Howdy.
Us: expat yanks down under. Have recently gotten the vintage bug after getting my teen son into classic vinyl and music. It's a great hobby to share. We were thinking, hey, we ski, we dive, what's a less gear and $ intensive hobby we could get into? Of course! Vintage HiFi!
I have vivid childhood memories of Dad's Sansui stereo he brought back from Korea (GI) - the warm yellow-orange glow of the Teac reel to reel VU meters, Sansui amp - the gorgeous wood lattice grilles over the speakers, excellent stuff. There was a reel to reel of classic Christmas music playing nonstop during the season. He still has the Amp and turntable - I've claimed, sadly the speakers were DONATED a couple years ago for a basement renovation (the horror).
Later, some Uni guys upstairs from Mom in her PhD days had this massive, EPIC silver Technics system, 4 speakers stacked 2 and 2. They taped AC/DC Back in Black for me one summer and I blew out Mom's portable cassette player (the single speaker, handle on the end job) playing it. I got admonished - and a boombox for Christmas.
I've recently acquired a Luxman L-580 that could have quite an interesting provenance, I'll spin a thread on that in Solid State a bit later to get some help investigating, and some KEF 104aBs - both at the local HiFi experts for refurbishment.
glad to be here - already read some amazing information and discussion.
-decreed_it
Us: expat yanks down under. Have recently gotten the vintage bug after getting my teen son into classic vinyl and music. It's a great hobby to share. We were thinking, hey, we ski, we dive, what's a less gear and $ intensive hobby we could get into? Of course! Vintage HiFi!
I have vivid childhood memories of Dad's Sansui stereo he brought back from Korea (GI) - the warm yellow-orange glow of the Teac reel to reel VU meters, Sansui amp - the gorgeous wood lattice grilles over the speakers, excellent stuff. There was a reel to reel of classic Christmas music playing nonstop during the season. He still has the Amp and turntable - I've claimed, sadly the speakers were DONATED a couple years ago for a basement renovation (the horror).
Later, some Uni guys upstairs from Mom in her PhD days had this massive, EPIC silver Technics system, 4 speakers stacked 2 and 2. They taped AC/DC Back in Black for me one summer and I blew out Mom's portable cassette player (the single speaker, handle on the end job) playing it. I got admonished - and a boombox for Christmas.
I've recently acquired a Luxman L-580 that could have quite an interesting provenance, I'll spin a thread on that in Solid State a bit later to get some help investigating, and some KEF 104aBs - both at the local HiFi experts for refurbishment.
glad to be here - already read some amazing information and discussion.
-decreed_it
