Let’s see your DAK gear

[Lavane]

Old but interesting. He was living large.

http://sanfernandovalleyblog.blogspot.com/2014/05/celeb-re-80s-electronics-mail-order.html

That home screams 1980's. My mother had a custom home built in the 80's that had those tall ceilings with sky lights and ledges with recessed lighting everywhere. I built a custom oak built in wall unit with 3/4" thick glass shelving with lighting for her stereo, TV and artsy stuff. Also while it was being built I wired the walls and hid speakers up inside the sheet rock ledges. There was even a 20' tall tree growing in the middle of the great room. I was worried it would be a hard sell after she passed. But it sold fast. All those angles just makes my head hurt.

 

[Lavane]

Any relation to the CB radio maker?

They were basically a common solid state rig inside, but with a vacuum tube RF output stage instead of the transistor usually used on those boards. I'm told the best part about them was the box, otherwise it was a bit "eh".

I very never seen that one. Impressive looking at leased. But I think I would rather have transistor finales for just a couple watts output.

 

[vwestlife]

Here's a full scan of the Summer 1990 DAK catalog if you want to relive the memories:

https://archive.org/details/DAK_Catalog_Summer_1990/mode/2up

Does anybody know the font used for the titles? Gill Sans is close, but not correct.

 

[Lavane]

Here's a full scan of the Summer 1990 DAK catalog if you want to relive the memories:

https://archive.org/details/DAK_Catalog_Summer_1990/mode/2up

Does anybody know the font used for the titles? Gill Sans is close, but not correct.

The speakers in this catalog uses the same woofer and mid as the earlier thunder lizards. Those catalogs always gave me a laugh.

 

[gadget73]

I very never seen that one. Impressive looking at leased. But I think I would rather have transistor finales for just a couple watts output.

I guess you could juice it a bit and get slightly more, but apparently the heat inside the box did the transistor end of things no favors. I have a few all-tube CBs and they double as hot plates in case you want to do flapjacks.

 

[Lavane]

I guess you could juice it a bit and get slightly more, but apparently the heat inside the box did the transistor end of things no favors. I have a few all-tube CBs and they double as hot plates in case you want to do flapjacks.

I had an old Lafayette tube mobile CB. It did get pretty hot.

 

[Lastplace]

BSR EQ-3000 here, and I'm pretty sure I know where the mike is.

 

[SpruceMoose]

Yep, EQ-3000 here too. It had one of the lcd displays edge dots at half brightness when it showed up. Still does. Still works though.

 

[AdamAnt316]

Any relation to the CB radio maker?

They were basically a common solid state rig inside, but with a vacuum tube RF output stage instead of the transistor usually used on those boards. I'm told the best part about them was the box, otherwise it was a bit "eh".

To the best of my knowledge, there's no connection. Dak CB radios were imported from Korea by "M.H. Scott Company" of Maryland according to this, and I can find no origin for the acronym. Drew Alan Kaplan's business was based out of California, best I can tell, and Wikipedia makes no mention of CB radios.
-Adam

 

[Swimincircle]

I was told these are DAK.

 

[Lavane]

I was told these are DAK.

Yup. They came out right after the Thunder Lizards I think. Same poly midrange. Other than the dust cap the woofer looks the same also. I bet it has BSR stamped on the magnet.

 

[Swimincircle]

Yup. They came out right after the Thunder Lizards I think. Same poly midrange. Other than the dust cap the woofer looks the same also. I bet it has BSR stamped on the magnet.

They need some work. So I'll find out soon enough.

 

[AdamAnt316]

I had one of the DAK R2D2 bread makers, it committed suicide by walking itself off the counter while in use.

It used to be that you could buy premade bread mix at the warehouse clubs specifically for breadmakers, but I haven't seen it in years.

Ours is still in existence, though it may need new rubber gaskets and whatnot by this point. Ordering it was a fiasco, as I recall; my father ordered the Turbo Baker II model, but they were out of stock or something, so they sent us a then-new Turbo Baker IV instead. The two were largely identical, with the IV having an extra bread setting or two. I don't remember my mother ever using bread mix in ours, just the ingredients from the recipe books they'd send us from time to time which, like the catalogs, were filled with Drew's breathless copy. We also ended up with the cylindrical 'mitre box' bread slicer they offered and its associated bread knife, both of which we still have, IIRC.
-Adam

 

[wmgwizard]

https://www.dak.com/

Still going strong ??

 

[vwestlife]

https://www.dak.com/

Still going strong ??

But no longer operated by Drew Kaplan -- as you can tell from the writing style, which is now far more concise and no longer contains the personal anecdotes and flowery praise. When Drew was running the site, it got even more out of control -- freed from the constraint of a one- or two-page catalog description, he often had 10+ pages of written text about a single item, interspersed with flashing animated GIFs.

 

[swechsler]

https://www.dak.com/

Still going strong ??

And located in Brooklyn?

Still can’t find what you’re looking for?
Have a great new idea for us?
Need to talk to a real live human?

Drop us a line: 516-629-5290

Email us: cs@dak.com

We still accept snail mail, too:

DAK.com Inc.
1425 37th St. STE 604
Brooklyn, NY 11218​

BTW, 516 is the area code for Nassau County, not Brooklyn (Kings County).

 

[Chilibrother]

I confess that somewhere around 1980 I bought two pair of their super duper RCA cables. They are heavy suckers and I'll give them credit - not a bit of corrosion after 40 years. At the time I thought the right angle connectors were a genius idea. The problem is that they are so freakin massive that there's not enough space between the female plugs on many devices for them to fit. Sitting unused in the giant drawer of cables right now.

 

[Lavane]

I confess that somewhere around 1980 I bought two pair of their super duper RCA cables. They are heavy suckers and I'll give them credit - not a bit of corrosion after 40 years. At the time I thought the right angle connectors were a genius idea. The problem is that they are so freakin massive that there's not enough space between the female plugs on many devices for them to fit. Sitting unused in the giant drawer of cables right now.
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Those are great for many tube amplifiers that have the inputs on the front.
I just bought a set of 90° RCA plugs for one of mine.

 

[KWH]

I bought the Krakatoa 15" sub and matching 150w amp. Gave the amp away but still have the sub, still works and sounds decent. Impressed the heck out of my friends when the pictures rattled off the walls.
Krakatoa Erupts!!

 

[zebra03]

He use to have like a 20 page catalog in the middle of Audio magazine .

Still have mine .