will1066 - 2009-06-30 17:04
Just wondering if any of you guys and gals who love portable gear also have a "big rig" at home?
you will have to translate for us UK folk mate
Got a home kit?
Very much so. A couple, actually.
#1: The Pioneer Lounge
SX-838 receiver, 1974
PL-518 turntable, 1978
SR-202W reverb, early '70s
PDR-509 CD recorder, 1997
Akai GX-260D reel-to-reel
Boston A-100 speakers I got for free from craigslist. Gotta tell you the story some day.
#2: not yet named. All its components are from thrift stores:
Sansui G-6700 receiver
Sanyo TP-825D turntable
Nakamichi CR-2A cassette
Technics Sl-PD 947 5-CD changer with pitch control
A/D/S L-570 series 2 speakers
& various other goodies not in systems yet.
Oh yes, just posted the list in another thread..
I've since built new racks for the equipment. The Akai GX-630D-SS has been replaced with an Akai GX-620 and soon an Akai GX-636. There is now a Pioneer RT-707 7" open reel deck in there, as well as multiple dbx processors. A lot of the newer equipment to the right has been sold off due to lack of space.
Here's whats in the CURRENT current setup:
Pioneer SPEC-1 Pre-Amplifier
Pioneer TX-9500 II Tuner
Pioneer CT-F8282 Cassette Deck
Pioneer CT-F1000 Cassette Deck (just re-capped)
Pioneer RT-707 Open Reel Tape Deck
Pioneer SG-9500 Graphic Equalizer
Pioneer JT-215A Timer
Pioneer RG-1 Dynamic Range Expander
Bose 1801 Stereo Power Amplifier
Technics SL-110 Direct Drive Turntable System
Kyocera 310 Compact Disc Player
Nakamichi DRAGON Cassette Deck
Akai GX-620 10.5" Open Reel Tape Deck
Akai GX-636 10.5" Open Reel Tape Deck
RtR 280DR Speaker System
dbx 224x Type II Tape Noise Reduction System (compander)
dbx 120 Dynamic Sub-Harmonic Synthesizer
dbx 3bx
I don't know how I fit it all, honestly. I've been told it's like an jet plane cockpit. Being 20, all of this equipment is older than I am.
ha ! McDude, you still got that Dragon ! congrats !
me in use right now:
set one (lounge):
Thorens TD145MkII with Goldring cartridge
NAD 3022 E amp
Nakamichi LX-5 tapedeck
Harman Kardon HD7400 CD-player
Onkyo SC60 MkII speaker
set two (my room):
Thorens TD124MkII with SME3009MkII and ShureV15MKIV cartridge as recordplayer
Technics SU-9600 pre-amp (soon be replaced by a vintage Heathkit SC-1 tube-preamp)
HarmanKardon HK-250 tube power-amp (4x6l6)
Nakamichi RX-505 tapedeck
Revox B77 reel-to-reel
Pioneer PDA509 audio-cd-burner
Cabasse Sloop M2 speaker
all my other goodies are shelved away...
Some nice rigs listed here!
Nice pic of that classic Pioneer setup, Macdude!
Personally, I have three component systems setup in my house.
1) Living Room: Ironically, this one has the weakest amp of the bunch as the emphasis there is surround sound for the TV, not necessarily thumpin' audio. I have a have bottom-of-the-line A/V receiver hooked up to vintage JBL L80T speakers, and a center and rear setup to give 5.1 surround. Components plugged into that are my Pioneer LaserDisk Player (which is also a 5-disc CD changer), VCR/DVD combo unit, cable box & the Nintendo Wii. One cool thing about the system in the LR is that I came into the house with a bunch of cables & a ladder before they put in the drywall and ran an industrial grade RCA from where the DJ studio is to where the LR system is. So, I have my studio rig (zone output on the mixer) plugged into the LR amp's TAPE-IN so I can monitor the sudio out there.
2) My DJ Studio! This is my "favorite" rig, consisting of:
Amps: Yamaha C-45 Pre- and M-50 Power amps
Speakers: Tannoy Proto-J speakers
Tape Decks: Nakamichi 582 & and RX-505
Reel To Reel: Akai X200-D
Turntables: 2x Technics 1200 M3D
DJ Mixer: Behringer DX 1000
CD Player/Recorder: Phillips CDR775
HiFi VHS: Panasonic NV-F55
Equalizer: Sansui SE-8X
Tuners: Sansui TU-717
And a self-assembled Athlon 2.6G PC w/10k RPM HD that runs Rane Serato and to which I can record vinyl to convert to WAV & MP3.
