Had a friend that worked at Highland Appliance back in the day. He told me that if you think you only need maybe 15 watts per channel, buy a receiver that has around 50 watts per channel. His reason was that they sounded better at lower volume then the lower powered units.
“Do Not Touch” Touches everything. 😆 I loved this episode. Like a kid in a candy store. I miss walking into an appliance store in the ‘80s and ogling over all the hi-FI equipment. Bought my first component stereo in 1983 right before my freshman year in college after saving up for one week of my factory job (I was making $10.15 an hour)…because I was determined to compete in the dorm stereo wars. Bought a Pioneer integrated amp, a cassette deck and speakers. My first album on it? The Police/Zenyatta Mondatta. Sounded like I heard it for the first time.
Awesome episode! Remember when there was a store like this in every city?? What a time to be alive... Fond memories, indeed! That's why my system is all vintage. You can argue until you are blue in the face, but the gear from the 70-80s had a sound that can't be replicated today...
I personally wouldn't say it can't or isn't replicated today, it's just extremely expensive to match that quality or type of sound. It just seems systems of old had a very full sound, similar to some tube amps of today. 15inch paper woofers and big speaker enclosure's were the norm in my house back then. Today for me it's bookshelves with a subwoofer, lots of detail but that full rounded sound with the right amount and type of distortion is hard to find with a modest budget in today's solid state gear. I have some gear as early as the 90's that just has a meatier, weightier sound to it compared to the mass market receivers of today.
I live in Alabama and it was rather easy to find vintage audio at a reasonable price. Of course, this was before 2017 - when the price of a lot of vintage audio went up. This was largely due to certain people bragging loudly about selling it for a fortune on auction sites. The sellers of the pieces took notice and the end result is astronomical prices for everything - regardless of what shape it was in.
The prices on most vintage gear that hasn't even been repaired or caps updated is ridiculous right now. Wish I would have bought all those receivers and amps that couldn't even be sold for $40 for the longest time.
@@NosEL34 almost everything in this shop has been actually serviced, meaning caps replaced as needed and Transistors as well, some of it's been close to restored.
I need to be alone with myself for a minute. This is vinyl heaven. I remember my Linn Sondek LP12, Linn Asak cartridge, NAD amps and Tannoy Arden speakers. So happy vinyl is back. Great channel
My god... I could spend a whole day there, just looking at the stuff. Then, hide behind one of those huge speakers, wait for the owner to close up. I would then pull out my sleeping bag, turn on all the equipment and lay down on the floor, looking at all the beautiful pieces of art, glowing like stars in the night sky.
I AM 75 YEARS OLD,I LOVE ALL THESE VINTAGE TOYS WHICH YOU SHOWED ME IN THIS VIDEO 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍I HAVE MY SELF FEW ELITE ONE MARANTZ😱4400,4300,Technics SA 7600x Receiver With Oscilloscopes,Pioneer RT909,RT 707 and many more👍👍👍👍👍
My roommates Daughter lives there she is going down for Christmas , her daughter never told me there was a vintage store there and she knows my passion , omg!!!
I'm so psyched out by the Tube Tester. I work in a printing shop that patented those aluminum control panels. I just printed a brushed .063" aluminum panel with that 204 Tube Tester design on it, a couple weeks ago. Sometimes we reprint/remake a control panel for someone, for something made a long time ago.
Those Akai rack mount units were mine. There was a tape deck too, but I think it was not worthy of repair. I betrothed them to Steve a couple years ago. That amp sounds so amazingly sweet!
You have a nose for vintage audio dude. You smell it in the air. I like how excited you get. I'm get excited. You let it show. I was so totally loving that Pioneer SX-1250. Do they offer quality vintage audio repairs like Just Audio. You didn't say. Yes thos placeputs me in mind of Harford Road. I was surprised they did not have a Pioneer RT 701 or 707 among the reel to reels. Those Dolly Parton Speakers weren't speakers they were furniture. I remember back when all the vintage gear was new it would be sold in stores like this. The store manager knew my name and would ask, what do you want. Don't look at the price, talk to me. I got BIG Discounts! Those were the days!
