List of Audio Gear Unique to One AK member.

[Coytee]

I don't know of anyone that has a dbx 5bx (bigger brother to the 3bx & 4bx),

I only know of 2 other people that have a dbx "BX-1" power amp.

I think someone here might have some ElectroVoice Interface "D" speakers (I bought mine new in 1978)

Don't know of anyone that has a dbx 14/10 equalizer although I'm sure more own that than perhaps the 5bx.

I only know of about 8 others (9 total in the world) who own the speaker in my avatar. Hopefully that number will soon climb.

 

[WhiteSE]

Urizen...Nice preamp!!

 

[Arkay]

I have a number of things that don't return any hits when searched here (and have seen a few dozen more that return no hits either here or on Google, but which I didn't get), so I doubt anyone else here has them.

Marantz Esotec SC-4000 cassette deck heads the list for me (Regular silver SD-4000s abound, but I seem to have the only (factory-labelled) Esotec version in existence, as far as I have been able to find out in over a year of searching).

1923 Stromberg-Carlson Neutrodyne Radio. I doubt anyone else here has one, although someone might.

Even the vintage Marantz TV tuner, when I posted about it, got a lot of talk but no one mentioned ever having seen one, and it yields no Google hits, either.

I seem to be the only one with National SB-500x speakers, too, judging from the responses in the thread when I posted about it.

I have a few others, like a couple of rare boomboxes and very early R2Rs (I have the second model of R2R ever made for home use, a Sony, as well as a rare early Tandberg from the 1950s), but it's after 3:30 a.m. here, so please don't ask me to try to remember them precisely now. Rarity isn't everything, and sometimes just means that something flopped in the marketplace, but it adds a little "spice" to the flavor of ownership.

EDIT: It's morning now, and I'm laughing at myself because as I typed the above, I had a "Tiger" brand receiver sitting almost directly in front of me. It may be a rebadge, but I haven't been able yet to identify the maker (looks like it copied different parts from different companies) nor find another one. Possibly a unique (on AK) vintage silver-fronted receiver, which I suspect was made in one of the better Taiwanese factories.

 

[lunchmeat]

I think I may be the only one here with a complete set of Logik L-30V speakers.

 

[JimJ[VT]]

This ain't strictly audio, but I don't think anybody else here has an R-389-

I've lusted after a Collins R-390 for a while. Probably still one of the best receivers for program listening and AM DXing out there, not to mention how cool it looks

 

[outshined]

I didn't read all the posts, but how about an original GAS Ampzilla, rebuilt by James Bongiorno?

Also, a TransAudio 6300 receiver.

 

[WhiteSE]

I didn't read all the posts, but how about an original GAS Ampzilla, rebuilt by James Bongiorno?

Yeah, and my Hadley 622....!

 

[outshined]

Yeah, and my Hadley 622....!

Kewl:yes:
That James is quite a character, wouldn't you say?

Really, a nice guy, just very pithy.

 

[Charivari]

This ain't strictly audio, but I don't think anybody else here has an R-389...<grin>

Now that is a fairly rare unit. If military receivers count, then I'll add my R-649/UR to the list. It's been a while since I've done the research, but when I was a member of the Hallicrafters Collectors Association (the R-649/UR was a Hallicrafter's built rig) there were only two still known to exist, mine and the one pictured at the link. Even Chuck Dachis the Hallicrafters collector who has even written books on the brand had never seen one. Nice rig, smooth geared tuning with a heft fly wheel. Very sturdy construction that exceeds the standards in many other military rigs (an R-390 seems a bit under constructed in direct comparison) and modestly on the heavy side (~90lbs). Surprisingly, it's a hot chassis design that requires an isolation transformer to use on regular house wiring and even then it offers up a shock to the user if he is grounded too well.

Mine was given to me by an old family friend shortly before his passing, so it's going to remain in my possession a long time.

- JP

 

[RayW]

I think I was the only one with Bozak Concert Grands and odyssey Loreleis.

I heard those Odyssey's at a small show a few years ago and was VERY impressed.

Ray

 

[jt1stcav]

I think for the longest time I was the sole AK member to own a BEZ Model T3B SET 300B tube stereo amp from Edmund Lam of Hong Kong...that is until last month when member "jgarcia" obtained a used one! If I'm not mistaken, I am still the only member here to own Mr. Lam's BEZ Model Q4B SRPP 6SN7 tube linestage preamp (both pictured here).

I'm pretty sure I'm the only person in the world to own a 10' pair of custom made Mandaville Grounded interconnects (I named them), since I personally know the man who made them for me, which was a trade for a pair of 300B output tubes I gave him! All the other interconnects I use are MagWire Naked...if there are others here who use them, then that's news to me.

My current Klipsch loudspeakers sit on top of Canadian made Atlantis Pro Series 28 stands, and my equipment sit on a glass and steel Heropa 13SVG audio rack...haven't seen any AKers with either of them, so they may well be unique to me.

I'm using a pair of discontinued Dayton Audio DLS300-632 10" powered subwoofers; don't know if anyone here use them in their systems. They're definately not rare or unique, but they certainly do sound great for affordable 25Hz subs!

Although I no longer own them (sold last year), I may have been the only one here to own a pair of solid cherry Loth-X Audio Amaze transmission line single-driver bookshelf monitors (with a custom-built Fostex 6" tri-coned paper driver with aluminum phase plug).

All these unique-to-me items can be seen in this pic from last year...

 

[WhiteSE]

I heard those Odyssey's at a small show a few years ago and was VERY impressed.

Ray

yes sir...and I still managed to sell both sets in short order...

 

[radioactive]

Now that is a fairly rare unit. If military receivers count, then I'll add my R-649/UR to the list. It's been a while since I've done the research, but when I was a member of the Hallicrafters Collectors Association (the R-649/UR was a Hallicrafter's built rig) there were only two still known to exist, mine and the one pictured at the link. Even Chuck Dachis the Hallicrafters collector who has even written books on the brand had never seen one. Nice rig, smooth geared tuning with a heft fly wheel. Very sturdy construction that exceeds the standards in many other military rigs (an R-390 seems a bit under constructed in direct comparison) and modestly on the heavy side (~90lbs). Surprisingly, it's a hot chassis design that requires an isolation transformer to use on regular house wiring and even then it offers up a shock to the user if he is grounded too well.

Mine was given to me by an old family friend shortly before his passing, so it's going to remain in my possession a long time.

- JP

interesting receiver.thanks for sharing.any pics of your unit?

 

[Charivari]

interesting receiver.thanks for sharing.any pics of your unit?

Unfortunately, no. It's currently in storage and has been since before I obtained a digital camera. Mine's in better condition than the one shown in those pictures with a desktop cabinet vs. the rack mount style. Mine is missing the orange nomenclature tag, unfortunately. Come to think of it, I suppose I could qualify as the only one here with a Collins URC-32 transceiver as well -- my father seems to consider it mine though I found it for him. Now that's a boatanchor that completely fills its own 6' tall rack and I can only move a component at a time (power supply alone is over 100lbs).

- JP

 

[radioactive]

Come to think of it, I suppose I could qualify as the only one here with a Collins URC-32 transceiver as well -- my father seems to consider it mine though I found it for him. Now that's a boatanchor that completely fills its own 6' tall rack and I can only move a component at a time (power supply alone is over 100lbs).

yeah i remember talking to you about that unit.i just wish the guy would of gott back to me with the parts you were looking for it.:sigh:

 

[radioactive]

since this thread is now including communications receivers i have a old mosley cm1.mosley are well known for their antennas but ventured into the receiver market and only produced one receiever the cm1.the cm1 was unique as it used the same tube type throughout the receiver. there were 2 color configurations available also .this is mine http://www.w8zr.net/images/CM1small.jpg

this is the other http://mywebpages.comcast.net/w2agn/cm-1.jpg
i also have the matching speaker.

i suspect the radio was meant to compete with the drake 2b at the time when it came out.owning both i can say it can hold its own with the drake.

more info can be found here on the mosley cm1 for those that are interested http://www.w8zr.net/vintage/receivers/mosley.htm

 

[radioactive]

I've lusted after a Collins R-390 for a while. Probably still one of the best receivers for program listening and AM DXing out there, not to mention how cool it looks

i agree and need to get one also.do you think we can persuade sandy to part with his?

LOL...You owe me!!

and just what do i owe you jack ?:scratch2:

 

[blue_lateral]

Anybody else got a National Panasonic SL-1000? It was later known as the Technics SP-10...

 

[blue_lateral]

since this thread is now including communications receivers

Ok, well thats a slippery slope
Heres my odd duck, a 1941ish Meissner Traffic Master.

 

[Sandy G]

Wow, that Traffic Master is a Beaut...And JP, I'd never heard of an R-649...THAT is a Rare Byrd, indeed... My AR-60 is common by comparison...There are maybe 6-12 left, out of 2-300 made.. Most were Gov't units, mine is the "Deluxe" version that has German silver dials, & a 2-tone grey cabinet..It was $495 in '35, when you could get a new Ford V-8 for $650...Not many were sold to the private market. R-390/390A prices, believe it or not are STILL "classified" after all these years...But we HAVE heard of figures of $3500 in '55...The last ones, made in '84, were reportedly $35K each...A good R-390/390A on today's market will fetch $500-750. Those "in the know" often go for the earlier, more rare R-390, made from 1951-54. The 390A was a "product-improved" cheapened version that was in production from 1954-68, & the 5 units that were made in '84.