ambrandt420
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Mine has become kind of a mix of stuff (someday soon, replace the tuner... or just a super thorough deoxing might help it along with a good antenna, otherwise one of those Sony XDR's look interesting), but here it is:
(I apologize for the pics... taken at 2AM with no decent lighting, so the autofocus wouldn't lock exactly where I wanted it, and not enough patience right now to try again using manual focus)
First pic: Technics ST-S78 tuner, Technics SU-V78 reciever
Second pic: Technics SH-8017 equalizer, Kenwood KX-W8010 tape deck (tape deck=eBay item)
Third pic: Technics SL-1500 turntable with Stanton 681EEE cartridge & needle (eBay item)... and the 45's snuck into the picture, too
Fourth pic: Technics SB-2845 speaker (have the pair, naturally... though the other one lacks the dent in the tweeters dustcap... I should find some creative way to pop that out someday)
To date, I've had to mod the receiver twice... once to replace the power switch (which had long since failed... was held in the 'On' position with a thick Fender guitar pick, but the contacts much have corroded away to nothing) with a piece of my single-strand speaker wire to bridge it, then the second to supply external power to the fan to get it to run after the fan controller died (fan stopped working totally and the amp started getting very hot and the area around the amp developed that hot circuit board smell). The whole rig is powered from a power strip, so the switch part isn't an issue.
Speakers are wired to the amp with 22-gauge single strand wire from Radio Shack.
For being so old and decrepit, this beast can sing pretty darn loud (with bass-heavy material, and the Super Bass switch on and the bass knob in the middle, I can redline the display at about 3 on the volume knob, and with more regular material, anything past about 4 1/2 is simply crazy (getting ear-level with the midrange speaker is almost suicidally loud).
(I apologize for the pics... taken at 2AM with no decent lighting, so the autofocus wouldn't lock exactly where I wanted it, and not enough patience right now to try again using manual focus)
First pic: Technics ST-S78 tuner, Technics SU-V78 reciever
Second pic: Technics SH-8017 equalizer, Kenwood KX-W8010 tape deck (tape deck=eBay item)
Third pic: Technics SL-1500 turntable with Stanton 681EEE cartridge & needle (eBay item)... and the 45's snuck into the picture, too
Fourth pic: Technics SB-2845 speaker (have the pair, naturally... though the other one lacks the dent in the tweeters dustcap... I should find some creative way to pop that out someday)
To date, I've had to mod the receiver twice... once to replace the power switch (which had long since failed... was held in the 'On' position with a thick Fender guitar pick, but the contacts much have corroded away to nothing) with a piece of my single-strand speaker wire to bridge it, then the second to supply external power to the fan to get it to run after the fan controller died (fan stopped working totally and the amp started getting very hot and the area around the amp developed that hot circuit board smell). The whole rig is powered from a power strip, so the switch part isn't an issue.
Speakers are wired to the amp with 22-gauge single strand wire from Radio Shack.
For being so old and decrepit, this beast can sing pretty darn loud (with bass-heavy material, and the Super Bass switch on and the bass knob in the middle, I can redline the display at about 3 on the volume knob, and with more regular material, anything past about 4 1/2 is simply crazy (getting ear-level with the midrange speaker is almost suicidally loud).