Gosh! Why do I love vintage equipment so much??? At 65 my first set was a 15w Akai receiver, a Sankyo cassette deck and a pair of EPI speakers. It cost me a fortune! No turntable then because I couldn't afford it. I read stereo review making sure I chose the right turntable, I scraped and saved and so on and I bought the Marantz 6100.I later added an Akai reel to reel. Wish I wouldn't have sold a lot of those pieces, however my Pioneer amp and tuner, my 40 year old Klipsch speakers, and JVC cassette deck are still kicking and I added a Fluance turntable. Love your videos!
I do remember going to Walgreens with my dad back in the day using the tube tester and then later myself, memories. Speakers and stereos were really nice attractive pieces of furniture back then. Some how changed to ugly black box stereos and speakers, major degrade in taste. I think the main thing that hurt the old receiver/amps/preamps was the lack of a "remote" for some of us lazy people. Add today the lack of need for a tuner to listen to endless radio station commercials when you have better choices today.
Enjoyable video! Lot's of nice audio equipment shown here. Note about the tube tester: You have to wait for the tube to warm up, then push the red button (and hold it down for the tube reading.) I have that exact tester.... and 20 others in for restoration.
Thanks for the great memories. I remember going with my dad to the supermarket in the early 60s, and he would use the tube tester to fix our black and white TV. We only received one TV channel back then, but we were OK. When my ship was in Japan in 1978 I bought a Kenwood KA-7100 amp and KT5300 tuner and it looked like that Kenwood stack in that store. I wish I still owned them. Great video!
I used to have a pair of those all wood Pioneer speakers. Purchased in Japan in 1969. I put new crossovers into them and refinished the cabinets. This was 20 years ago. Eventually the 12” woofers gave out. They were sweet!
I was there also back in 1974-76 at Yokota Air Base, like 45 miles from Yokosuka Naval Base. I did go to Yokosuka Exchange building since Yokota BX did not have much, just few. I think it was either A30 or A33 and they had tons of stuffs and cheap. That time I was able to special order at customer service on BX to get rare equipments, so I ordered Sony TAN-8650, VFET integrated amplifier for around $600 dollars, retailed for about $1300. I don't have it anymore but even to this date, that amplifier is quite rare. Top of the line was TAN-8550. More rare amp from that era was tan-8250. I also used to go Akihabara, many of small stores are under the green JR railway. Yamagiwa at Akihabara used to sell Mcintosh, really expensive that time as Japan charges hefty import tax on U.S. made stuffs. I hope someday everyone should visit Japan and head to Akihabra and witness tons of rare hi-fi stuffs in which never exported to U.S.
I know your to young to remember. I’m glad I was around to buy this equipment new. Yamaha, pioneer and realistic were my brands. I still have a few around. But I would sure like to be 30 years old again!
Very nice store, very well organized neat and tidy. Awesome array of audio and the prices looked pretty decent. Love the content all this vintage stuff is pure eye candy.
Greetings . First of all congratulations for the channel !!! EXCELLENT !!! your work the one you are doing, I have an Onkyo Digital A-8800 with all the modules of the equipment are Onkyo which are an M504 amplifier sound, with an EQ540 Interga equalizer and another EQ-201 and another EQ-25 and another EQ-140 and one TA-2550 Interga and one TA-2750 Interga and one TA-205 Interga deck. a CP1500F Interga platter and Ortofon 40 turntable needle and CD DX-708 Interga, and the T-4500 Interga radio, All the models are from the Onkyo brand, which is the best that Onkyo does NOT make mass production if they are not selected from the Onkyo And the cables connected to the equipment are of the KabelDirekt Pro Series RCA brand and 4 DAS R-212 Speakers. and 2 Mivoc hype 10 g2 hifi subwoofers, 300 w, from 20 to 180 hz. IN THE END A CLASSIC OF THE 80S AND 90S of sound equipment of that time, over the years I have never broken any module, that is already seen from how they worked before and the manufacturing materials, I hope to have it duarte, many years for the quality of a good musical team, greetings and very good videos that you have a great like for your great videos, great sound models like these devices are no longer manufactured, it is a pity, that nowadays everything is plastic, greetings from Barcelona - You could do one of Onkyo Interga also of Review - Congratulations to all Onkyo electronics, the Inegra Series was a true excellence. I bring you bad news, for this glorious brand, which made hifi history, these days, Sharp, who recently acquired the brand, announced that the debt is incurable. The electronic audio equipment company Onkyo has filed for bankruptcy, after accumulating debts of US$24 million. Onkyo, founded in Osaka in 1946 under the name "Osaka Denky Onkyo K.K", has failed to position its mainly analog equipment in the streaming era, consequently Onkyo has been declared bankrupt by the Onkyo company. Even if the electronics produced today had nothing to do with the wonderful electronics that it has... A big greeting from Barcelona, Spain,
There is a guy in Las Vegas that owns a stereo store, it has been featured on UA-cam in the past. He also has a repair shop at his store. He has a good size collection of vintage audio equipment. There is another one in Japan that is on UA-cam. He does custom rebuilds on vintage speakers. [where does he get those toys from..??]😀🤗❤️🎵 I would like to move to Japan just to buy one of his complete setups. He does ship worldwide. 💰💰💰💰💰 He is expensive, has his own setup crew that delivers and installs complete custom setups.
