[spritzer]

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Originally Posted by usc goose /img/forum/go_quote.gif nice stuff spritzer, i dig the superex and the koss with those frankenstein bolts.

The Koss is a brute, weighing in at nearly 2lbs. (830gr.) and the Suprex was the first affordable electrostatic headphone made. Both are classics but need some care to be useful today. You can use both of them with Stax amps (normal bias) if you replace the cable/plug.

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Originally Posted by fuzzy fuzzbucket /img/forum/go_quote.gif man i love vintage designs.. i think thats one reason why i got Grados... things back then were made to last dont you think??

Stax has always been very well made and thought out but the others aren't. You have a snowballs chance in hell of finding a 100% functioning Micro Seiki because the film dries out, the Koss models have foam inside the cups that breaks down an causes shorts and the Suprex was built by people that didn't really know what they were doing. It's easy to rebuild them and make them better, even much better as it the case with the Suprex. They are probably the best rock phones ever made with the right mods and slam like crazy. Who said that Grado was the best NY based headphone manufacturer...

 

[fuzzy fuzzbucket]

hahaha... i didnt say Grado 'was the best NY based headphone manufacturer'
hahaha i just meant the design. for one of the main reasons... hahaha

 

[spritzer]

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Originally Posted by fuzzy fuzzbucket /img/forum/go_quote.gif hahaha... i didnt say Grado 'was the best NY based headphone manufacturer' hahaha i just meant the design. for one of the main reasons... hahaha

I know you didn't say it but with so many Grado fanboys running around it was bound to cause some sparks to fly...

I like the Grado design but I like the Stax SR-X implementation better, since it is based on the original SR-1.

 

[3x331m]

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Originally Posted by uofmtiger /img/forum/go_quote.gif My Marantz 2220B with its handmade wood case:

Very nice work. It looks better than the original Marantz case.

How long does it take you to finish the job ?

 

[Sir Nobax]

My DT-550, except for the leather band (it's a bit loose) it is in Perfect state, and it's my main headphone too, the sound is truly amazing for such an old HP.

By guessing it would be 20+ years old, not sure of precise age though.

 

[Braver]

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Originally Posted by fuzzy fuzzbucket /img/forum/go_quote.gif man i love vintage designs.. i think thats one reason why i got Grados... things back then were made to last dont you think??

that's a nice collection indeed, very worthy of qouteing and taking up another page

my stuff:

on the right one of my 1971 Kef Cresta's, which really sound great for their size. used to be my granddad's, and they're still pretty much mint aside from 1 or 2 scratchs in the wood.
on the left my Dual 505-2, which should be from the mid-80's. feels 80-ish too, with all the plastic

 

[spritzer]

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Originally Posted by Braver /img/forum/go_quote.gif that's a nice collection indeed, very worthy of qouteing and taking up another page

indeed

 

[mariadoc]

WOW,
*Looks at desk*
The receiver: check
the wooden desk: check
the case: this is something i should make/get

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Originally Posted by uofmtiger /img/forum/go_quote.gif My Marantz 2220B with its handmade wood case:

 

[esuko]

Dual 505-3
Old turntable playing old songs

 

[uofmtiger]

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Originally Posted by 3x331m /img/forum/go_quote.gif Very nice work. It looks better than the original Marantz case. How long does it take you to finish the job ?

My dad made it in a couple of weeks. It took a lot of waiting to apply several coats of danish oil and the polyurethane finish.

 

[augustwest]

What a beautiful electrostat collection! . . . . .I love vintage stuff!

Myself, I have a Marantz 2285. I also have a number of vintage Rollei & Nikon cameras. I used to have a beautiful vintage Alfa Romeo sports cars, but was in an accident and that ended that.

- augustwest

 

[3x331m]

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Originally Posted by uofmtiger /img/forum/go_quote.gif My dad made it in a couple of weeks. It took a lot of waiting to apply several coats of danish oil and the polyurethane finish.

Marantz won't stay in business if they use that much labor to build their cases.

It's even more of a vintage when it's made by your dad... You're lucky.

 

[spritzer]

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Originally Posted by augustwest /img/forum/go_quote.gif What a beautiful electrostat collection! . . . . .I love vintage stuff!

Thanks, and thats not even all of them. So lets have some more:

Koss ESP10 (1977) with Stax SR-007 earpads

Stax SR-Sigma PRO (1987) 20 years old should qualify as vintage

Marantz SE-1 (mid 70's)

Magnavox 1A9217 (mid 70's)

Stax SR-Lambda Signature (1987)

There are some that I don't have any pictures of Stax SR-Lambda Pro (1982), Koss ESP9 (1971 or 72) and Stax SR-Gamma (1985) and yes I am an addict...

 

[uofmtiger]

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Originally Posted by 3x331m /img/forum/go_quote.gif It's even more of a vintage when it's made by your dad... You're lucky.

Very true!

I also have some Realistic HP-100s (the Super-T amp in the shot is not vintage):

 

[icantusefizz]

Got this kenwood tuner for 7 bucks off ebay. Just needs lighbulbs replaced but it sounds really good.

And the beast that is the Kenwood KA-7100. Really a good peice, got it for 70 bucks.

Soon these two will be paired up with some X-ls Speakers and an HSU sub. The equalizer i have hooked up is crap but the CD player is pretty nice so this thing stays glowing pretty much all the time. And considering the whole thing cost less than 150 bucks im really happy with it.

-Fizz