Gorgeous! What's the sound sig like?   Quote:  

LOL   Quote:  

Thanks, scottie, it's performing very well. Powerful, transparent and spacious, so I'm liking it a lot. The tone controls seem to have been implemented well, so even the loudness makes sense in some recordings! Love those VU-meters going back and fro while I'm working... Bass is very good. I...

I know about their tape decks (the vintage knob has a nice on-line collection), but in terms of amplifiers and other separates they never did as well (saleswise) as the really big names in Europe, did they? Or perhaps I just never paid much attention to the brand. Esoteric seems to be pretty...

Aha, now that makes sense.   Quote:  

Will do, but I haven't hooked up any speakers yet. And I don't think I'm going to fiddle with the insides... I don't trust myself with a soldering iron.   Quote:  

And it's got this cool reverse stereo switch (I guess for if you wire the speakers the wrong way?)   Playing with it and listening to it, I don't think it's in the same class as the kenwood ka7002, but it's more involving in a way. Maybe because it's a bit 'lighter' than the kenwood. It is...

Well, the teac bx500 arrived and except for a faint crackle in the volume pot which appears now and then it is in the condition the seller promised me it would be in. That is to say, very good, all the pot meter (alps) are fine, no channel imbalance, the vu meters work and so do the lights. With...

I think I'll use it at the office, while my kenwood ka7002 gets revised.

I decided to take a gamble on a brand that is only seen as a major brand in australia afaik: TEAC. I bought a TEAC bx500 for the measly sum of 25 euros. It's supposed to be in a good state (guy who sells it knows how to maintain audio gear) and a bit of a sleeper according to a number of euro...

Nice! What are the specs?

A pair of fostex r20v2 just showed up at the office today :), courtesy of leeperry from whom I bought these. Plugged them into the Kenwood and instant synergy happened. Fiddling with the tone controls is now even more important, but, boy, do these sound good! the kenwood has tons of power and...

Oh man, that just breaks my heart!

Quote: Got if from an Ebay ad for a kenwood/trio receiver (something 9600).    

I'd like a few of those... or just one...

I'd like a few of those... or just one...

I keep being amazed by the (seeming) (differences in sound signature of the kenwood ka7002. I would say that it is a warmish amp, as you would expect of an early 70s Japanese overengineered amp, but I am now listening to an audiophile recording of vivaldi's four seasons and I've had to lower the...

Oh wow, that's a hefty price already! But it is probably worth it and hifi equipment is much more expensive in Australia (sadly; when I worked in Canberra, I looked up a hifi shop to buy a pair of k701s, but declined when the shop owner politely informed me they would be $1000 AUD....). I have...

Nice! I've been on the verge of buying this one myself a couple of times. Am very interested to hear what a hybrid luxman sounds like. Do let us know!   Quote:  

that's not the issue. the issue is that the hifiman (not the computer) sometimes won't read the sd card.   Quote:  

Quote: Agreed. I also feel that specific discussion of the usage of tone controls of vintage gear is reasonable in this thread, but I will abide by Moodryn's decision as well.   Meanwhile, I am still struggling (in a pleasant sense) to make sense of the kenwood's sound signature. It...

To revisit the tone control/eq issue: I noticed that when I use my kenwood ka7002 I really need the tone controls to adjust the sound to different recordings. I am not sure why, but there seems to be much more sensitivity (for lack of a better word) with regard to differnences in recordings. The...

The good news is that I just heard from the repair guy that the sansui amp will be ready next week and that everything will have been fixed for a reasonable price. If that is the case, I'm gonna send him my other vintage stuff as well to clean, upgrade and revise.   That pioneer is a beauty...

I bought it through a local site (similar to craigslist in the states). I let the seller know, but he never responded. i paid only 50 euro's, but still... mostly, buying vintage audio from that site works just fine. This one time it didn't.   Quote:  

I had that happen with a sansui 555a. The seller put it in a large cardboard box (not a snug fit at all, the amp could move around) and that was it. the amp is now at a repair center to see whether it can be salvaged.   Quote: