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Hey everyone, I’d love to hear from anyone who has run a Dynaco SCA-35 with the Dynaco wood case that has the routed slots on top — that is, the Dynaco cab 1D. I’ve read some people speculating that the SCA-35 would get too hot in a wood case, but I would be curious to hear from anyone who has...

Hey folks, I was just wondering if one of your number could do me a favour and measure their original Yamaha CR-1020 case from the front edge that butts up against the faceplate to the front edge of the top grill? I have my receiver out for reconditioning a few hours away and forgot to take...

Hi all, I'm thinking of making a speaker box with two 4" full-range drivers and one ~6" passive radiator. I've come across many speaker/subwoofer box builds online for inspiration and literally every single one of them shows the box panels being glued together and/or screwed together as the...

I have a black 2003 or something Pioneer VSX53TX that I got at a pawn for 40$ a while ago. Recently I saw someone on Reddit add wood sides to their black CD Deck and it looked marvelous. I want to know if y’all think it would look good on the receiver, how to go about it, what type of wood to...

Here are the steps I took to build these wood cases: After exhaustive searches of the interweb I found only one relatively complete guide on how to build nice wooden cases for vintage (or modern) audio receivers. And now I can't even find that one anymore. So in case there are other fools out...

Not everybody is Streaming their music . . . yet. Perhaps CD's are going the way of the Coelecanth but many of us still haven't tossed them into the void. They have value, just as vinyl had value when the CD species came devouring the space of LP's on the retail shelves and nearly eradicated...

Hi all, hopefully the picture has been tagged on correctly. But could I have your thoughts on this and cheaper alternatives or if someone has a better idea for space compromised sideboard.

What's your experience with wood headshells? What kind of wood is best? I have a Grado mahogany cart. Should I use a wooden headshell, or is it too much wood?

Hey all! Just found some FREE KLH 6 speakers -- right!? Anyway, caps and new resistors on order. I've got cloth sealant, and getting some thin weatherstripping to seal the woofer. One issue I haven't found a solution to: Wavy veneer. Likely from moisture damage. It's not super awful, but...

Holy smokes! a vintage furniture reseller/restorer posted about this “cemented carbide” scraper tool and I just had to try it. It’s unbelievable. You pull the blade and somehow it just cracks and obliterates old wood finishes. Magical. used it on a beat up Aristocrat cabinet, where the old...

hi to all, Finally I finished another headshell. This one is made in brazillian cherry wood. With a homemade 4 pin connector. The pins are sterling silver soldered to the lead. The main idea was create a light headshell for the heavy Empire cart. The lead should be shorted soon, are too long.

Hi. I am new to this, so please be patient. I purchased a really nice pair of Series IV Bose 901's with the chrome tulip stands and the correct equalizer. I'm looking for a vintage/period receiver (preferably something with a wood case or veneer) to power it. I also don't want to spend a fortune...

So here is a question to those that have worked on restoring Marantz cases. I have two.. one came with a 2226B and one came with a 2285B. Both are OEM and were sold with the case. In the 2285B case, it does not have the metal shield at all and the screw holes for it were never used ( still has...

Just as the title states I'm curious about adding wood resonators inside some headphones, or all that have the space, to change FR and have possible favorable effects. I'm going to follow through with a mod to test but just curious if anyone else has attempted this or heard of this working in...

Hello all and happy weekend, I am a teacher and woodworker with an audiophile friend who lightheartedly suggested I build my own speakers from some spalted shagbark hickory I recently acquired. Two weeks later and I have spent more time up in the middle of the night and in class (when...

Hello, I've got a vintage Pioneer I was hoping to repair. Hopefully you all can talk me through it. It's a model sx-737. I can tune it and i can hear the stations if I put my ear to it, but I can't hear anything coming from any of the channels (i.e. phono or speakers). Is there a pre amp or...

Hi all, Picked these up today at a garage sale and am trying to determine which finish they are. I know they're 1978 Heresy, but no idea what finish this is.

Hi AK gang, I have recently been digging into the wonderful world of vintage audio, and I have found myself with a handful of receivers. I've got a Concept 2.5, a Concept 4.5, and a Yamaha CR 820. I love them all in their own way :) But when it comes to looks, I am crazy about the Yammie...

Just wondering if anyone knows the correct wood housing for the Marantz 5020 Cassette deck? Thanks Rich

I picked up an old Sanyo receiver the other day for cheap and the guy gave me a free pair of speakers with them. The covers say FOCUS THREE on them and the company on the back of the speakers is WOOD. I tried looking these up online and can't find anything about them. Anyone have any idea...

Hey guys, I've been doing some looking around trying to find a good small pair of bookshelf speakers. I currently have a set off ESS amt-4's I'm listening through. They take up a bit more room than I would really prefer and I'm trying to downsize to something smaller but equally crisp (if...

This is an old jewel box with new wood vinyl. The amp is a TA2024. The transformer is from a old jvc system. I wanted bare simplicity, it only has a on/off toggle switch salvaged from a unknown thing i had lying around, and a volume knob.

I just finished this plinth for my SL1200Mk2.

Headphone stand - wood (mahogany) with aluminum inserts