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My everyday audio gear is a ReVox B780 without a dial face. Inside B780 the space was mostly reserved to FM tuner (with Dolby capability as an option) just as a ReVox FM tuner B760.

I bought a 1975 Technics SL-1300 and Rebuilt it. It turned out Fantastic, And I also put an NOS Stanton 881s/D81s II on it. I will keep this jewel.

Very helpful information here especially around 18 minutes in. Thank you.

Years ago I ripped my 1000+ cd collection on hard disk. I find that I have little emotional attachment to the physical disks although I still have them. In fact I like sitting at my computer and clicking through Foobar2000 playlists, Spotify and UA-cam.

I only by cd players from the future. 31st century. The future retro future ones.

I’m so glad I found you. It’s so nice so nice listen to self effacing humer along with tech knowledge to make your points. Do what you must with your equipment, but don’t loose your mind and listeners at the expense of end product. You’re a joy to watch and listen to.

I bought the following turntables in the last 2 years in order: an MCS $40, Technics SL1200MK2 $660, another SL1200MK2 $300 no head shell a month later, a Dual 246 $40, a Sansui SRxx $20 no head shell, a Pioneer PL500 $150, a Pioneer PL?? $60, B&O 7000 $330, a Marantz 660 for $650, a Technics SL1200mk2 $10 needs work, Pro-ject Perspex $1000, Lynn Sondek LP12 $1100 a Denon DJ $20 no head shell and needs work, another Denon DJ from Ebay arrived broken so it was free, a Gerard $30. I either sold or traded everything except for the mint Technics SL1200mkii for $660 and the Gerard. At some point I will sell the Gerard.

Not everything from the 70s and 80s was good.

I made a great many "mixed tapes" from this deck when I was 16. My dad gave this one away when he upgraded to a CT-F750. I really didn't understand tape decks back then. There was no "Dummies" book for these things, only audio magazine articles where they assumed you knew what the hell they were talking about. If I only knew then what I know now.

Are you drunk and drink not so much genwine

my boy has that tape deck he saves them ...me i am a reel to reel guy

Nice List I love cultisoraus erectis by BOC and the Metallica alblum is very good the other bands no clue I do remember in the Navy my good buddy loved Social D and Primus I thought he was crazy but I did end up liking Primus ,Sublime and other alternatives bands yeah in those days there were punk guys metal guys new wave guys etc I’m glad now days I can enjoy Jazz and rock and not have to hide my Donald Byrd behind my Supertramp or be ashamed that I like disco lol. Great video

Isn’t streaming affected by internet availability. My internet gets sketchy during peak hours.

Most of the Adcom tuners suffer from open trimmer capacitors in the front end . An easy fix .

the 2amp diodes are obsolete - use the 3amp ?

Why are all modern receivers just a black box? They are ugly. Receivers from the 70’s were beautiful. Something special.

Wondering if you can comment on your experience with Yamaha's loudness control and if that is a useful feature to be able to adjust the loudness profile?

have a 2235b and sx-727 . prefer the pioneer over all

I live in a large urban area and listen to several radio stations. All of them non-profit except for one all news station. Among some of those stations tho', the FM antenna is usually the weak link.

I'm still using my Technics SL-Q3 that I got in 1981, with a Technics Receiver and Speakers.

ABSOLUTELY, I own 3 vintage TTs, Yamaha DD, Technics DD, and a BIC 980, they've always worked for me, but then I'm not a beginner.

The original Sony PSI is still my favorite CD player. I’ve owned many higher end CD players over the years but the original PSI still sounds the warmest and most musical of them. Add a PS2 remote to it and one is all set.

I did, and they're amazing,

Try British amplifiers. Small and super strong. Like Cyrus 8 VS 2 +PSX-R. Forget about that smelly, messy, old, boxy, ugly, mass produced, vintage garbage. Discover the real HiFi.✌️

Finally someone sane in this genre. Cheers brother, like your straight to the point thoughts. Many others are acting like infantile clown, while talking about HiFi. Impossible to listen.

😂😂❤ you sounded so honest yet funny with sips of liquor between the recollection of despair moments 😂😅

I run a pair of Design Acoustics D2 and D6. Most new speakers just don't sound as good.