3) The Desk/Office system. this one is actually in the same room as the one above, but on the other side of the room. I just can't get myself to sell this stuff, so I set it up and use it for my computer speakers and to play tapes while I work. Occasionally, I plug a portable CD player into this one.
Integrated Amp: Sansui AU-D77X pushing small Infinity RS-1 speakers. (I know, the amp is WAY overkill, but it's also a backup in case anything goes wrong with the living room or the studio amp). Also, a Nakamichi RX-303 tape deck.
Yep, still got the Dragon. Thanks for the kind words, gentlemen.. not too many people appreciate hi-fi anymore.
JT, are those Grado SR-60's I see?
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Originally posted by Macdude443:
Yep, still got the Dragon. Thanks for the kind words, gentlemen.. not too many people appreciate hi-fi anymore.
JT, are those Grado SR-60's I see?
Good eye! They're SR-80's... with upgraded full leather head band.
Oo La La. My friends and I all have SR-60's. We're all poor.
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Originally posted by Macdude443:
Oo La La. My friends and I all have SR-60's. We're all poor.
I love it! A poor man with a Nakamichi Dragon! LOL!
Well, at least you and your friends have good taste. Don't be too impressed. I had SR-60's too, and couldn't really hear much difference between the 60's and 80's.
I bought the 60's when one channel went out on the 80's. I asked for and got the leather band as part of that repair. Grado Labs repaired them for free, but I think I paid for the leather band (not sure how much).
I sold the 60's to a forum member at tapeheads.net as I also have several pair of DJ headphones. The Grados are my favorites, though.
I'd like to get an old pair of the two-way Pioneer headphones from the late 70's.
From what I hear (pun, ha), the SR-60's develop a rattle over time, known as "grattle" due to a crease in the diaphragm. They know of the issue but refuse to design them any other way. Pretty dumb, I think. But when they work, they're very nice.
I'm also a fan of the Sony MDR-7506. I have a pair of those for recording. The response is very flat. Sadly their developing a short in the left driver. Need to pop it open and repair it.
Love these set ups. Good to see the WM-D3 perched on the Nak JT.
I had some home theatre stuff 2 years ago, good for the kids but just not retro enough for my tastes. Currently aquiring the retro stuff I always wanted. Pioneer SX-1980 receiver, Yamaha NS-1000, all in storage waiting for front end but I just haven't seen anything that would suit. I've set my heart on the Marantz SD-9000 (pic below) but it will look odd with the Pioneer (70s vs 80s).
But there were no good seventies cassette players. Or rather, there probably were some but they haven't really survived.
I too love all this stuff. Actually I think I have too much at the moment...
CD Players: Linn Genki, Arcam CD 72T, Philips CD 634 (gave Marantz 63 KI sig to friend up north!)
Amps; Linn Majik IL. Arcam A75+, Sony TAF 170 B, Leak Stereo 30 x 2.
Tuners; Linn Pekin, Sony STS 370 tuner.
Recorders...Cassette Decks; Sony TCK 470B, Technics RS B605, Denon DR M12 HX. Minidisc Kenwood DM 3090. DAT; Tascam DA20 MKII
Record Decks; Dual CS 505-3, Garrard SP25 MKII, Technics SL 220,
Speakers; Mission 734i.
Subjectively, I think one of the best purchases you can make is second hand high or higher end HiFi such as Naim, Linn, Thorens and of Course Nakamaichi. Often they are still perfectly servicable many years after going out of production. And they sound rather nice, too.
im.out.of.hear - 2009-07-08 05:45
i`de love a pair of old Leak 3030 speakers..i bought and sold loads of pairs in the late 80s early 90s but they always had speaker rott,i used to just pass them on,but if i got a pair now i`de do a full speaker repair and give them some respect..
i also had a pair of wharfedale E30 a few years ago,they were nice,but they were never made for the modern amp,they were made for either valve amp or earlier 70s - 80s amps..
Thats one cool looking Marantz cassette deck there agent. It reminds me of my CT-F1000, so I'd think it would go nicely with your Pioneer, if that was your worry. I guess I'd agree with the "no good cassette player before the 80's" theory. One thing for sure, there was no metal capability on them until 79. I've had very few fantastic 70's cassette decks. The F1000 is an exception. She doesn't like to be pushed too hard, but will make a fantastic tape.
Shoot I have pics to show but, my work filters out picture storage sites so I cannot get to them right now.
My system now is, Audio Research SP16 tube preamp, Sunfire Signature II 625X2 amp, Legacy Focus speakers, wyred for sound DAC2, pioneer elite d9 sacd, and a laptop running flac into the w4s. Technics 1200 with a denon DL160 cartridge and a pro-ject phonobox seII. I just sold off my Jolida cd player when I got the W4s DAC2.
