the internet:
NAD 3020i
Luxman D322 CD Player
TDL RTLII Mk II although mine aren't the SE version
Oh, and an Aiwa ADF-450 although it's not been hooked up for several yrs...
Well, that worked...... 😉
Michell Engineering Syncro (lid got smashed years ago)
Still had my original Tannoy speakers until lost in a flood in 2015, the Harman Kardon amp died in 2010
markie has won.
I can't be bothered to dig them out so you'll have to believe me - Linn Sondek with Ittok arm, Sony Professional Walkman.
Could only find this pic with the purple hammerhead (1985 vintage?)
8000A is 80s, I've had it since mid 90s. NAD turntable might scrape in too, think I bought it around 96? Much missed Celestion Ditton 33s not in pic, OH mothballed them saying they were ugly...
markie has won
With that ... er... sofa! woo, that is a thang.
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Blimey, surprised to see Dual get a mention by several folk. Only have the amp and tuner left and still going strong from *I think* the early 80's. Will post a pic tomorrow.
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My turbo set up at work has a pair of Bose 802's which are from the mid 80's. We've still got a few AKG 451 mics in regular use which sound really nice to this day. they were pretty much tv studio standard in the 70's and 80's. We've a few minidisk and twin cassette decks somewhere on a shelf.
I bought my Dual turntable from Laskys top of Leith walk probably where the Omni centre is now, not so many hi fi shops about now maybe the same folk are now roastin beans and pourin cortados
Linn Karik CD player.
Mission Cyrus 2 with PSX Amp.
All still sounding great .
Good effort all who posted pics.
We can all Google image FFS.
I was interested in STW folk's gear.
Arcam alpha 6 and 7 power amp, linn speakers.
Still in use, the keilidh could do with a new tweeter it's cracked.
A Bang and Olufsen Beomaster 3000
That's exactly what the REAL glen Quagmire would have.
With the hifi rack next to his sheepskin rug. Giggity!
Arcam Alpha 9. Not as old as some but old enough. Great CD deck as well.
Dual 505 in the loft somewhere, along with the Mission 700's. Just got rid of a tape deck, I think I still have the Phillips 104 CD player somewhere.
Still using Dual 505/2, in fact I've just replaced the amp leads. Plus, a NAD CD player and a Cambridge Audio amp from around the same vintage (about 1990?). They sound great - far superior to friends' streaming-type equipment.
My dad had that same B&O (along with several other bits of B&O including TV, video recorder etc). We were incredibly fortunate that he worked as a TV engineer and could get massive discount on it
Seeing as you asked so nicely Derek 😉
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Turntable bought new 35 years ago and I don't think I have used it for 20 years, cassette player bought new 25 years ago and I think its been used about 3 time.. amp bought second hand 20 years ago, Radio second hand 20 years ago
FFS! Buy a duster and some Mr Sheen man!
In the loft I have a Technics CD player, Yamaha Amp and a pair of Acoustic Research speakers dating from 1988, a JVC turntable from early 1989 and a Kenwood cassette deck from later 1989 all neatly packed away in their original boxes and polystyrene.
They will be redeployed later this year.....
Seeing as you asked so nicely Derek 😉
Civility costs nothing TJA 😊
gobuchul
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FFS! Buy a duster and some Mr Sheen man!
I did wonder if I should before taking the pic 😉
Picked these (Mission 760i) and an Onkyo receiver up the other day for 40 euro. Not critically listened to them yet, but they certainly don't seem to get in the way of the music yet vs modern bookshelf speakers or my DIY ones either.
Got a Marantz tuner from late 70's connected to and old (but not retro) Yamaha 5.1 amp with some Cerwin Vega speakers in my kitchen / dining room.
My Wharfdale Diamond 9.5's are also old.... but not vintage.
When you see the "thrift store" bargains the Yanks get - Sansui / Marantz / Technics, for very little...... dust off, new pots and caps, LED replacements etc.... And then how much they go for. My Gawd. A friend has an old Marantz amp restored, something like 20w per channel but jesus it's got some power to it. 20 actual watts as opposed to the 150w "power" they market now!
I still own and use the Linn LP12 turntable I bought in 1986.
760s...Missions went a bit crap after that!
they certainly don’t seem to get in the way of the music
They do if you put them in front of the speakers you're using.
The Mission speakers are a bit dull sounding thats why i mix my speakers frowned upon i was when i posted a month or two ago. Sound great if you like a chello solo, sorry cello
I’ve got a Cyrus 1 amp Marantz cd52mk11se with some B&w 600 speakers. Will pop some pics up later
At home we still user the ARCAM Alpha amp, DENON CD Player and a DENON Tuner (no DAB). The turntable - a Linn Axis still gets used. Bought late 80's. The cassette deck was given away and replaced with a Chrome Audio device. Speakers are JPW P1s which really need to be replaced!
