any vintages around?
Aug 15, 2007 at 1:40 AM Post #31 of 63
I have the Marantz 2270 which I recently bought. This unit first came out in 1971 and it is 70 watts per channel but probably more since they were converativly rated back then.

My other vintage audio gear is the Thorens TD 125 II MK which was made in 1972 in Germany. I love vintage stuff. My next goal is to get a vintage tube guitar amp
 
Aug 15, 2007 at 3:37 AM Post #33 of 63
I've got my cool BIC Venturi Formula 2 speakers... they are really efficient and I completely dig the sound of them. I bought them for $9. I ended up upgrading to $800 Infinity Beta 40 speakers. They still completely dominate the wimpy little Mission M70 speakers I'm using in my dorm room. Alas, but they're big (This is a picture from like 2004 or whenever I got them)
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I also have a Kenwood KR-710 receiver. It's nothing fancy, but I got it for $5, it's pretty compact, and powers my M70s pretty well.
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The crown jewel of my big-power receivers is the "Darth Opto", as previously owned by the head-fi demigod Jahn. It's an Optonica SA-5205, and it's gigantic. Headphone output whips around my 400-ohm K340s like a redheaded stepchild. I've never gone more than 20% up the volume knob. I don't know why they thought they needed that much power (or why it's one of the entry level models, my friend has an SA-5505 which is bigger and scarier) being that it's easily driven every speaker and headphone I've ever used with it.
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It's not super vintage, but I have an IBM "Model M" keyboard. The one pictured dates to 1997, although I also have one from the eighties. It's the same design as the original IBM Personal Computer keyboard. Instead of the wimpy rubber domes on a plastic membrane of modern keyboards, or the wimpier "scissors" mechanism on laptop boards, it has very heavy duty metal springs on the keys. It takes a strong touch to hit the keys on that baby, and it's loud, but a good typist like me is really fast on it. To be honest, it's packed for college right now, and I'm typing this on a Dell quietkey at like two thirds of my regular speed because I keep hitting stuff by mistake because the keys are so much less stiff. I got three 1997 models from my school when they threw out a whole box full of them (they are cool, half the keys have weird green symbols on them, and the enter key is orange). I also got a 1984 model (complete with detachable coiled cord) at a flea market for a few bucks.
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This is certainly one of the cooler finds, a trashpicked Fisher 500B tube amp. Sorry, no headphone out, but it does work. I looked into restoring it, but never really got around to it. It does drive speakers fine though, and looks cool, but I'm iffy about long term reliability without restoration first. It's in my parents basement as a "To do when I'm at a point in my life when I have the time and money to restore an amp" project
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And my vintage car, the 1989 Olds Custom Cruiser (yeah, it's 89, but the design is pretty much unchanged from 1977) with the 307ci CARBURETED oldsmobile V8.
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Aug 15, 2007 at 12:59 PM Post #35 of 63
that FM/ AM receiver was made in 2006... hahaha...

i got the wind up clock from an old clocksmith (he said its his really old stock and the box also tells me that) when i visited Malaysia and the fife from an antique...
 
Aug 15, 2007 at 2:06 PM Post #36 of 63
A lot of the spoons and forks that I use are from the family from the early 70's.

Also, my toothbrush is vintage too from 1973......just kidding on that.
 
Aug 15, 2007 at 4:53 PM Post #39 of 63
Not really old OLD, in terms of years. However, for CDs, it's as early as one can get.

Currently in my inventory, a J-pop CD from Seiko Matsuda issued by CBS/Sony on October 1, 1982, the first day CD became available commercially. Yes, the CD format will be celebrating its 25th anniversary later this year. Back to the CD....it has the catalog number of 35DH-3 (35DH-1 being the first J-pop CD released ever). I also have 35DH-5 coming in the mail.

Otherwise, I have a good number of early CDs from 1983 and 1984.
 
Aug 15, 2007 at 5:21 PM Post #40 of 63
A few vintage electrostats...

Stax SR-X Mk3 (1976) and Mk2 (1972)
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Micro Seiki MS-2 (mid 70's)
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Stax SR-3 (1968) like new
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Stax SR-3 "New" (1971)
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Stax SR-Sigma (1977)
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Stax SR-5 (1970)
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Stax SR-Lambda (1979)
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Beyer Dynamic ET1000 (1976)
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Suprex PEP-74 (early 70's)
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Koss ESP-6 (1968)
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Aug 15, 2007 at 9:33 PM Post #42 of 63
OOH the Darth Opto lives on! Nice one Taylor! Yeah, that thing's a beast.

Me, I kinda try to get everything vintage. If by vintage you mean "cheap and used" hehe.
 
Aug 15, 2007 at 9:56 PM Post #43 of 63
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Beautiful, I'm envious. Which do you consider the best bang for the buck?


They are all very different, both in sound quality and price, but the SR-3 New can be had for about 60$ and they are great for that price. All vintage cans sound different to the current stuff due to a rather drastic change in priorities but any of these are very musical and the SR-Lambda is one of my favorite cans of all time.
 
Aug 16, 2007 at 4:24 AM Post #44 of 63
nice stuff spritzer, i dig the superex and the koss with those frankenstein bolts.
 
Aug 16, 2007 at 12:25 PM Post #45 of 63
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Originally Posted by spritzer /img/forum/go_quote.gif
A few vintage electrostats...

Stax SR-X Mk3 (1976) and Mk2 (1972)
sr-x_mk2_and_mk3.jpg


Micro Seiki MS-2 (mid 70's)
ms-2_1.jpg


Stax SR-3 (1968) like new
biggrin.gif

sr-3_1.jpg


Stax SR-3 "New" (1971)
new_sr-3_2.jpg


Stax SR-Sigma (1977)
sr_sigma_3.jpg


Stax SR-5 (1970)
sr-5_1.jpg


Stax SR-Lambda (1979)
sr-lambda_1.jpg


Beyer Dynamic ET1000 (1976)
ET1000_1.jpg


Suprex PEP-74 (early 70's)
suprex_pep-74_2.jpg


Koss ESP-6 (1968)
IMG_0842.jpg



man i love vintage designs.. i think thats one reason why i got Grados...
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things back then were made to last dont you think??
 

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