Kirkus - truly great thread here. Enjoying reading all about this 70's gear. This was a little before my time getting into high end. Back in the 70's, I was still with my HK 330c receiver not getting into separates until in the mid 80's.
Actually an interesting neighbor let me hold onto his Dyna MKII amp, Mac C22 pre, MR71 tuner, and Thorens TD124 TT w/SME tonearm in the late 70's. Not knowing a thing about tubes back then, I turned it on and wondered why it didn't come on immediately and why it sounded so terrible after 5-10 seconds and ran so hot. I gave my girlfriend the TT and she said, "what is this POS?" If only we knew......
Wish they had a long discussion like this about 1980's gear. That is my go to era in audio and when I made lots of purchases......
Actually an interesting neighbor let me hold onto his Dyna MKII amp, Mac C22 pre, MR71 tuner, and Thorens TD124 TT w/SME tonearm in the late 70's. Not knowing a thing about tubes back then, I turned it on and wondered why it didn't come on immediately and why it sounded so terrible after 5-10 seconds and ran so hot. I gave my girlfriend the TT and she said, "what is this POS?" If only we knew......
Wish they had a long discussion like this about 1980's gear. That is my go to era in audio and when I made lots of purchases......