Vintage Hi-Fi gear. Who's into it?

[Marshmallow Man]

Just sharing some eye candy. I went to a friends wedding at a Salvage company/gallery and saw this beauty for sale $1100 and its all yours supposedly a Vintage Montgomery Wards Airline Stereo



more at their webpage: salvageone.com

[CaptainQualude]

Thanks thats what I needed to know, my googling only produced a bunch of technical info and not knowing the names of these parts and what they control made it difficult to discern what I needed to search for. Alot of these sites just assume you know what a idler tire is and what its responsible for...I don't.

I'd bet there are DIY websites dedicated to Nakamichi cassette deck maintenance. I'm going to need to find something like that one of these days.

[BiH]

some of the stuff I got from my father in law, he was gonna throw it away during the move.



never saw this in person before, looks very cool and vintage.




tried to take a pic of the turntable model number but finger got in the way



and four speakers

[Rob.]

Found a local seller that had one of these new old stock signs for sale.
It was used as a dealer sign in the 70's and measure 16.5” wide and 5.5” tall
Its in mint shape ! check it out

[CaptainQualude]

some of the stuff I got from my father in law, he was gonna throw it away during the move.

Is that a SX-1080?

[VWVan]

If so thats a keeper!

[synthsis]

Looking for some help: I have a vintage Garrard Model 50 turntable that is in need of a needle/cartridge. I checked out a couple sites but can't seem to figure out which one I need.

Can someone point me in the right direction?

[CaptainQualude]

Looking for some help: I have a vintage Garrard Model 50 turntable that is in need of a needle/cartridge. I checked out a couple sites but can't seem to figure out which one I need.

Can someone point me in the right direction?

If you have a FB account you can get a lot of help from the link below.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/vintagehifiandstereo/

[Rob.]

Looking for some help: I have a vintage Garrard Model 50 turntable that is in need of a needle/cartridge. I checked out a couple sites but can't seem to figure out which one I need.

Can someone point me in the right direction?

http://audiokarma.org/forums/index.php

[gruppe-b]

'needle doctor' is good,too


i dig that reel-to-reel machine posted earlier ^^.i always liked those things

[synthsis]

So I pulled the Garrard apart and I see that I have a Ronette 105 cartridge with a rotating needle setup that does 33-45RPM on one side then 78RPM on the other. I found a guy on eBay who has the 78RPM needle listed, emailed to see if he has the other needle as well.

[speaker]

Here is ~10% of what I've collected. This is the Scott shelf (122, 233, 299, 299, 222, 272, 296, & 296) -

[CaptainQualude]

Here is ~10% of what I've collected. This is the Scott shelf (122, 233, 299, 299, 222, 272, 296, & 296) -

It's called hoarding!! LOL

I've got something on the way that will be here by mid-week. I'll post pictures up when it arrives.

[Dan337]

Just got this Rotel setup in my home office and figured I'd share. Speakers are KEF's. This replaces a cheap Denon receiver and Polk separates, and I couldn't be happier!

dc

[freedomgli]

That Rotel setup looks great!

[freedomgli]

My current IKEA EXPEDIT bookcase is no longer doing it for me so I'm looking for a decent forward facing option for storing and browsing through my collection of vinyl LPs. Here are the options I've discovered so far in order of ascending price:

slightly ghetto DIY rack using 1 sheet of plywood

slightly less less ghetto but still not pretty pre-fab rack from LPBIN

International Displays metal record stand (ships from UK?)

$650 stainless steel and wood industrial looking rack from loft3f

Any other readily available options I've overlooked? There's nothing at the local goodwill stores.

I'm not really finding exactly what I want so it looks as though I will end up having to go custom DIY to get what I want at a price I'm willing to pay for. I'll probably fab something similar to the loft3f unit but with the addition of drawers at the bottom or between the upper and lower levels to hold supplies. I need to decide whether to go with mild steel and get it nickel plated or if I should just go stainless.

[RENOG]

Totally love the Rotel set up, super sweet...

[Dan337]

Thanks for the kudos on the Rotel setup. I'm helping a friend who sells vintage gear get online with eBay and Craigslist, and he traded me these pieces in return.

He has had some very cool gear to enjoy before sale:























dc

[Minker17]

I have a Pioneer very similar to this. It's in my garage now. Was told it wasn't worth much. Opened it up and tapped in a 3.5mm jack so I could plug my phone into it.

Sounds great though!

[Numbersix]

Ooooh. I want that Yamaha. Bad.

[ChrisR18T]

I like that Onkyo!

[F1_Fan]

Damn, I'd like to have a Pioneer like that... my grandfather had one just like it. I used to spin the tuner dial back and forth.

