Oh Yeah, I’m 72. Retired, physically limited, home too much, too much time on the computer obviously. Beats watching the news.
I remember the tough decision, 1964, age 16,:
Mono LP $2. or Stereo Version $3? My budget was $6./week, so 3 albums or 2 albums. Played on my brothers POC portable suitcase flip down TT
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/514747432383927703/?autologin=true
Got some wedding money, 1967, age 19, off to Sam Goody’s near Grand Central, big escalator upstairs: we got a Fisher 200T transistor receiver, AR2x speakers, and a not too special TT.
I got robbed one Christmas Eve, I missed those AR2x’s the most!
https://www.ebay.com/i/333632804579?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-117182-37290-0&am...
Prior beat up LP’s, some new LP’s but college student, married, child, paying my own way, borrowing money, working part time, so not much new stuff for many years. Cousin Brucie all night long when studying/doing projects at Pratt Institute. The Night Bird, Alison Steele
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Morrow
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alison_Steele
anybody remember "Money Talks, Nobody Walks, Denison Clothes, Route 22". over and over all night long.
I’ve got 3 of those fisher 80z mono amps, used them up until 2 years ago. all working perfectly. I added front toggle power switches and replaced 3 burnt resistors over their 62 years, that’s it, dead quiet still.
they came out of a Fisher President II I inherited. That’s what threw me into higher awareness of possibilities.
http://www.fisherconsoles.com/President%20II.html
It was new in the very brief period of Live Binaural Radio Broadcasts, just prior to Armstrong’s multiplex.
Console was dual mono: tune in fm mono tuner, CBS, left side of the stage. tune in am mono tuner, CBS, right side of the stage. Snap the console to ’Stereo Radio’, listening to live binaural broadcast. does anyone here have any experience with that?
current speakers are new enclosures with those drivers from that console, also 62 years old, horns original, re-coned 15" woofers twice.
It had a 2 track stereo tape deck, Viking, and I inherited some tapes as well. Wow, those 2 tracks are still the best source I have, now moved to Teac 4 track X2000R and new dual arm TT this year. Bought about 500 pre-recorded tapes on eBay, not much money, these things are 50-60 years old, still sound awesome.
I tested all of the tubes from that console every year just before thanksgiving. Paper bags, off to the electronic store, big tester, flip charts, people behind me waiting a looonnng time, my feet and back hurt it took so long.
my wife got me a birthday present, a compact tube tester, awesome
https://www.ebay.com/i/224025403851?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-117182-37290-0&am...
Inherited a Thorens TD124 with SME 3009. Rubber in arm shot, I wrote SME, they sent me new rubber and instructions.
Got Fisher Tube receivers along the way, a few 500c receivers and one 800c (same, added AM tuner)
8 Track in the car primarily, then dual cassette, then wait till CD players became affordable.
now, any chance I get, I go for high quality vintage, mixed with new when needed. not memories of my personal equipment, but memories of the era, pieces I certainly could not afford then.
Tube Tuner/Preamp 1962, McIntosh mx110z
SUT, Fidelity Research FRT-4
JVC large plinth TT81, new arm, vintage acos lustre gst801 arm
R2R Teac X200r
Office all vintage
B&W bookshelf speakers, Velodyne Sub, Carver Cube Amp, traded Bill my fisher 800c for a vertical tt Mitsubishi LT-5V, got it going perfectly
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Mitsubishi-LT-5V-Turntable-Original-Magazine-AD/133531898298?hash=item1f171...
I remember the tough decision, 1964, age 16,:
Mono LP $2. or Stereo Version $3? My budget was $6./week, so 3 albums or 2 albums. Played on my brothers POC portable suitcase flip down TT
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/514747432383927703/?autologin=true
Got some wedding money, 1967, age 19, off to Sam Goody’s near Grand Central, big escalator upstairs: we got a Fisher 200T transistor receiver, AR2x speakers, and a not too special TT.
I got robbed one Christmas Eve, I missed those AR2x’s the most!
https://www.ebay.com/i/333632804579?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-117182-37290-0&am...
Prior beat up LP’s, some new LP’s but college student, married, child, paying my own way, borrowing money, working part time, so not much new stuff for many years. Cousin Brucie all night long when studying/doing projects at Pratt Institute. The Night Bird, Alison Steele
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Morrow
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alison_Steele
anybody remember "Money Talks, Nobody Walks, Denison Clothes, Route 22". over and over all night long.
I’ve got 3 of those fisher 80z mono amps, used them up until 2 years ago. all working perfectly. I added front toggle power switches and replaced 3 burnt resistors over their 62 years, that’s it, dead quiet still.
they came out of a Fisher President II I inherited. That’s what threw me into higher awareness of possibilities.
http://www.fisherconsoles.com/President%20II.html
It was new in the very brief period of Live Binaural Radio Broadcasts, just prior to Armstrong’s multiplex.
Console was dual mono: tune in fm mono tuner, CBS, left side of the stage. tune in am mono tuner, CBS, right side of the stage. Snap the console to ’Stereo Radio’, listening to live binaural broadcast. does anyone here have any experience with that?
current speakers are new enclosures with those drivers from that console, also 62 years old, horns original, re-coned 15" woofers twice.
It had a 2 track stereo tape deck, Viking, and I inherited some tapes as well. Wow, those 2 tracks are still the best source I have, now moved to Teac 4 track X2000R and new dual arm TT this year. Bought about 500 pre-recorded tapes on eBay, not much money, these things are 50-60 years old, still sound awesome.
I tested all of the tubes from that console every year just before thanksgiving. Paper bags, off to the electronic store, big tester, flip charts, people behind me waiting a looonnng time, my feet and back hurt it took so long.
my wife got me a birthday present, a compact tube tester, awesome
https://www.ebay.com/i/224025403851?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-117182-37290-0&am...
Inherited a Thorens TD124 with SME 3009. Rubber in arm shot, I wrote SME, they sent me new rubber and instructions.
Got Fisher Tube receivers along the way, a few 500c receivers and one 800c (same, added AM tuner)
8 Track in the car primarily, then dual cassette, then wait till CD players became affordable.
now, any chance I get, I go for high quality vintage, mixed with new when needed. not memories of my personal equipment, but memories of the era, pieces I certainly could not afford then.
Tube Tuner/Preamp 1962, McIntosh mx110z
SUT, Fidelity Research FRT-4
JVC large plinth TT81, new arm, vintage acos lustre gst801 arm
R2R Teac X200r
Office all vintage
B&W bookshelf speakers, Velodyne Sub, Carver Cube Amp, traded Bill my fisher 800c for a vertical tt Mitsubishi LT-5V, got it going perfectly
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Mitsubishi-LT-5V-Turntable-Original-Magazine-AD/133531898298?hash=item1f171...