@@LennyFlorentine It is a necessity today with the Internet. There are now 8 billion people on this planet. Up from 7 billion. Music is Global on every continent including Antarctica. Even on the International Space Station..😀👍🤗 PS..FedX doesn’t deliver there. 😀 Maybe some day 👍😀
I have a nice collection of gear: Sansui, Marantz, Pioneer, Kenwood, JBL, Dynaco, Advent. I've been in the hobby for over ten years and sold a lot of stuff very cheap that I wish I would of held onto. But it's being used and appreciated by others.
I remember years ago the local drug store here had that same tube tester, they also had a huge selection of tubes behind the counter too. The last I remember seeing it there was in the very early 80's or so.
Totally remember using those tube testers! Almost every store and of course TV repair shop/ hardware store had them. Yes most of your viewers are older and am guessing would prefer classic rock n roll for your “theme music” vs the rap stuff. Just saying… lol But if I only had a million bucks! 🤔
I remember one located at one of the local supermarkets in the town where I grew up. Pretty sure my dad tested some tubes from the tv and his stereo at the tester.
Welp,looks like I gotta make a Trip to Bama ! I have a Techniques Turntable From back when Dinosaurs Roamed the Earth🤣…& I need a Needle for it,plus a Receiver,plus an EQ,plus Speakers…plus More Vinyl…then I’m Dialed & I’ll Blast my Neighbors Ears out🤑🔥
Man this was so Cool this is what I would want to do go from City to City and state to state and check out vintage Hi-Fi stores this is something you might consider+ use your platform to help other stores This could be profitable to your advantage. 🤔
I love vintage hifi and own several pieces. Only problem is mating is with todays video (HDMI) input. I buy HDMI to RCA converters and they only last me about 6 months. Troubleshooting problems is also a pain in the butt.
One bad thing about those "drugstore" tube testers is that they rarely, if ever, test each section of multiunit tubes separately. For example, a 12AT7, 12AU7, or 12AX7 is checked as one circuit instead of two. Since each section can become weak at a different rate, more sophisticated testers should be used for such tubes. I have a Hickok 752A (a classic that gives direct Gm readings) and an EMC 213 (emission only), both of which do it right.
They're also just simple emission testers. They don't give a very accurate reading of the tube's condition. A repair tech would use a proper mututal conductance tester, made by a company like Hickock. Those drugstore testers were designed mostly for the purpose of selling new tubes.
Funny I was just thinking yesterday how music is suffering because of bluetooth speakers. Back in the day a entry level pioneer stereo would sound so much better.
Carver Amazings! I just gave away a pair of them to a friend, I used two Carver TFM-45 amps and bi amped them! I have a lot of Carver Gear. The amazing are way too much for apartment living!
@@LennyFlorentine lol, girlfriend at the time wanted to hear some Led Zeppelin in my small apartment, and I cranked it, it was kind of fun. Not optimal sound, but definitely room shaking. I replaced them with upgraded Polk DDA 1b’s, which I still have. Now I have Spatial Audio m3 triode masters, the amp is a refreshed and souped up Carver M-500t. Is that what your missing for your Ferris Bueller system?
Still cant understand why anyone would choose HPM Anythings other than nostalgia. Every pair I have heard was brutality in a box. They are not picky about amp pairing though, just about anything can push them into ear fatigue levels.