A Linn turntable bought in the '80s the cheapest must have been about 1.5 k a lot of dosh back then, do you notice a huge difference from a Rega for eg at a 1/4 of the price?
Don't own a CD player (in fact, I don't have any way of playing them since the PS3 died), as I've never bought any CDs. But I was considering picking up a semi decent cassette deck to check out some of the hundreds of mixtapes I've got stashed at my dad's. Then found out they all went down the tip! Gutted doesn't do it justice. If only he'd just kept the box inserts (doubt there were many that were properly written out though).
Bugger.
No photos, but I have a Logic DM101 t/table with Zeta tonearm and Audio Technica MC cartridge, Rotel RC870 preamp into Crimson monobloc poweramps, with Trio LS-770 three-way speakers on Foundation stands, Denon DCD1500 CD player and Aiwa AD-F770 cassette deck.
All are roughly 1982-4.
I also have a Minidisc deck that looks identical to DezB’s! Mine’s an MDS-JB940.
Fantastic deck, all sorts of editing functions, auto fade-in/out with control of fade length for example, and titles can be added with a computer keyboard plugged in.
Edit - these are the speaker, marked Kenwood, but were Trio here...
Logic t/table, but with a different arm. Not mine...
Denon CD player...
Rotel preamp...
Aiwa cassette recorder...
And here’s the Power amps. Again, not mine...
Those speakers and amps look ace, and I especially love the vertically facing controls of tape deck too!
Linn Axis, Musical Fidelity A1 amp, Marantz CD65 SE and Musical Fidelity speakers. All still used regularly...
AR EB101 turntable from around '82 still in use with a Rotel amp and Marantz CD52 CD player (bought with my student grant - some of you might have to Google that ;o)
Have just ordered a pair of Monitor wireless transmitter/receivers to play with.
I'll try and get a couple of pics of my system up tonight. It's a TRIO turntable, amp and tape deck/tuner linked to a pair of Wharfdale floor standing speakers. All early 70's and still pumping out awesome sounds.
Here's my Dual amp and tuner from the early 80's, above is a Rega CD player from the 21st century. I know, how quaint!
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Aura 80 amp still going strong, Marantz CD63 SE CD player and Musical Technology kestrel speakers. Not my pictures.
Was it just a marketing ploy to pay extra but everyone who bought a Marantz cd player got the se version. Good quality stuff from Marantz my cd player 30 years old
@ gofasterstripes - that Aiwa deck is very good, the layout of the controls is really ergonomic, although they do collect dust! It has Dolby B and C, with three heads so that it’s possible to monitor the recording as it’s being made, and it has an auto-bias system, so it can be set up to get the best from any given tape, although I used to use chrome and metal tapes usually from Maxell and TDK. It even has a plug-in IR remote, which makes operation even easier for the inherently lazy like me.
Rega Planar II deck here, with glass platter.
AR Cam amp
Celestion speakers.
Yamaha tape deck. (Went to Tottenham Court Road for that!)
Bought around 1985. Still used.
@redmex, no the SE’s were better. Can’t remember the exact differences. I demo’d The 65SE at length but decided on the 80
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However, currently listening to Spirit Of Eden on my Dual CS-505 turntable, through my Denon PMA255UK amp (too modern to qualify for this thread) and out of my JBL Control 5 speakers.
Naim 72/140 and a Rega Planar 2. Bought the amps in 1993, and the turntable (secondhand) a few years later. Still gets plenty of use...
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Just remembered I had my laptop by the side of me...
That's my quiet corner, there.
Here's my Trio system...hopefully.
Trio was good Japanese stuff Kenwood but not the scone maker, i had a Trio cassette deck with separate amp and cracking speakers in my 131 Mirafiori sport to drown out the Italian rort
Beagleboy slips in his huge dobsonian
Some lovely stuff on this thread. Cheers
I've just put in an offer for this:
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Here's my 1980-ish Optonica SM-7100, now powering the garage sound system with input from a Chromecast Audio
Originally paired with some AR-93s but now through a pair of KEF K130s - late 80s, I think.
The Planar 3 which originally went with them now feeds a Linn Classik and a pair of Linn Kans.
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Nice pic of the Trio stuff Beagleboy. I've got my Dad's old setup which he bought in 1978 i think (minus tape deck). Deck works well, but the amp and tuner went pop. Been meaning to have the amp looked at. Infact none of it is currently in use.
I've got several other turntables/bits on the go including three Technics 1210 MK5Gs but no pics currently.
"Beagleboy slips in his huge dobsonian"
...at every and any opportunitiy. 😉