[CaptainQualude]

Here's the newest piece of the collection, a Techniques SL-QL1 linear heavyweight turn table. That's a piece of cat hair that I missed when I took the shot.

[Dpaul04]

Here is my
TEAC A-2300S Reel to Reel - 20$
Technics SL-1200MK2 Turntable - Free
I had a toshiba receiver which you can see was replaced with a Technics SA-300.
My speakers are some two random Pioneers which you can slightly see. Both were complementary of my father.

[RENOG]

The multi driver tower speakers what are they, Polk Audio? Back when they were high end and did reference stuff....

[CaptainQualude]

The multi driver tower speakers what are they, Polk Audio? Back when they were high end and did reference stuff....

Yes, from back in Polk's heyday. SDA, SRS, or something along that line. They seemed to like multiple 6" drivers & a passive radiator.

[CaptainQualude]

Look at this crazy stack from one of my FB groups. Obsession with Marantz? LOL

[landon]

This is my Pioneer SX-939.

[patrikman]

My current IKEA EXPEDIT bookcase is no longer doing it for me so I'm looking for a decent forward facing option for storing and browsing through my collection of vinyl LPs. Here are the options I've discovered so far in order of ascending price:

slightly ghetto DIY rack using 1 sheet of plywood

slightly less less ghetto but still not pretty pre-fab rack from LPBIN

International Displays metal record stand (ships from UK?)

$650 stainless steel and wood industrial looking rack from loft3f

Any other readily available options I've overlooked? There's nothing at the local goodwill stores.

I'm not really finding exactly what I want so it looks as though I will end up having to go custom DIY to get what I want at a price I'm willing to pay for. I'll probably fab something similar to the loft3f unit but with the addition of drawers at the bottom or between the upper and lower levels to hold supplies. I need to decide whether to go with mild steel and get it nickel plated or if I should just go stainless.

I may have asked you in the OT vintage thread, but what is wrong with the Expedit that you don't like? All of the options you posted look like garbage and only hold a few dozen records.

Thanks for the kudos on the Rotel setup. I'm helping a friend who sells vintage gear get online with eBay and Craigslist, and he traded me these pieces in return.

He has had some very cool gear to enjoy before sale:



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Ooooohhh....a 9600. I have a 7600 and I love it. It needs a bit of work like the pots cleaned but everything works including the lamps as far as I can tell. The thing is, I've never seen another picture of one that has the rack style handles like the 9600 and mine do. What gives? All of the ones I have seen have the cheezy wooden surround. This worries me because one of the handles got damaged and I am trying to source another.

[CaptainQualude]

Ooooohhh....a 9600. I have a 7600 and I love it. It needs a bit of work like the pots cleaned but everything works including the lamps as far as I can tell. The thing is, I've never seen another picture of one that has the rack style handles like the 9600 and mine do. What gives? All of the ones I have seen have the cheezy wooden surround. This worries me because one of the handles got damaged and I am trying to source another.

Maybe maybe the rack handles were an option & not a lot of people had a need for them?

[patrikman]

Maybe maybe the rack handles were an option & not a lot of people had a need for them?

I am starting to think so. They unscrew from the sides. Maybe I should just buy that one on ebay that is listed for parts.....

[CaptainQualude]

I am starting to think so. They unscrew from the sides. Maybe I should just buy that one on ebay that is listed for parts.....

Does it have the rack handles?

[freedomgli]

I may have asked you in the OT vintage thread, but what is wrong with the Expedit that you don't like? All of the options you posted look like garbage and only hold a few dozen records.

I have too many records for my modified 4x4 Expedit and I don't like browsing for albums with the spine facing me. I'd much rather flip through records with the front cover facing me like when shopping at the record store. I've decided to expand upon the loft3f theme of stainless steel and wood but I'm going to make my top shelf 2-tiered and I'm going to add a drawer between the upper and lower section for accessories (record brush, stylus cleaner, cables). Instead of walnut I'm going to use a nice cherry wood to match my other furniture. This setup will easily handle 500+ albums. My only question is whether it will have built-in switchable LED lighting to make browsing records easier in a dimly lit music listening room.

[CaptainQualude]

My only question is whether it will have built-in switchable LED lighting to make browsing records easier in a dimly lit music listening room.

The LED lighting will be a nice & functional touch. You just have decide what temperature you want to go with, soft white (yellowish) or a pure white (5000k).

[Minker17]

While it's not vintage, my Mom had me carry an old TV of ours out of the house. We've had this thing ever since I can remember, but I never really looked at it since I got older.

I was surprised to see that it was a Goldstar. If you aren't ware, Goldstar was part of the merger with Lucky which eventually became LG in 1995. Like I said, it's not super old, but I have never seen a Goldstar anything.