I must see the house of buddha will soon its within a days busride.
Im in retro lala land atm. jerry-rigged a record player FINALLY. its a book shelf stereo. had rca cables to feed speakers. those i fed into the multi input on the yam. the lp has a short in the dual volumes. so tape works until i can clean contacts. found my beatles LPs stones, and other stuff that predates me by a few  years. buddha as seen the TEAC 3020 thats getting reconnected in a few days when left ankle calms down. that and its too heavy for me to reposition it without ankle collapsing. ive got a reel recording made from a radio broadcast (WIFI philadelphia) iirc late `67-71
only thing i dont have is an 8 track player. nu HUGE desire for this yet. until i make room in entertainment centre.
(6 slots) the Yam is the only thing there right now.(the RX V665). the electronics run the range from vintage to semi vintage to  modern lol ( as does my music) in car years many of us are antiques +30 lol. meh i prefer classic lol
Aaron

Correction. a TEAC 2300 That was a find there a year agp the machine in like new shape and 60 tapes+  for 60.
swear it weighs close to 50lbs so i cant move it now .
found some LPs i had scored at work months back. one of which was called gold and platinum vol4    2LP set (thinking late 80s era or early 90s) moving feed on yam from multi input to audio so sub will get fed

SUCCESS ! albeit painful. i need to re arrange the audio gear. but that will be after ankle procedure. i have to get on hands and knees to switch inputs. which puts pressure on ankles. out of habit i  step up with left. it reminded me not to do it again. ( should have worn the boot lol) anyhoo i digress.. i moved the phono to audio 1. the tv to av6 all is well the sub agrees lol.
anyhoo excuse me going to get lost in my childhood for a bit   
Aaron

Current audio stuff spread everywhere:

Amps:
2 Technics SU-V integrateds
1 integrated valve amp
1 Sony receiver
1 Tandberg receiver
1 Tandberg pre amp
1 Tandberg power amp

Sources:
Nowadays, digital!
1 Tandberg CDP
1 Rega Pkanar 3 turntable with RB300 tone arm and Shure cartridge

Tuners:
1 Technics
1 Dynaco FM3 valve tuner

Speakers:
1 pr Sony stage monitors
1 pr JBL
1 pr Acoustic Energy
1 pr Celestion

Phones:
1 AKG K44
1 Grado SR60
1 Sennheiser buds for my phone

There's also other stuff around. Life is messy.

Album im playing now predates me by a decade. (Beatles 65) anyhoo,
the equipment:
Reciever :   Yamaha Rx v665
Speakers: JBL northridge ( 5 pieces 2 towers 2 sats, and a center.
Also a polk 12" amplified sub.
CDP as of now is my computer it feeds into the yam.
Tape: RTR TEAC 2300
Tape 2: a NICE technics full logic unit. ( yay goodwill lol. all but teac came from there. 25 bux total lol.) ( the Yam was free lol. yet perfect.)
Music: mostly digital
Desired: a decent USB turntable So i can play thru pc BUT i want to leave the inherent flaws of the LP intact. takes up far less space than the jerry rigged phono now
i use jerry rigged ( reference to ww2 germany)  alot more polite vs afro engineered lol.
Kinda also desire  a great standalone amp But Need to build a rack for the equipment. will wait until procedure tuesday, and following ankle surgery are complete.
May also Repurpose the free imac g4 into a media server. again yay goodwill lol.
Anyhoo back to thread
Aaron
lookin fwd to re arranging the jbls and running YPAO again.. dammit i think the jerry rigged phono s belt is stretching. :/ beatles dont sing in that octave lol

Now that I think about it I've also got several tape decks. Most noteworthy is the auto reverse Nakamichi as seen in the film "9 1/2 Weeks." Heh.

Quote from: Rallyfan on October 24, 2015, 02:10:58 PM
Current audio stuff spread everywhere:

Amps:
2 Technics SU-V integrateds
1 integrated valve amp
1 Sony receiver
1 Tandberg receiver
1 Tandberg pre amp
1 Tandberg power amp

Sources:
Nowadays, digital!
1 Tandberg CDP
1 Rega Pkanar 3 turntable with RB300 tone arm and Shure cartridge

Tuners:
1 Technics
1 Dynaco FM3 valve tuner

Speakers:
1 pr Sony stage monitors
1 pr JBL
1 pr Acoustic Energy
1 pr Celestion

Phones:
1 AKG K44
1 Grado SR60
1 Sennheiser buds for my phone

There's also other stuff around. Life is messy.

Yikes, I got lots of the same. Except my only Tandberg is a pair of Reel to Reel model 6 and 64.
The Technics su-v7 I believe I still have - I cant find it in my stowage.
I have Dynaco pas3 and st70.
I have 2 Yamaha Z9, 1 V1 ,1 dsp3090, dsp e700, a denon avr 1910 and 2807, Nak Pa7, 2 pairs of Carver amazings, EV sp12b, B&W 802 S2, B&W 603 s1, B&W PCS8/FCM8, pair of ESS amt 1b's, empty EV Georgians with all the components on boxes, tons more amps speakers etc etc.

