"updated" with vintage gear!

[davestradamu]

hello! i have been enjoying my system and this board very much! you may have seen my system before, but i have a new rack and new amplification!

and a tube mono system to boot!

just picked up an AKAI AA-1135 receiver and cleaned it up. plays wonderfully! the added power over my former power amp really made a difference in clarity, especially at higher volume!

the rack was free from a buddy that was tossing it out of his store.

the reverb unit is just for conversation....

this is a mono system that will eventually be a monoblock system to power my magnepans. once i find my magnavox 142's twin.... :scratch2:

i will build some enclosures for the chassis when i receive its mate, so they will look the same.

it is running a 4Ohm load consisting of 2 Dynaco A-35 speakers and sounds just fine! :thmbsp:

this one has new caps, switchgear and interfaces.

thanks for looking!!

 

[nclh77]

Really nice mix of old with new on the first system.

 

[ranch 22b]

That Akai is sure a pretty piece!

 

[24HACKER]

Nice gear - really like that round table.

 

[tomsdubs]

This might be my eyes playing tricks on me or my car nut side winding me up, but i swear you have a lamp on the end of an upright crankshaft?

 

[Rome]

Nice gear!

Rome

 

[eteller]

Very nice, and just so you know you can expand that rack taller by threading on more tubes, if the ends you have now are threaded.

 

[davestradamu]

thanks for the kind words everyone!

the table was made by Lane in the 1950s in my town. It was a dining table that i shortened a bit....and painted the legs white.

the rack isnt threaded... so i am stuck at one level. but i might reuse the shelves with some threaded rod and additional shelves made of wood.

the lamp was made using a foundry form of a 2 cylinder crankshaft. it is made of wood and was used to make a mold for casting a shaft for a big pump or engine or some sort i think. i found it behind a wall in an attic i was tearing apart.

i liked it so much, i made it into a lamp!

sadly... the AKAI will be sold. its not what i want for the long haul and will finance my second 6v6 tube monoblock for a transition to tooooobs in my main rig!

happy listening!

 

[audiodon]

Tooobs . . . ahhh.

 

[davestradamu]

Tooobs . . . ahhh.

Ahhhhhhhh indeed.