Soni cds players have a history of bad Lazer and hard to reaper

Perfect staff. I like your videos and the way you support your knowledge. Please let me know which software you use to test, collect performance data for your amps. I have seen it, in one of your videos but I cannot recollect the name. Thanks again for everything

In what design does the inverter or gain stage "supply current to the grid" of the output tube(s)? Class AB2 direct coupled? Also a 12AX7 is actually a very linear tube, within its limits. Much better than having multiple low gain stages. And a grid stopper resistor on the output tube will stop HF oscillation in most cases.

You have two sites?

Meh... My '91 Luxman would put them both to shame. What you get from tubes that you don't from solid state is called distortion 😁

I have a pair of cherry klipsch epic- would walnut work? Seeing what everyone thinks?

My deck doesn’t have Dolby. It has ANRS I & II and DBX. I also have a HiCom encoder and decoder so problems here with hiss. They all sound great especially the HiCom which sounds good with or without it on unlike DBX.

Are you really going to listen to a guy with old hearing ears or just tired of the hassle that also comes with age. Cassetes probably sound worse to this guy as he ages or he's had nothing but bad gear. Thats probably why he needs to spend another $5k in gear to hear any purity again. There is a fun factor to cassetes most dont understand until the have experimented with them enough to apreciate what it does for that listener. Cassete decks are fine and can sound better(or just more pleasing to ones opinion) than the source if done right. Buy a 3 head deck of you want the full experience. Nexf buy a quailty EQ and experiment with the limitations of a quality cassette when recording to get your optimum desired sound. You may apreciate the result of a piece of recording you altered on the fly to make it sound the way you wanted it to. This can also be done with a quality RTR machine.

Do you offer any of these tube amps for sale? Please PM me. Thank you. B

Where is the store located at?? Is this Lancaster pa?? Or Lancaster ca?

Did you see Dave G had a post on AK about deleting the PECs ? kind of difficult to find though ,seems interesting . Thank you for the workI ,I have a similar problem with my PACO - But dont have Scope ,or the know how if I did . I suppose its the shotgun approach - New Caps and Resistors - Seems the norm - thanks to your dialogue - the hope is of course that the problem goes away . by the way -Any recommendations for a scope for tube amp work ? Uncle Doug has a scope tutorial - Trying to learn- Thanks

I had a 30 watt Marantz Looovvee it. Yours is beautiful

I like your videos and your educated comments are precious to all. Thank you

Everyone is starting to get back into cassettes again though.

Came across some Polk Audio RTi70 Floorstanding Tower Speakers for a couple hundred bucks in above average condition with original owner. Their asking $200 is this a good deal? Not super familiar with Polk audio profiles.

excellent video! questions: what's the sound like between se el84 strapped in triode mode with 0 feedback and se el84 pentode with 0 feedback? between triode mode with 0 feedback and with feedback? and are there differences between se true triode (eg 300b) and se el84 triode mode, with or without feedback? thanks.

Why is my Pioneer PL12D Mk1 which I bought new in 1972 and still in use today called a "vintage turntable" but my copy of Deep Purple's Fireball which I bought new in 1971 Is just known as a record?

Have you had the opportunity to check these out in circuit yet?

$185 for the materials! Great video, thanks for sharing. But I'm just musing generally here: what has happened to the reward for buying scratch materials and DIY?

Nice sir! I just finished giving a $35 Ebay Yamaha RX-485 the once -over. I love their build quality.

Took a CT-f850 apart for restoration and when came to taking the front plate off it was followed with a host of broken plastic in the mechanical front end and push buttons, I obviously wasn’t the first looking at the bad repairs to the plastic. Sadly I have abandoned the project and got another. I have electronically successfully restored 50% of the rig including a RT-909 reel to reel. I’ll check out your ste further.

At time stamp 8:50 it looks to me like that LAST set of contacts on the right side of screen looks crooked or broken. Doesn't look lined up correctly with the other contact.

Which pioneer model would you suggest? Say, semi auto table. I also like the sl series of technics but sellers are asking ridiculous money for them