I will probably be selling off my McIntosh c-39 preamp since I dont use it anymore.
The legacy Audio Focus's are beautiful loudspeakers, a friend of mine saved up all his pennies to purchase a pair in rosewood about ten years ago. Vocals sounded amazing, and the lower end had so much authority. I saved an old Legacy Audio brochure that came with the purchase.
Retro, they don't suck that is for sure!!! For 3 12" woofers you would think the bass would be sloppy or loose but they definitely are not! Your right on with the vocals. They are a fantastic speaker and on the used market, even a better value LOL. No way could I afford them new.
THe new version of them start at $8000 USD!
I liked them better than my Polk SDA 1.2's.
I had a big basement and when I had it, I had carver amazing ribbons. They were also a great speaker but, they need room and my living room vs the basement is much smaller and they did not do so good in the living room. Then I had a set of JM labs 815, polk sda 1.2 and 2.3, vandersteen 3A, Tyler Acoustics reference monitor II, and settled in on the Leagcy. its amazing how different rooms will make or break a speaker!
HI all, You guys have some awesome impressive equipment. My main system is in my DEN. My audiophile part of system is all vintage 80's ( Hafler Amps, Preamp, Sony BioTracer Turntable ( HA HA yeah laugh at me ;-) with Dynevector moving coil cartridge, dbx EQ, dbx encoder/decoder for tape and dbx encoded vinyl discs, Nak LX3 (getting a Denon shortly) with a dbx CD player from early 89. Yeah love the early dbx equip. 79-89 prior to sell out in late 89 when quality fell and focus went to just pro/commercial applications.
Do have Yamaha home theater that shares duty with my main system Magneplanar speakers for fronts. Center is Yamaha and rears are Klipsch. Subs two 8in opposite sides of room ( I like the faster response time sound reproduction of everything but the really lowest freq. that two smaller woofers offer vs. on big one. Two 8 are close to a single 15 just cant go killer low glass window breaking range). A Dual 10 in powered sub for home theater.
PICTURES/DETAILS of my daily listening systems below link.
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Cris (AO) your Pioneer SX-1980 is the to die for most killer Receiver made IMO. Beyond lucky man.
270 watts/ch RMS @ 8 ohm. BRUTAL and Queen Mary II Ocean liner could use it for Anchor beasty heavy.
dbx
dbx, Inc. is an American producer of professional audio recording equipment. It was founded by David E. Blackmer in 1971. The original company goal was: "To get closer to the realism of a live performance." dbx manufactured only signal processing equipment until bought by BSR in 1979. From 1979 until 1989, the dbx ( separaete from BSR and equip. most of time) brand name was also used for consumer audio equipment such as speakers, CD players and amplifiers.
AND IN TRUE BOOMER DEDICATION ( well forced to use as HOME RIG due to now weight is 44 POUNDS (20 Kilograms) with speaker upgrade in stock cabinets to Mirage speakers now 3 way with crossovers ;-) There was NO way was gonna carry it outside weekends to work on car or yard or take to friends/beach at that weight! So here is my Dining room system ( Pic taken outside before speaker upgrade).
IT REPLACED ONE FAMILY MEMBER NOW BOOMER SITS END OF TABLE 
Sons are grown up now 
JVC DC-7 of course have to have classic Linear Turntable.
Here one of my stereo setup, a modified KT-88 tube amp, upgraded the design and capacitors, and using Quad Matched Premium Grade Psvane KT88-T, upgraded to Sylvania 6SN7GTB Chrome Dome Tubes and also psvane pre-amp tubes. Nakamichi dragon all CMOS switch IC's has been upgraded and deck rebuilted, reel to reel Tandberg 10xd rebuilted has also the rare dolby NR circuit builtin, but use DBX processor instead. Tuner Yamaha TX-1000, CD-Player newer Cambrige audio azur 840c, also using outboard 32bit DAC.
Sweet tube amp!!!! Here is a pic before I got the AR sp19
This is when I was running Tyler Reference monitor II with the optional bottom bins and before I got the D9 sacd
My home setup
Turntable
Acoustic Solid One to One with Dynavector 507 MKII tone arm and Roksan Shiraz cartridge.
Phono Stage
Rega IOS
Tape Deck
Nakamichi CR-7
Tuner
Ion FMT 1
Pre-amp
Spectral Audio DMC 15 S2
Power Amp
Spectral Audio DMA 100S II
Speakers
Peak Consult Princess Signature
All sitting on a HNE Systems granite rack
