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Dec 28, 2007 11:52:30 GMT
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well seeing as I got a love of retro cars, retro interiors in my house, and generally most things of the age when transisters were still new and were built singularly I thought id share some pics of my hifi setup with you.. yes I know its a mess at the mo, !!!  top is Skandia 8-track recorder-(used to have a player in the toyota 1000 but couldnt stomach the tunes so made my own) bottom is amerex all in one, radio-8-track player with an aux in connected to the slightly more modern Pc saving up to get some spendor speakers at the mo but got a long way to go  |
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Dec 28, 2007 12:40:59 GMT
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I vaguely remember DJing my dads cassettes and 8 Tracks in the early 80's  cool kit they don't make em like they used to. |
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 it doesn't matter if it's a Morris Marina or a Toyota Celica - it's what you do with it that counts |
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Dec 28, 2007 21:30:37 GMT
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looks sweet, ive got a soft spot for retro audio gear
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I must take a pic of my BSR 8-track player. I have it in my hi-fi stack because it's a brilliant conversation piece for those who notice it but I've never had any tapes for it.
Personally I avoid vintage transistor amplifiers though. When transistors were new they were noisy and designers hadn't quite got the hang of distortion. Plus single ended power supplies meant that there was usually a great big DC blocking capacitor in the line to the speaker which sucked away most of the "fi" in "Hi-fi".
When I was a spotty recent EE graduate many years ago I used to have a 1970s Amstrad amp that had died in which I'd retained the switchgear but fitted a dual power supply and two off-the-shelf MOSFET amp modules. Didn't cost much, sounded rather good, foxed my geeky friends into believing 1970s Amstrad kit was worth having(It wasn't!).
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"Jeremy Clarkson, a man we motor enthusiasts need on our side like Lewis Hamilton's F1 car needs a towing ball and a Sprite Musketeer" My motor |
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to be honest I was using the amp up until this weekend and loved the sound it gave, the belts in the 8-tracks need a change as its beginning to warble, the cartridge sticking out is on e of the fwe I never recorded over cause its Floyd-dark side of the moon. but at the mo its sitting unloved in the box room till I decide what to do with it due to getting a surround sound system and widescreen for the pc... man it makes the movies come alive !!!! so instead of a tatty back room I got the paint out had a clearout and now have this for my surfing time !!  |
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Last Edit: Jan 1, 2008 11:38:16 GMT by Deleted
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looks cool, I'm fairly certain my dad still has right retro muck at home.
fairly certain its some at the time very expensive sugden parts, but down to just an amp and 2 5 ft speakers
cool stuff.
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cool kit they don't make em like they used to. 
