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post #1 of 44
4/18/10 at 11:00am
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Like it says, please forgive the indulgence but I had to share this with people who might actually care

I had a custom cabinet made for my Fisher KX-100. The KX-100 is a fine tube integrated amp, and also a truly excellent headphone amp. But I did not like the completely open look:




The pictures don't really show this but the faceplate is a little sharp, and while I love the look of tubes, this amp was not made to have its guts on display.

So a little internet research and I discovered a guy who makes custom cabinets for vintage Fisher gear. And I have to say I am very pleased with the results! Sorry for my poor photography, but here is my new KX-100:







This beauty is now ready for prime time!

Thanks for the indulgence
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post #2 of 44
4/18/10 at 11:25am
Pretty interesting how much more vintage it looks to the casual user the moment you put a cabinet on it XD
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post #3 of 44
4/18/10 at 11:27am
What a beauty!
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post #4 of 44
4/18/10 at 11:38am
very nice!!
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post #5 of 44
4/18/10 at 11:44am
Very authentic. It looks older, while mint at the same time.
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post #6 of 44
4/18/10 at 11:45am
They sure don't make stuff like that anymore. Vintage is wonderful.
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post #7 of 44
4/18/10 at 12:29pm
That is superb piece of workmanship and the amp looks well tasty.
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post #8 of 44
4/18/10 at 3:36pm
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Thanks guys! I truly appreciate the nice comments - I hoped some of my head-fi friends would fancy her

Really sounds great too - I'm putting together a fun retro-rig - vintage AKG K340's, Denon DP-59L, and the Fisher...lots of fun! The KX-100 has a very nice phono-stage onboard.
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post #9 of 44
4/18/10 at 3:54pm
I'm sick....In the 1970's I sold mine for $45.00....... Congrats to you!!!!
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post #10 of 44
4/18/10 at 3:57pm
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Ouch! Yeah they go for about 10x that now
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post #11 of 44
4/18/10 at 5:57pm
Indulgence easily granted

Very tastefully done and beautiful to boot.
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post #12 of 44
4/18/10 at 7:39pm
Looks classy and big. Grats grats grats.
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post #13 of 44
4/18/10 at 8:21pm
Oh very nice! I fancy her and would like to take her on a date..
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post #14 of 44
4/18/10 at 8:25pm
That looks amazing! Dad bought a KX-100 after he heard my McIntosh. It is indeed a fine piece of equipment. The main advantage of the Fisher is that the output tubes are self-biasing, whereas I have to adjust my MAC 1500 every other time I power it up. Also, I've heard from a repair person that the phono preamp on the 1500 is inherently flawed so I'd have to use something else if I ever get into vinyl.

Sound-wise I prefer my McIntosh but I did put a massive amount of work into overhauling it and tweaking the sound to my needs.
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post #15 of 44
4/18/10 at 9:25pm
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Yeah the nice thing for me is that this KX-100 had already been overhauled before I got it, so it is in good shape, and a real silent runner too, which is amazing to me, given how many modern tube amps I have heard that hum. Not the Fisher!

In spite of having a large tube collection I did not have any 7868's, so I had to track down a few back-ups, but that wasn't very hard. I'm actually thinking I need to use it with not just headphones, so thinking of finding some vintage speakers to use with is - maybe some Klipsch Heresy's, or something like that
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