Vintage Equipment
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Satchmo2go
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Satchmo2go
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Last one...
Satchmo2go
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Not a bad gift for a budding vinyl enthusiast! I hope my (new) 21 yo step daughter loves this as much as I do!
LiamGallaghersBucketHat
Go on, geezer.
That’s an excellent way to start out!
Gavaxeman
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So thanks to @Black Sheep Audio for the invite ..so here’s the story from 74
The original Hitachi SDT 2690R was my dads , brought new around 1975.. it was his pride and joy and I was NOT allowed near it ! Eventually I had my own slightly lesser Hitachi all in one before moving on to a Pioneer multistack with my first job and the arrival of CD’s.
When I brought my first house as a bachelor pad , I had my own music room , and Dad donated his original Pride and Joy as he had moved on to CDs and I still had both vinyl and CDs ...so I used it a fair bit as it’s got a great sound. Sadly one day a bit of smoke started come out of the speaker ports one day , so I stopped using it! It sat forlorn for a few years ...
When I moved house for a third time I had no room for it , so I offered it back to my Dad for safe keeping ...unknown to me he hid it in his office at work ! To avoid my Moms gaze ....
Queue further house moves to where I am now, Mom and Dad moved about too...he eventually had to confess he’d kept the old warhorse and sent it to a charity shop when he moved jobs.
So when he retired last year I decided to see if I could track down a working Model as a present for him...which I did for £40 ..another £80 for a service, clean , new stylus and bulbs..and here she is. ready to pass on....
Except ,.he doesn’t want it ! Fear of mom strikes again ..on pain of death can he accept it ! So his loss, my gain ..... original speakers long gone but my Acoustic Energy’s have two inputs so it plays wonderfully thru them ...not bad for 46 year old tech ...think they were around £350 new
The original Hitachi SDT 2690R was my dads , brought new around 1975.. it was his pride and joy and I was NOT allowed near it ! Eventually I had my own slightly lesser Hitachi all in one before moving on to a Pioneer multistack with my first job and the arrival of CD’s.
When I brought my first house as a bachelor pad , I had my own music room , and Dad donated his original Pride and Joy as he had moved on to CDs and I still had both vinyl and CDs ...so I used it a fair bit as it’s got a great sound. Sadly one day a bit of smoke started come out of the speaker ports one day , so I stopped using it! It sat forlorn for a few years ...
When I moved house for a third time I had no room for it , so I offered it back to my Dad for safe keeping ...unknown to me he hid it in his office at work ! To avoid my Moms gaze ....
Queue further house moves to where I am now, Mom and Dad moved about too...he eventually had to confess he’d kept the old warhorse and sent it to a charity shop when he moved jobs.
So when he retired last year I decided to see if I could track down a working Model as a present for him...which I did for £40 ..another £80 for a service, clean , new stylus and bulbs..and here she is. ready to pass on....
Except ,.he doesn’t want it ! Fear of mom strikes again ..on pain of death can he accept it ! So his loss, my gain ..... original speakers long gone but my Acoustic Energy’s have two inputs so it plays wonderfully thru them ...not bad for 46 year old tech ...think they were around £350 new
B
Black Sheep Audio
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Certainly WAY better looking than any 330C I was looking at on Eb. I missed one for $90, but then found the McIntosh semi locally.
B
Black Sheep Audio
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Just a lovely unit and unique, It's the the only one I have ever seen. No Aux in ?
Gavaxeman
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Yep..it’s got an aux in..used to run a CD player into the old one ..that might have blown it up !
ByersVinyl
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oooh I will play
So here’s my Dual 1219
JVC Receiver (i just like to look at and occasionally play radio on)
CastleSevern II speakers which i love like my own children....c
I do really need to take top of that receiver and lightly hoover away the tonne of dust it has collected.
So here’s my Dual 1219
JVC Receiver (i just like to look at and occasionally play radio on)
CastleSevern II speakers which i love like my own children....c
I do really need to take top of that receiver and lightly hoover away the tonne of dust it has collected.
trickyseven
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That's awesome. I've got my dad's old Dual 1215 and am probably going to be sending it out for a tune up to anchor a second system. What cart do you have on your 1219?
I’d think so. Do be prepared that it may need maintenance/service especially if it has been sitting unused for an extended period.
ByersVinyl
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Shure M91 and i did have a local dealer with a big box of the original Shure Hi-Track styluses i can buy for £50
But recently (ish) i finally had to scratch an itch and i bought a Jico SAs stylus for oooh around £120. Too many gushing stories of the combo to ignore - And tbh am delighted with results.
Looks like a Shure M91ED.
@ByersVinyl You can probably make money in those styli if they are genuine Shure. Dole them out one by one on eBay.
bdm105
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Thanks yeah it might. I know it powers on and the lights for the radio tuner work so it's promising
Satchmo2go
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get the exact model # and check out audiokarma. good folks over there.
Also @HiFi Guy the guy who duped me turns out he is SUPER famous on audiokarma and I am not alone. There's an entire thread about the guy. Anywho, my neighbor works for the FPI Fraud dept. and I am going to pay him a visit about said issue. Turns out this guy has done this 1000's of times.
Pretty shitty, to say the least. I hope the FBI is interested and catches up with him.
bdm105
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Yeah I put the exact model I believe