[Rawrbington]

my god i never realized just how big the 1980 is!!!
 
WOW.
that room just looks warm and fuzzy.
 
 
how would i go about hooking up a sub with bookshelfs off my vintage yammie?
i don't have the sub yet but am about to start shopping.
what does it need to have in order to work properly with the vintage stereo receiver?

 

[BmWr75]

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x2, on a great setup. Liking the (original?) Maxell poster, and the mono blocks and speakers. What mono's and speakers are those?
 

The amps are Rogue Audio M-120s......120 watt monoblock tube amps.  
 
The speakers are homebrew.  I built them with the guidance of Zilch at AK (RIP).  The cabinets are vintage Heath AS-10s, woofer = JBL 127H-1 and tweeter = BMS 4555 compression driver mounted on JBL PT-D95HF masonite horn.  They have no passive crossover right now, so have to be bi-amped using an active crossover.  About $1000 worth of drivers in 1960s vintage cabinets I picked up for $10 and refinished myself.

 

[BmWr75]

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my god i never realized just how big the 1980 is!!!
 
WOW.
that room just looks warm and fuzzy.
 
 
how would i go about hooking up a sub with bookshelfs off my vintage yammie?
i don't have the sub yet but am about to start shopping.
what does it need to have in order to work properly with the vintage stereo receiver?

Easiest way is to get a sub that has speaker level inputs and outputs.  Then just run your speaker wires to the sub first and then from the sub to your speakers.
 

 

[cifani090]

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The amps are Rogue Audio M-120s......120 watt monoblock tube amps.  
 
The speakers are homebrew.  I built them with the guidance of Zilch at AK (RIP).  The cabinets are vintage Heath AS-10s, woofer = JBL 127H-1 and tweeter = BMS 4555 compression driver mounted on JBL PT-D95HF masonite horn.  They have no passive crossover right now, so have to be bi-amped using an active crossover.  About $1000 worth of drivers in 1960s vintage cabinets I picked up for $10 and refinished myself.

The speakers came out great! I wouldn't mind a pair.
 

 

[Lucsteva]

Hi all.  Thanks to cifani090 for pointing me over here.  I'd like to introduce myself and my current setup.  I am the proud owner of a Marantz 2235, and use it as a power amp for both my headphone listening and for listening thru my Mission MX-1's.  I really wanted to blend current tech with vintage power, and I'm extremely happy with the results thus far.
 
Again, thx cifani090 for letting me know about this thread.  I'm also on AK with the same username.
 
Lucas
 

 

[Lucsteva]

...the forum ate my post.
 
Thx to cifani090 for pointing me over here.  Just came to say hi.  Nothing huge, but I'm the proud owner of a Marantz 2235 and use it as a power amp in my current setup.
 
Lucas

 

[Rawrbington]

anybody have any cleaning tips for the face of this ratty pioneer?
alcohol?
or something else?
can i take the nobs off and soak them in alcohol?

 

[moodyrn]

Take off the face and knobs and soak them separately in a dish washer liquid solution over night(or several hours). It's gentle, doesn't do any damage and works wonders. You don't even have to do any scrubbing. You'll be amazed at what that water will look like after you pull everything out.

 

[mythless]

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Take off the face and knobs and soak them separately in a dish washer liquid solution over night(or several hours). It's gentle, doesn't do any damage and works wonders. You don't even have to do any scrubbing. You'll be amazed at what that water will look like after you pull everything out.

Indeed, just let the cleaner do it's job and gently take off the grime, especially where the letterings are.  Don't use alcohol.

 

[treal512]

 
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I have re-arranged a few things, and I took some fresh glamor shots, hope you all will indulge me...
 

Great Scott!! Maybe a panoramic picture next time? 

 
 
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...the forum ate my post.
 
Thx to cifani090 for pointing me over here.  Just came to say hi.  Nothing huge, but I'm the proud owner of a Marantz 2235 and use it as a power amp in my current setup.
 
Lucas

You can't just come over all willy nilly empty handed like that! Post a picture of that 2235.

 

[Chris J]

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Well here are a few pics. I haven't even cleaned her up yet. Still hadn't taken a look on the inside either. So the final result will look better than this(hopefully)
 

 
Thought I would use my new w3000anv to dress her up a bit.

Oooooh baby.
A friend of mine still has the 85 Watt version.
He bought it in 1978 and still uses it to power Infinity Quatum 5 loudspeakers.
 

 

[claybum]

Here's some eye candy (sorry for the fuzzy pic). I picked up this pioneer sa9800 a couple days ago on a whim. I will eventually use it in my living room rig when I get some speakers worthy of some nice amplification. For now I just listen to my LCD2 and my oh my it does sound terrific.
 

 

[Skylab]

Fluoroscan!!!!  Sweet

 

[treal512]

Bad A!!!!! It's the 9900 that doesn't have that sweet Fluoroscan, right? I am jealous, haha.

 

[moodyrn]

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Here's some eye candy (sorry for the fuzzy pic). I picked up this pioneer sa9800 a couple days ago on a whim. I will eventually use it in my living room rig when I get some speakers worthy of some nice amplification. For now I just listen to my LCD2 and my oh my it does sound terrific.
 

Very nice, congrats on the find!!