I would lose my mind in that place. I love those Pioneers ing amps with flouroscans and that Otari mx5050. I’ve used a lot of those tanks. Stereophile reviewed the 4 channel version and gave it a favorable review.
Ive got a 2270 ingraved champagne model very early serial number.. probably my most expensive piece.. besides my epi 1000's ..l love that place .. thanks for featuring them !
I was a fan of the channel until lately. It seems you have a new goal to go out and scoop everything up you can then charge 3 times more for it at your place. This is why we have to pay $15,000 for a Pioneer SX-1980 you found somewhere.
Also can't stand the whole nee "Character" he's playing now. Thinks he's an actor too? Guess I'll be watching more SkyAudio for my vintage equipment information.
How good are the Kenwood integrated , sperarates from 1970s , I remember them as very very popular and great sounding growing up in Northern Indiana in late seventies , I need your opinions please
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Had a friend that worked at Highland Appliance back in the day. He told me that if you think you only need maybe 15 watts per channel, buy a receiver that has around 50 watts per channel. His reason was that they sounded better at lower volume then the lower powered units.
“Do Not Touch”
Touches everything. 😆
I loved this episode. Like a kid in a candy store. I miss walking into an appliance store in the ‘80s and ogling over all the hi-FI equipment. Bought my first component stereo in 1983 right before my freshman year in college after saving up for one week of my factory job (I was making $10.15 an hour)…because I was determined to compete in the dorm stereo wars. Bought a Pioneer integrated amp, a cassette deck and speakers. My first album on it? The Police/Zenyatta Mondatta. Sounded like I heard it for the first time.
Made it through the day without breaking anything too!
Awesome episode! Remember when there was a store like this in every city?? What a time to be alive... Fond memories, indeed! That's why my system is all vintage. You can argue until you are blue in the face, but the gear from the 70-80s had a sound that can't be replicated today...
I'm to young to remember those days!
I personally wouldn't say it can't or isn't replicated today, it's just extremely expensive to match that quality or type of sound. It just seems systems of old had a very full sound, similar to some tube amps of today. 15inch paper woofers and big speaker enclosure's were the norm in my house back then. Today for me it's bookshelves with a subwoofer, lots of detail but that full rounded sound with the right amount and type of distortion is hard to find with a modest budget in today's solid state gear. I have some gear as early as the 90's that just has a meatier, weightier sound to it compared to the mass market receivers of today.
I live in Alabama and it was rather easy to find vintage audio at a reasonable price. Of course, this was before 2017 - when the price of a lot of vintage audio went up. This was largely due to certain people bragging loudly about selling it for a fortune on auction sites. The sellers of the pieces took notice and the end result is astronomical prices for everything - regardless of what shape it was in.
I hope you get the chance to check out Classic Audio in person!
@@LennyFlorentine where is classic audio, I'd love to check it out myself
@@geoffreymills9932 It's on the backroad of Prattville, Alabama.
The prices on most vintage gear that hasn't even been repaired or caps updated is ridiculous right now. Wish I would have bought all those receivers and amps that couldn't even be sold for $40 for the longest time.
@@NosEL34 almost everything in this shop has been actually serviced, meaning caps replaced as needed and Transistors as well, some of it's been close to restored.
I need to be alone with myself for a minute. This is vinyl heaven. I remember my Linn Sondek LP12, Linn Asak cartridge, NAD amps and Tannoy Arden speakers. So happy vinyl is back. Great channel
whether we like it....or not...what something is worth....is what the buyer... is willing to pay!!
True
My god... I could spend a whole day there, just looking at the stuff. Then, hide behind one of those huge speakers, wait for the owner to close up. I would then pull out my sleeping bag, turn on all the equipment and lay down on the floor, looking at all the beautiful pieces of art, glowing like stars in the night sky.
I AM 75 YEARS OLD,I LOVE ALL THESE VINTAGE TOYS WHICH YOU SHOWED ME IN THIS VIDEO 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍I HAVE MY SELF FEW ELITE ONE MARANTZ😱4400,4300,Technics SA 7600x Receiver With Oscilloscopes,Pioneer RT909,RT 707 and many more👍👍👍👍👍
Great collection! Thank you for sharing!
