Post by michaelw on Nov 17, 2020 8:48:09 GMT 12
What's a Basic Amp Controller ?
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Classic 1970s SANSUI 'Black Face' series solid state integrated amplifier:
AU-20000 (1975-77) - Professional Series: - 170 Wpc into 8Ω - Frequency response: 10Hz to 50kHz - Total harmonic distortion: 0.05% - Damping factor: 80 - Weight: 23.6kg  
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Post by Owen Y on Dec 11, 2020 12:06:22 GMT 12
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Post by michaelw on Dec 11, 2020 13:07:59 GMT 12
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Miscell. gratuitous hifi pics Jan 10, 2021 20:56:12 GMT 12
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Post by Owen Y on Jan 10, 2021 20:56:12 GMT 12 Sansui CA-2000 Stereo Pre-amplifier (1977-79) Sansui BA-2000 Stereo Power Amplifier (1977-79) Power output: 110 watts per channel into 8Ω (stereo) Frequency response: 5Hz to 100kHz Total harmonic distortion: 0.03% Damping factor: 70 DarkLantern blog - darklanternforowen.wordpress.com
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Post by Owen Y on Jan 10, 2021 20:59:51 GMT 12
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Miscell. gratuitous hifi pics Jan 15, 2021 13:32:50 GMT 12
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Post by Owen Y on Jan 15, 2021 13:32:50 GMT 12 YAMAHA M-2 (1979-82) 240 Watts per channel Frequency response: 1Hz to 100kHz Total harmonic distortion: 0.004% DarkLantern blog - darklanternforowen.wordpress.com
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Post by michaelw on Jan 15, 2021 13:58:17 GMT 12more Yammie  
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Post by raveydave on Jan 15, 2021 14:06:44 GMT 12
That Yamaha looks like an Aztec version of the Nagra PMA.
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Post by Owen Y on Feb 26, 2021 14:28:19 GMT 12
A scene from the 1960s(?)
Name the turntable in the front-centre, please  
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Post by michaelw on Feb 26, 2021 15:07:38 GMT 12
I know that one !
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Post by Citroen on Feb 26, 2021 15:45:20 GMT 12
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Post by Owen Y on Feb 26, 2021 15:50:48 GMT 12
This is an old one, but worth a re-airing....
Former Russian Prime Minister & President Dmitry Medvedev had a nice (vulgar?) hi-fi music system. To save you all a heap of googling... 1. Avid Acutus Reference Turntable + Avid PSU + Avid HiFi Pulsar Phono Stage, 2.Technics RS-1700US Tape Deck, 3. Naim CDX2 CD Player, 4. Daniel Hertz M1 Speakers, 5. Daniel Hertz M5 Telikos Mono Block Power Amp 6. Daniel Hertz M6 Preamp.  
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Post by michaelw on Feb 26, 2021 16:56:09 GMT 12
Vulgar indeed...
Bloggers seemed unimpressed by Medvedev's choice of audio equipment, much of it made in Britain (including a bespoke Avid Acutus Reference SP turntable, made in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, and two Swiss-made Daniel Hertz M1 speakers, costing a cool $75,000 a pair, it was estimated.) One blogger, yarosh, declared: "The experts I've talked to tell me this is a bit of a vulgar stereo complex. There's nothing special about it. You can find something cooler and cheaper in Russia and, most crucially, with a superior sound. Didn't this guy used to have a full Naim system ?
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Post by Owen Y on Feb 26, 2021 20:42:19 GMT 12
Maybe you're thinking of Putin
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Post by raveydave on Feb 26, 2021 20:53:41 GMT 12
Surely, being Russian, they mean “Volga”? 🥸
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Miscell. gratuitous hifi pics Mar 19, 2021 13:04:09 GMT 12
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Post by Owen Y on Mar 19, 2021 13:04:09 GMT 12 PIONEER system (c. early-late 80s) Pioneer Exclusive 2401 Twin Studio Monitors Pioneer Exclusive M-6 Monaural Power Amplifiers Pioneer Exclusive C-3 Pre-Amp Pioneer PL-70 Turntable DarkLantern blog - darklanternforowen.wordpress.com
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Post by cartridgeguyonline on Mar 19, 2021 13:57:54 GMT 12
I would be willing to bet that system would still sound good today ?
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Post by michaelw on Mar 19, 2021 15:11:15 GMT 12
Did it sound good back then ?
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Post by Citroen on Mar 19, 2021 15:19:23 GMT 12
I bet it DID!
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Post by foveaux on Mar 24, 2021 9:17:49 GMT 12
"I see music as a lifetime affair." [Rory Gallagher]
"Free - I miss that band, but when I look back, we were very young" [Paul Rodgers]
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Miscell. gratuitous hifi pics Mar 24, 2021 9:32:21 GMT 12
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foveaux likes this Post by michaelw on Mar 24, 2021 9:32:21 GMT 12VAC re-issues 
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Miscell. gratuitous hifi pics Mar 24, 2021 11:23:51 GMT 12
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foveaux likes this Post by Owen Y on Mar 24, 2021 11:23:51 GMT 12
I read that the VAC 'Marantz Classics' were totally authentic recreations of the original late-50s/early-60s Models 7/8B/9 - under agreement with Marantz.
Production ended in 1998 unfortunately, see - www.vac-amps.com/Marantz_Classics.htm The beautiful Marantz T1 (1994) is also a beautiful looking circuit. Even non-techies might appreciate the elegant & extravagant symmetry of it - 2 pairs of 300Bs driving a pair of 845 output tubes. With another pair of 845s providing rectified 970 volts DC for the output tubes. Balanced push-pull from front to back. Transformer-coupled throughout, with an input transformer in addition to output transformer. That's 4 signal transformers, a power transformer & 3 smoothing chokes. That's just one-channel A modern interpretation of how the best amps used to be made.  DarkLantern blog - darklanternforowen.wordpress.com
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Post by Owen Y on Apr 9, 2021 11:58:27 GMT 12 Nakamichi 1000ZXL Limited deck + Thorens Reference TT (In such illustrious company, the loudspeakers look a bit pedestrian, do you think?) DarkLantern blog - darklanternforowen.wordpress.com
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Post by michaelw on Apr 9, 2021 12:52:35 GMT 12
Poor setup too !
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