[BmWr75]

Beautiful Rob!!

 

[Silent One]

Oh no! My computer monitor might be goin' out. 

 Usually, I'm able to delight in Skylab's photography - gear in all its detail and glory. Things look a bit veiled this evening...

 

[Skylab]

Yeah, sorry, those were not the best photos, huh? I need to take some with my real camera and not the iPhone...

 

[Silent One]

With Camera-gate out of the way 

... it's always nice see gear being released from Chicagoland.

 

[Maverickmonk]

iPhoto's asside, my god Rob. That's...that's beautiful. There are no other words...
 
 
In other news, I found out just how cheap dynaco ST-70 clone kits are...I'm tempted to risk electrocution, get one, and make a seperate power amp for my Marantz...

 

[moodyrn]

Very nice Skylab. How does it sound? Is the combo with the tube integrated amp to much tube goodness?

 

[Rawrbington]

Holy WOW
You're killing me Skylab.
im really jealous.
 
i had the opportunity to snatch up a Fisher 500B for 400$ and i just couldn't justify the drive without knowing more about the sound.
 
 
whats the specs on the 50-B?

 

[Silent One]

To be clear, it is indeed beautiful, Skylab. 

 

[mrarroyo]

Rob, you now need to borrow one of my K1000 to drive with that combo! I wonder how the SRD7 modified by Birgir would sound in that combo.

 

[Skylab]

Thanks for all the nice comments, guys! Much appreciated.

Moodyrn it sounds great! I have some nice FM stations here, fortunately, and so it is a pleasure to listen to. Yes, it's pretty tubey, but especially for FM this isn't a bother

Rawr, not sure of the specs. The 50-B is a nice stereo tuner, not the best Fisher even made, but a nice one. I especially like the EM84 "Magic Eye" tube used as a tuning meter, this is what really sold me on getting one - that and the fact that I was able to pick one up locally, in great shape, for a very good deal.

 

[KevinWolff]

I have a Denon AVR-3805 which is not really vintage, but I thought I'd ask the question here. I also have the Peak/Volcano headphone amp which I use for headphones, and right now I just use the Denon for home theater. However the Denon has a pure direct mode, and I was wondering if there was any advantage of using the Peak as a preamp to the Denon and connecting to the Denon headphone out.

 

[moodyrn]

No, I remember that receiver from just a few years ago. The peak sounds much, much better from what that denon has. That's a 2003-04 model isn't it?

 

[KevinWolff]

yes it is. Thanks!

 

[Trance88]

I just picked up a vintage Technics SA-200 off craigslist last week for 5 bucks!! Awesome little amp after drenching the pots in WD-40. It probably had the most oxidized controls I've ever experienced. Great headphone output. Gets plenty loud. I wish I could get specs on the headphone output as well as the speaker output.

 

[manveru]

Quote:

I just picked up a vintage Technics SA-200 off craigslist last week for 5 bucks!! Awesome little amp after drenching the pots in WD-40. It probably had the most oxidized controls I've ever experienced. Great headphone output. Gets plenty loud. I wish I could get specs on the headphone output as well as the speaker output.

 
$5!!? Lucky.
 
A quick Google search came up with these:
 
http://www.classic-audio.com/technics-sa200-p-422.html