My roommates Daughter lives there she is going down for Christmas , her daughter never told me there was a vintage store there and she knows my passion , omg!!!
Hahaha tell them I said hi!
I'm so psyched out by the Tube Tester. I work in a printing shop that patented those aluminum control panels. I just printed a brushed .063" aluminum panel with that 204 Tube Tester design on it, a couple weeks ago. Sometimes we reprint/remake a control panel for someone, for something made a long time ago.
I remember seeing and hearing a lot of this equipment back in the seventies. Those were good times I always loved going to audio stores.
You are fortunate to have seen and touched these beautiful vintage models. Amazing collection of vintage audio amps.
Thanks for this video.
Thanks, I'm glad you got to enjoy it!
Those Akai rack mount units were mine. There was a tape deck too, but I think it was not worthy of repair. I betrothed them to Steve a couple years ago. That amp sounds so amazingly sweet!
Awesome!
You have a nose for vintage audio dude. You smell it in the air. I like how excited you get. I'm get excited. You let it show. I was so totally loving that Pioneer SX-1250. Do they offer quality vintage audio repairs like Just Audio. You didn't say. Yes thos placeputs me in mind of Harford Road. I was surprised they did not have a Pioneer RT 701 or 707 among the reel to reels. Those Dolly Parton Speakers weren't speakers they were furniture. I remember back when all the vintage gear was new it would be sold in stores like this. The store manager knew my name and would ask, what do you want. Don't look at the price, talk to me. I got BIG Discounts! Those were the days!
Gosh! Why do I love vintage equipment so much??? At 65 my first set was a 15w Akai receiver, a Sankyo cassette deck and a pair of EPI speakers. It cost me a fortune! No turntable then because I couldn't afford it. I read stereo review making sure I chose the right turntable, I scraped and saved and so on and I bought the Marantz 6100.I later added an Akai reel to reel. Wish I wouldn't have sold a lot of those pieces, however my Pioneer amp and tuner, my 40 year old Klipsch speakers, and JVC cassette deck are still kicking and I added a Fluance turntable. Love your videos!
Thank you so much for sharing!
I do remember going to Walgreens with my dad back in the day using the tube tester and then later myself, memories. Speakers and stereos were really nice attractive pieces of furniture back then. Some how changed to ugly black box stereos and speakers, major degrade in taste. I think the main thing that hurt the old receiver/amps/preamps was the lack of a "remote" for some of us lazy people. Add today the lack of need for a tuner to listen to endless radio station commercials when you have better choices today.
Enjoyable video! Lot's of nice audio equipment shown here. Note about the tube tester: You have to wait for the tube to warm up, then push the red button (and hold it down for the tube reading.) I have that exact tester.... and 20 others in for restoration.
Now I know who to goto when I need one for the store!
Thanks for the great memories. I remember going with my dad to the supermarket in the early 60s, and he would use the tube tester to fix our black and white TV. We only received one TV channel back then, but we were OK. When my ship was in Japan in 1978 I bought a Kenwood KA-7100 amp and KT5300 tuner and it looked like that Kenwood stack in that store. I wish I still owned them. Great video!
Thats a great story Mike!
I used to have a pair of those all wood Pioneer speakers. Purchased in Japan in 1969. I put new crossovers into them and refinished the cabinets. This was 20 years ago. Eventually the 12” woofers gave out. They were sweet!
Served at Naval Station Yokosuka from 1981-86, one of my favorite weekend trips was going to Akihabara to look at all the stereo gear.
That sounds fantastic!
I was there also back in 1974-76 at Yokota Air Base, like 45 miles from Yokosuka Naval Base. I did go to Yokosuka Exchange building since Yokota BX did not have much, just few. I think it was either A30 or A33 and they had tons of stuffs and cheap. That time I was able to special order at customer service on BX to get rare equipments, so I ordered Sony TAN-8650, VFET integrated amplifier for around $600 dollars, retailed for about $1300. I don't have it anymore but even to this date, that amplifier is quite rare. Top of the line was TAN-8550. More rare amp from that era was tan-8250. I also used to go Akihabara, many of small stores are under the green JR railway.
