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college dorm system

Did someone say music in bed?

An excuse to get another system! (Tehcnics SU8600 ST9600 SB-F3 on camera tripod)

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dumptruckz36 said:
hahaha you sound like you know from experience....
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Yes of course! :thmbsp: :smoke:

whoaru99 said:
Be wary of the infamous dorm/frat parties for which you might be temped to use your stereo...notorious for blown speakers, shorted amps, etc.
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I can turn down the amp seperately from the preamp. That way, if someone turns it all the way up on the big volume knob, they can't kill anything.

And mark whoareu99's words, it WILL happen during a party.
 
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Marantz 2270 said:
Keep your back to the spinning rtr. It will help to hypnotize her while she's talking to you. Then...Blammo!
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im workin on the reel to reel part. and other suggestions for my setup? i know someone said that i should move my turntable to a vibration resistance place, but where it is, there arent any vibrations. maybe you cant see it from the picture, but the dresser and desk are separated, so the only vibrations go through the air or floor.
 
nolan said:
VERY cool ! I remember my under-grad years in the late 70s. Back then bong water was the worst enemy..
Damn,I am old !

Enjoy your youth !
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I'm from that era of college myself. I myself didn't have anything any fancier than an AM/FM radio in my dorm room. Figured anything fancier would get damaged or stolen... Besides, I had no money to buy that stuff anyway... And one learns to not keep anything that can be water damaged on the floor of a dorm room. Pranksters with a trash can, some rubber hose and duct tape could deliver 55 gallons of water to your dorm room floor... :D

Graduated Syracuse University BSEE 1978 :banana:
 
ev13wt said:
I can turn down the amp seperately from the preamp. That way, if someone turns it all the way up on the big volume knob, they can't kill anything.

And mark whoareu99's words, it WILL happen during a party.
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Heh, heh, that's how I made my beer money back then......

Cheers,

David
 
wa2ise said:
I'm from that era of college myself. I myself didn't have anything any fancier than an AM/FM radio in my dorm room. Figured anything fancier would get damaged or stolen... Besides, I had no money to buy that stuff anyway... And one learns to not keep anything that can be water damaged on the floor of a dorm room. Pranksters with a trash can, some rubber hose and duct tape could deliver 55 gallons of water to your dorm room floor... :D

Graduated Syracuse University BSEE 1978 :banana:
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no worries about that. nothing of mine that i value is on the floor. even my power-strips arent on the floor. i might be adding some KLH model 24's to this system sometime in the next week. anyone have any opinions?
 
Is that a copy of Spartacus by Triumvirat I see peering out of the record crate? If most people don't know what a turntable is there, even less know who that group is as that's fairly obscure.
 
youve got a good eye. i bought that album at a record show in my home town last summer. ive heard some people refer to them as the german emerson lake and palmer
 
Reel to reel

To bad you dont live closer to NY. I have a TEAC 3340 and a 1230 reel to reel. Need the bench space. Since the smaller 1230 was brought back from the dead it stays. The larger 3340 is likely to be let go. Its big will play 2 and 4 channel. Probably free to a good home as I have several projects waiting to take itis place. Good luck in your search for a RTR. If you are ever in the Southeast NY area drop a line. You can take it home....

Eric:music:
 
whoaru99 said:
Be wary of the infamous dorm/frat parties for which you might be temped to use your stereo...notorious for blown speakers, shorted amps, etc.
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I've done it and never had a problem. Then again, where I was, most people had respect. Good advice, nonetheless...

Just in case, though, I kept a few spares under the bed. Also had a good relationship with the dealer in case I needed speaker parts.:thmbsp:
 
I've got a pair of cornwalls in my dorm. Unfortunately, I'm on the third floor and they have 15" woofers. I start getting complaints if I'm running Led Zeppelin through them at a watt or so. I love playing jazz through them at a level that can be heard down the hall. Right now they're all taken apart so my dorm is quiet. I might move these home and bring up my Heresy II's, I think they would be more friendly to my neighbors. I'd like to think I have the best sounding speakers in the history of the dorms at my school, but who knows what students might have had in the late 70s or early 80s.
 
i thought i would update everyone on the current condition of my system. the amplifier section on my sx-1010 started going a little screwy about a month ago, so i did a little searching on craigslist and i found a "broken" marantz 1070. anyway, im using the pioneer for a preamp and the marantz for a power amp at the moment untill i can get my pioneer to a tech (christmas present from my parents, im thinking). ive also managed to get my hands on a pioneer rg-1 dynamic processor, a pioneer sr-202w reverb amp, and a kenwood denoiser KF-8011. im going for the bad-ass-cool-looking factor more than the functionality of all my gear. girls like meters....
 

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That is a seriously cool stereo ;)
I did not have anything to nice in my boarding school days(some 2 years ago), some students stole anything that seemed to be expensive. I brought a Bang & Olufsen Beomaster 2400 and a small pair of B&O speakers, they sounded well, and I really didn't had that much space as you... Currently, I do own some of the biggest 80's B&O systems, which would fit quite nicely if I removed the bed :P
 
I've gotta come over and hear that at some point... Mind if I bring my Polk Monitor 5jr's to listen to? =p
 
top of the line -top notch

MisterFishey said:
Nice system, from a fellow college student. The worst part about having a system in the dorm is placement... you probably have little to no choice about where you can put everything. Cinderblock walls won't help either. :no: They are causing the increase in bass you mention. I have one of my Wharfedales next to the exterior cinderblock wall, and the bass is noticeably more strong on that speaker. Nothing that some tone controls won't fix. Still, that system will ROCK! If you want to make friends (or enemies :D) just play music and leave your door open, people will drop by, I guarantee it. :thmbsp:
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so i just spent a good hour or so redoing my system. i rearranged stuff so it will all have better ventilation, and a reduce in vibrations too. right now im using the pre-out of the pioneer into the main in on the marantz. marantz's can get really heavy bass, but only with a pioneer pre-amp. anyway, here are some pictures....
 

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