Any audiophiles out there?

[latexeses]

Ray,
Do those amt's have a ribbon tweeter? Hial or something like that? I came real close to buying a set of speakers with that style tweeter when I bought the E-30's.
Nothing worse than having your toys in lockdown.

[Guy_b_g]

The heil air motion tweeter is best described as a "folded ribbon" tweeter, having attributes of both electrostatic and ribbon designs. It is electrostatic in operation.

[79XS11F]

[QUOTE=latexeses;256220]The guy I got this A1 from had a bunch of Rotel stuff he was selling as well. A Rotel RA 1062 for one. B&W 602, 600... Don't know much about them
QUOTE]

B&W speakers are the recording studio quality and depending on size very costly. My brother had a pair of them over 20 years ago that he used to run with 2 Luxman M02 amps. He paid 10K for the speakers alone. Apple recording was using B&Ws back then and may still be using them.
Rob

[Guy_b_g]

B&W 801's were the industry standard reference speakers for nearly all audiophile reviewers for years through the '80s and '90s, for all speakers up to about the $10,000 range. Very, very accurate speakers.

600 series are also very accurate but could use a subwoofer on the low end.

[79XS11F]

800 series was what he had. They were 1/2 the size of the average sized fridge. It took 2 people to even think about taking them up a set of stairs. The sound was unbelievable. And what's even more unbelievable is after he passed away in an auto acct., his widow went on a drinking / drug doing binge with the very large insurance settlement, and she let the kids KICK the speakers in. All of them on each tower. I managed to receive one of the 2 Luxman M02 amps that I still have today. The CD6000 Tanoys I have were replaced by those B&Ws. Crap, He paid 3K for the Tanoys as display models so I snapped them up for 1500 no questions asked.
Rob

[DiverRay]

Yes, they DO have the "Heil" air motion transformer on them. 12" woofer, 12" passive and the transformer on top. Speakers are about 85 Lbs. each. The "tweeter" isn't a ribbon as much as a stack of plates. It really does look like an old transformer, minus a lot of the wire wrap. VERY clean sound. I ended up with an Onkyo (sp?) amp, as it was the only amp I could afford at the time that I DIDN'T hear any distortion from! The Kenwoods, etc. ALL put junk into the music, and the Onkyo was just the music. I LOVED late Jazz and Rock with my early system.

[latexeses]

My first and current (they are the same) stereo consisted of an Onkyo T-4090 tuner and an Onkyo A-7070 intigrated amp. I also had a turntable and tape player also Onkyo. Later purchased a Nakamichi 582Z discrete head tape deck and a B&O 1800 turntable. Both still in the system.
The B&O had some trouble with a Telarc recording of the 1812 overture. It literally tossed the tonearm out of the grooves. If anybody has seen the record you would understand. It just required a tonearm with more mass. Other than that one record it souded terrific. That might have been helped by the speakers.

[Crazcnuk]

I have a complete Pioneer set with Paradigm surround speakers. Works very well.

The Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround amp was subbed in instead of a turntable, and the set includes a Hi-FI VHS recorder...

Placement of the speakers is key.

The front R&L speakers are oversized, for rock'n'roll.

The system also incudes an automated cassette burning system, which gets very little use these days.

I do have a Sony turntable with a new needle, just in case I ever decide to transfer my records to disc.

[WMarshy]

Wow, most of you guys are at another level in the audiophile world than I but, I thought I would let you know what I have and see what you guys think, so give me some feedback... I have an old Pioneer SX-650 receiver and 4 Kenwood KL 777-S. They look identical to these on the left... They are a little big for my receiver but they put out plenty of sound without pushing the receiver. One day I want to have a SX-1010 or larger, or any of the larger 6 channel receivers from that era... Anyways, I need to dissassemble and clean all the contacts because I have some static in 2 of the channels. Any recommendations on cleaning chemicals and lubes to use on this vintage equipment? Thanks.

[crazy steve]

... Anyways, I need to dissassemble and clean all the contacts because I have some static in 2 of the channels. Any recommendations on cleaning chemicals and lubes to use on this vintage equipment? Thanks.

This is the stuff...

http://store.caig.com/s.nl/sc.2/category.178/.f

'78E original owner

[WMarshy]

This is the stuff...

http://store.caig.com/s.nl/sc.2/category.178/.f

'78E original owner

Thanks for the advice Steve, and comments on my speakers, quality wise, anyone have any knowledge about them? I think they have great sound but what do I know...I bought them becuase I though the more speaker the better but have since learned that has nothing to do with it... I bought them from the original ower who purchased them in Okinawa Japan when he was stationed there. I got all for for 300 bones in their original boxes, in MINT condition!

[Guy_b_g]

While I'm not a big fan of Kenwood or most other Japanese brand name manufacturers when it comes to speakers, I think you did OK.

A pair just sold on ebay in England for 200 Pounds, so there is some demand for them.

And they seem to get pretty good reviews at the vintage audio forums.

[fredintoon]

My phonograph has a supply of bamboo needles that can be switched for the steel ones to give a mellow sound.

[latexeses]

My phonograph has a supply of bamboo needles that can be switched for the steel ones to give a mellow sound.

Well, you know, with the war shortages and all....

[Guy_b_g]

My phonograph has a supply of bamboo needles that can be switched for the steel ones to give a mellow sound.

You probably bought that Victrola with the bamboo needles new... didn't ya Fred?