Yamagiwa at Akihabara used to sell Mcintosh, really expensive that time as Japan charges hefty import tax on U.S. made stuffs. I hope someday everyone should visit Japan and head to Akihabra and witness tons of rare hi-fi stuffs in which never exported to U.S.
My person favorite is the KEF 105 Speakers on of a kind 😍
Also, most of the lamps there are LEDs, but they're quality warm whites meant to mimic the original color :)
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Absolutely Worthess Information . . . yet . . .
. . . Sooooooo Entertaining . A good ' ole
- Nostalgia Trip .
so much good vintage stuff on one place
It was fun!
Got to admit. That is a heck of a store.
My buddy had a awesome NEC in the mid 80'S , it was unbelievable!
Oh man I’d be in heaven in that store. Well presented too nice video
Thank you!
I know your to young to remember. I’m glad I was around to buy this equipment new. Yamaha, pioneer and realistic were my brands. I still have a few around. But I would sure like to be 30 years old again!
Must have been a great time!!
Very nice store, very well organized neat and tidy. Awesome array of audio and the prices looked pretty decent. Love the content all this vintage stuff is pure eye candy.
Love what I see here...have many of these fine vintage stereo equipment.
My dad built a heathkit tube tester back in the 60’s.
this is really awesome! Makes me want to find a local vintage audio in my area! Get my stuff evaluated and maybe buy more equipment!
You should! If you get a chance come see us too!
Wow, you've got some great stuff in that selection
Thanks!
Like fine wine 🍷 you need to store these in an air conditioned room 😂😂😂😂😂
1:50 OMG I used to own those exact speakers! I bought them used from an Anheuser Busch theater.
👍👍 Love all the vintage gear - as I am vintage also, lol!
Greetings . First of all congratulations for the channel !!! EXCELLENT !!! your work the one you are doing, I have an Onkyo Digital A-8800 with all the modules of the equipment are Onkyo which are an M504 amplifier sound, with an EQ540 Interga equalizer and another EQ-201 and another EQ-25 and another EQ-140 and one TA-2550 Interga and one TA-2750 Interga and one TA-205 Interga deck. a CP1500F Interga platter and Ortofon 40 turntable needle and CD DX-708 Interga, and the T-4500 Interga radio, All the models are from the Onkyo brand, which is the best that Onkyo does NOT make mass production if they are not selected from the Onkyo And the cables connected to the equipment are of the KabelDirekt Pro Series RCA brand and 4 DAS R-212 Speakers. and 2 Mivoc hype 10 g2 hifi subwoofers, 300 w, from 20 to 180 hz. IN THE END A CLASSIC OF THE 80S AND 90S of sound equipment of that time, over the years I have never broken any module, that is already seen from how they worked before and the manufacturing materials, I hope to have it duarte, many years for the quality of a good musical team, greetings and very good videos that you have a great like for your great videos, great sound models like these devices are no longer manufactured, it is a pity, that nowadays everything is plastic, greetings from Barcelona - You could do one of Onkyo Interga also of Review - Congratulations to all Onkyo electronics, the Inegra Series was a true excellence. I bring you bad news, for this glorious brand, which made hifi history, these days, Sharp, who recently acquired the brand, announced that the debt is incurable. The electronic audio equipment company Onkyo has filed for bankruptcy, after accumulating debts of US$24 million. Onkyo, founded in Osaka in 1946 under the name "Osaka Denky Onkyo K.K", has failed to position its mainly analog equipment in the streaming era, consequently Onkyo has been declared bankrupt by the Onkyo company. Even if the electronics produced today had nothing to do with the wonderful electronics that it has... A big greeting from Barcelona, Spain,
Great info, thanks for sharing. I also very much appreciate you watching from Spain!!!
The two Pioneer receivers I owned side by side there - the SX980 and SX626.
JBL's, Nakamichi's, Pioneer! Oh my. Dude that place was pretty well stocked. Dreamland.
Sure was!
I bought the Pioneer SA-8800 from that store, in August of this year (2023).
Sweet Home………….. ALABAMA !! Great Store.
JBL old school speakers are boss, mostly need reconed foam or rubber. But it make kids now a day in love with real power.
There is a guy in Las Vegas that owns a stereo store, it has been featured on UA-cam in the past. He also has a repair shop at his store. He has a good size collection of vintage audio equipment.
