Just got a Fisher "SpaceExpander" to go with my Fisher 400

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The Fisher K10 SpaceXpander forms the bedrock for dub, which is the Rastafarian liturgy. As William Gibson described it in Neuromancer (1984):

As they worked, Case gradually became aware of the music that pulsed constantly through the cluster. It was called dub, a sensuous mosaic cooked from vast libraries of digitalized pop; it was worship, Molly said, and a sense of community.​

The K10 is, for example, clearly audible in the King Tubby sound, and other Black Ark recordings. Here are a few examples of King Tubby I found on YouTube:

The K10 audible in Prince Jammy and Scientist:

NB: not all Kingston dub is the K10. Others — such as Lee Scratch Perry — more heavily relied upon the Roland Space Echo (RE-201 and successors).

Many of the K10s were found in the original boxes for good reason. It's not a good match for HiFi, at least in other than very small amounts for rear speakers.

 

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OT, I know, sorry!

But... who installed a reverb unit in their car? Best part was the sound it made when you drove across railroad tracks!

I knew a couple people that installed them. It would sound like a thunder storm going over tracks or on a rough road.

 

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I knew a couple people that installed them. It would sound like a thunder storm going over tracks or on a rough road.

I briefly had — operative word is had — one hooked up in my car, with an AM radio and FM converter.

The resulting sound was as if I was driving in a galvanized bucket, with every bump and pothole sounding a combination of a random and incoherent heavy metal power chord with a sheet metal used for thunder in radio studios. It lasted for about a ten minute test drive before it was removed.

Given how awful it sounded I find it incomprehensible that anyone paid retail on those tank units for cars. Not in the same class as the other spring reverbs, either the vacuum-tube tank units (SpaceXpander, Pioneer SR-101, etc.), solid-state tank units (Sansui RA-500, etc.) units, or the non-tank solid-state units (BBD or CCD).

 

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I briefly had — operative word is had — one hooked up in my car, with an AM radio and FM converter.

The resulting sound was as if I was driving in a galvanized bucket, with every bump and pothole sounding a combination of a random and incoherent heavy metal power chord with a sheet metal used for thunder in radio studios. It lasted for about a ten minute test drive before it was removed.

Given how awful it sounded I find it incomprehensible that anyone paid retail on those tank units for cars. Not in the same class as the other spring reverbs, either the vacuum-tube tank units (SpaceXpander, Pioneer SR-101, etc.), solid-state tank units (Sansui RA-500, etc.) units, or the non-tank solid-state units (BBD or CCD).

I had a FM to AM converter in a '68 Torino GT fastback. I didn't want to drill holes in the dash to hang or mount a stereo deck. The converter I used actually worked pretty well.