Cool.
Buddha.

Quote from: Rallyfan on October 24, 2015, 03:55:16 PM
Now that I think about it I've also got several tape decks. Most noteworthy is the auto reverse Nakamichi as seen in the film "9 1/2 Weeks." Heh.

I picked one of these, fixed it and flipped a yr or 2 ago.
I am somehow not that impressed with these huge mechanisms that do all these and make espresso ... Somehow the espresso wand gets stuck in the cassette tape and all of it jams up and causes grief.
Cool.
Buddha,.

Definately visiting lol. Oh something i forgot originally. Tv Shows during childhood.:
lets see there was Mash in syndication as well as Lost in space.
the carol burnette show. hated it then i kinda laugh now lol.
the partridge family
the brady bunch
andy griffith show ( in syndication for ages lol)
all the game shows. i do remember us getting cable tv mid 80s. and the birth of MTV. ( *cough Max headroom lol*)
Oh and Soullllllll train ! lol
Aaron

QuoteNak Pa7,.... B&W 802 S2

Buddha,

In my view, a Nakamichi PA7 driving B&W 802s and fed by something era-appropriate, like, say, a Mission DAD CDP or for analog a Linn Sondek, Linn Itok, Linn Karma or better still an Oracle Delphi, all through a modular Meridian pre. is a late 1980s reference system!

From that era few amps kept up with the PA7. The Luxman MO-5 comes to mind. Other amps were sweeter (Levinson ML2s) or weirder (Futterman H3aa Improved) but the current capabilities and clean sound combo was a real winner.

Those were the days.

As to the Technics, I've used them in everything from a teenager's bedroom (mine!) to... an actual disco. Unburnable with high efficiency speakers (for dance/pub use, the "in" speaker at the time was the Celestion Rock Box -- a 100 dB efficiency 10" woofer plus bullet tweeter that needed a grate in front of the bullet and the treble turned full down so nobody got their brains melted).

The Tandberg stuff is class. The receiver is Asian but the other 3000 series components are made in Norway, with Al chassis etc.

Your Carver Amazings are, well, amazing!

As to TV shows:

The Professionals. Lew Collins apparently discharged a shotgun in his living room in real life, and the show gave rise to a generation of guys that drove Ford Escorts wilder than Ari Vatanen on their way to the grocer's. Browning Hi Power, sideburns, explosions.

Magnum PI. The 308, the GMT-Master, the Pumas, the mustache, the Ocean Pacific scrotum shorts. You're a brave man if you leave the house like that today.

Rockford Files: $200 a day, plus expenses.

Battlestar Galactica: UFOlogy and xeno-theology for 10-year-olds.

Tales of the Golden Monkey: Poor kids' Indiana Jones. Bon Chance Louis. The evil princess. Shame about Stephen Collins but not the show's fault.

The Benny Hill Show. Nuff said. RIP.

Fawlty Towers: Basil for PM!

Not The Nine O'Clock News: a young Mr. Bean denounces Thatcherism.

Alexei Sayle's Stuff: an overweight Maoist Liverpudlian denounces... well... absolutely everything.

Oh cool forgot those lol ( cue up yakety sax Eh? lol)
Movies i was 2 when starwars came out, i Went to empire strikes back when it hit theatres, and theres ET. 1982 lol when drew barrymore was what 6?
Aaron

The Return/Revenge/Strikes Again Pink Panther sequels with Peter Sellers. Clouseau could wreck a city in moments. All the money.

Good stuff
I also remember the original star trek on tv. ohh the days lol.
Aaron

I was terrified of the Gorn who dueled Kirk unarmed on the mineral-rich planet (read: the usual spot out by the valley in SoCal...).

How about Hawaii 5-0?

Oh yeah hawaii 5-0. loved that show. can catch it sometimes on OTA tv

OTA TV is now fabulous because they show all that stuff!

think station is called Me-tv i dont see magnum pi tho. for the longest time i wanted ( still do) a ferrari 308. but if i get one at some point in the far future, will be a 77. ( its carbed) guy i go to church with has a ferrari 355 spyder.
beautiful car
Aaron

There's not just MeTV. Check out all the digital piggyback "extra" stations on 2, 4, 5, and 13. The latter plays 70s crime flicks too.

dont think ive access to those.
back to audio momentarily,
got 3 turntables the jerry rigged one, and the technics both have stretched belts and a fisher. for some reason it wont run. ( broken belt i assume)
the technics ill wait and get the proper belt for it.
but mcgyver and fisher i can use 1/4" wide by 6" rubber bands for a temp fix. can usually get a few hours out of this before they start to stretch. when they do this i remove them they go on to rubber band other things.
Tbh i hope to get a direct drive. but also want a usb turntable. would however have to get a pre amp. cause the yam does not have a phono input.
Aaron