There is another one in Japan that is on UA-cam. He does custom rebuilds on vintage speakers. [where does he get those toys from..??]😀🤗❤️🎵
I would like to move to Japan just to buy one of his complete setups. He does ship worldwide. 💰💰💰💰💰
He is expensive, has his own setup crew that delivers and installs complete custom setups.
Worldwide shipping is in the works
@@LennyFlorentine
It is a necessity today with the Internet. There are now 8 billion people on this planet. Up from 7 billion. Music is Global on every continent including Antarctica.
Even on the International Space Station..😀👍🤗
PS..FedX doesn’t deliver there. 😀
Maybe some day 👍😀
I have a nice collection of gear: Sansui, Marantz, Pioneer, Kenwood, JBL, Dynaco, Advent. I've been in the hobby for over ten years and sold a lot of stuff very cheap that I wish I would of held onto. But it's being used and appreciated by others.
That's the important part. Someones enjoying it!
As a kind born in 88....growing up......this looks like all my friends parents house systems or what i got handed down lol
Thats cause it is the same stuff haha
KEF R104 was the first reference design. I had a pair in 1973
13:14 Speaking of the Maxell chair. Some later generation Maxell media, esp cassettes had the chair on the wrapper. They are very collectable.
Very cool!
I remember years ago the local drug store here had that same tube tester, they also had a huge selection of tubes behind the counter too. The last I remember seeing it there was in the very early 80's or so.
Very cool!
This was awesome 😎 definitely gonna have to give him a jingle...
Yeah Steve was great, support him too!
Totally remember using those tube testers! Almost every store and of course TV repair shop/ hardware store had them. Yes most of your viewers are older and am guessing would prefer classic rock n roll for your “theme music” vs the rap stuff. Just saying… lol But if I only had a million bucks! 🤔
There is a new intro coming soon. Who knows!
Cool vintage, high quality gear.
Great walk through. We are huge Bob Carver & McIntosh fans. Also have that Maxell poster framed above our system. Subscribed.
Very cool JB! Thank you
Some of us old farts remember testing tubs like that. Those testers were in a couple stores in the 60s and early 70s.
Was my first time at one of those (not first time testing though)
I remember one located at one of the local supermarkets in the town where I grew up. Pretty sure my dad tested some tubes from the tv and his stereo at the tester.
Seeing gear and the tube tester that was around when I was a kind was definitely very cool.
It was a ton of fun!
Welp,looks like I gotta make a Trip to Bama ! I have a Techniques Turntable From back when Dinosaurs Roamed the Earth🤣…& I need a Needle for it,plus a Receiver,plus an EQ,plus Speakers…plus More Vinyl…then I’m Dialed & I’ll Blast my Neighbors Ears out🤑🔥
Man this was so Cool this is what I would want to do go from City to City and state to state and check out vintage Hi-Fi stores this is something you might consider+ use your platform to help other stores This could be profitable to your advantage. 🤔
Thats in the plans
@@LennyFlorentine Great Minds Think Alike 😁
I love vintage hifi and own several pieces. Only problem is mating is with todays video (HDMI) input. I buy HDMI to RCA converters and they only last me about 6 months. Troubleshooting problems is also a pain in the butt.
You need a cowboy hat like in 'Boogie nites'. xxx.
I think I will take that as a compliment haha
I thought from the thumbnail that you bought the entire store
I wanted to! Did that in one of the last videos...
If it says Marantz on it and it’s from the 70’s it’s a keeper!😜
True!
@@LennyFlorentine The rumor is all the circuits are gold plated😜
yes a gem
Nice collection 👍
See with your eyes not with your hands . You made me nervous . Best video yet.
I gotta touch it all!!! You will not like the beginning of the next video HAHAHA
I had Carver 1.5t amp and Sonic holography pre amp back in the day
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Cleaned out a hoarders house last year it had about 20-30 of these older stereos in a backroom and every single one was thrown away
Oh no!!!
I love how you glance over the Audiovox Eight-track player without saying a word. SMH
One bad thing about those "drugstore" tube testers is that they rarely, if ever, test each section of multiunit tubes separately.
For example, a 12AT7, 12AU7, or 12AX7 is checked as one circuit instead of two.
Since each section can become weak at a different rate, more sophisticated testers should be used for such tubes.
I have a Hickok 752A (a classic that gives direct Gm readings) and an EMC 213 (emission only), both of which do it right.
Very interesting!
They're also just simple emission testers. They don't give a very accurate reading of the tube's condition. A repair tech would use a proper mututal conductance tester, made by a company like Hickock. Those drugstore testers were designed mostly for the purpose of selling new tubes.
Funny I was just thinking yesterday how music is suffering because of bluetooth speakers. Back in the day a entry level pioneer stereo would sound so much better.
Awesome episode!!
Thank you! Was a blast filming it!
I remember tube testers being in the my local drug store. God, I am old.
The tube tester was mainly used for TV tubes.
True!
Man I live right up the road from there. Never knew that place was there.
Go see them!
@@LennyFlorentine absolutely
Carver Amazings! I just gave away a pair of them to a friend, I used two Carver TFM-45 amps and bi amped them! I have a lot of Carver Gear. The amazing are way too much for apartment living!
Wayyyyy to much!
@@LennyFlorentine lol, girlfriend at the time wanted to hear some Led Zeppelin in my small apartment, and I cranked it, it was kind of fun. Not optimal sound, but definitely room shaking. I replaced them with upgraded Polk DDA 1b’s, which I still have. Now I have Spatial Audio m3 triode masters, the amp is a refreshed and souped up Carver M-500t. Is that what your missing for your Ferris Bueller system?
Still cant understand why anyone would choose HPM Anythings other than nostalgia. Every pair I have heard was brutality in a box. They are not picky about amp pairing though, just about anything can push them into ear fatigue levels.
PRAISE BE.
I would lose my mind in that place. I love those Pioneers ing amps with flouroscans and that Otari mx5050. I’ve used a lot of those tanks. Stereophile reviewed the 4 channel version and gave it a favorable review.
Yeah it was great!
QVery nice. Thanks for your videos and the great job.
When will a video on Swiss material (Revox, Studer ) be released?
We may have some revox coming, no studer
@@LennyFlorentine 👍🏻 you must test it !!! With classic components; no too difficult to repair !
Super nice buatifull
How hard is it to find a pair of Bose 901 series
Ive got a 2270 ingraved champagne model very early serial number.. probably my most expensive piece.. besides my epi 1000's ..l love that place .. thanks for featuring them !
Love the champagne versions. Used to own one myself!
Sir I love j. Audio
Thank you!
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Stereo Pr0ns!!!
Thanks
Please! A Technics SA-G77 review!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks my friend.
Pioneer speaker , equaliser and reverb i m from india how can buy pls reply
Dude I feel in the sky, beautiful vintage audio!!!
Pioneer spec-1 and spec-2 would be a nice find.
Just sold some of those this weekend
Let's add:
The Ela cassette player
Discrete vinyl albums.
Sansui Quad Receivers
Cool man 😃
Thank you!
I was a fan of the channel until lately. It seems you have a new goal to go out and scoop everything up you can then charge 3 times more for it at your place. This is why we have to pay $15,000 for a Pioneer SX-1980 you found somewhere.
Gotta support my employees and their families somehow
I think its called capitalism. Imagine that.
Also can't stand the whole nee "Character" he's playing now. Thinks he's an actor too? Guess I'll be watching more SkyAudio for my vintage equipment information.
Just give me a set of Altec model 19's driven by a pair of Brook tube amps. Fed from an Ampex 350 playing original classical recordings done at 15ips.
This guy is awesome, but I can only handle either the pits or the beard, not both. Even though he's doing both ironically
Hahaha 😆
How good are the Kenwood integrated , sperarates from 1970s , I remember them as very very popular and great sounding growing up in Northern Indiana in late seventies , I need your opinions please
They are great!
Nice
Willy Wonka himself never looked upon so much candy!
Haha thats great
Great episode! not much sansui though
Thank you!
In 20-30 years when time to recap A million will be a shy amounth ;)
Wasn't it pt barnham who said a sucker is born every minute
Dude!! No HK 730 twin?? OMG.. :)
I'm sure there was one in the back
@@LennyFlorentine One of the best twin power recievers of all times.. My 730 and 430 are some blissful units.