most beautiful electronics of all time
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A few of my pieces of gear which some may find 'beautiful':
musichal
poet emeritus
A few of my pieces of gear which some may find 'beautiful':
All beautiful
musichal
poet emeritus
They seemed high-end when current, to me at the time. Pricey, and great-looking, I agree.
Two stand out for me that I experienced at a reviewer friend's home. First up is the gorgeous Burmester 969/970 transport and DAC. Workmanship was NASA grade (as was the sound quality).
Secondly is the Clearaudio Statement. It is truly difficult to capture how magnificent this instrument is in person with mere pictures. The massive upper assembly freely gimbals with the attached Nautilus-like weights (total weight is about 700 lbs). Platter is magnetically driven. Linear tonearm tower slides back out of the way with smooth precision.
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Secondly is the Clearaudio Statement. It is truly difficult to capture how magnificent this instrument is in person with mere pictures. The massive upper assembly freely gimbals with the attached Nautilus-like weights (total weight is about 700 lbs). Platter is magnetically driven. Linear tonearm tower slides back out of the way with smooth precision.
Sandy G
Retired Member
An early color television. Say from the mid-late Fifties. Those Kuba Komets were B/W, Germany didn't have color TV til the Sixties, IIRC., They ARE kinda scary lookin'.. I'd have one, & go out & get Good & Loaded, come back home, get into a fight w/it, & undoubtedly bust it into a Jillion pieces..
BSome
Super Member
Not mine but I think the Pioneer RT-909 is a very nice looking unit.
Yes those are. I am one of those that never seams to be at the right place at the right time. When I was just getting into this about 3 years ago we had been at the beach for a long weekend when one of those was posted on Craigslist near our place. Of course I did not know until after we drove 200 miles home. The same person also posted a Pioneer 9800 integrated amp, tuner and I forget which turntable just an hour or 2 before we left. All 4 pieces for about 450 too. Now, why does this happen to me
mhardy6647
Lunatic Member
545AIt was always "Bubbles", the Cray 2 that did it for me. Yes, Virginia the boards really are submersed in circulating artificial blood plasma for cooling. Nuthin' faster in '85.
mhardy6647, thanks for posting the photo of the Tektronix 545A. I love the look of those vintage Tek 'scopes. The user experience is fun, too -- especially the cooling fan that sounds like an idling 747 and the handles that technically make it a portable instrument, even though lifting it unassisted is an invitation to a hernia. Maybe that's why I still enjoy using my Tektronix 545, with a 1A1 solid-state dual-trace plug-in and a 1L5 spectrum analyzer plug-in, for a lot of my troubleshooting and repair work.
mhardy6647
Lunatic Member
I would never trust the handles on that particular 545A. 
I have never powered it up -- it was given to me quite a few years back -- and I really, truly don't have the heart to gut it. It is such a beautifully designed and built piece of instrumentation.
I have never powered it up -- it was given to me quite a few years back -- and I really, truly don't have the heart to gut it. It is such a beautifully designed and built piece of instrumentation.
mhardy6647
Lunatic Member
There are a few Tek scopes of various flavors here.
OK, three of them -- only three.
OK, three of them -- only three.
Ohighway
Wannabe Minimalist
Ohighway
Wannabe Minimalist
I would never trust the handles on that particular 545A.
I have never powered it up -- it was given to me quite a few years back -- and I really, truly don't have the heart to gut it. It is such a beautifully designed and built piece of instrumentation.
Thanks for the reminder. I've got three of those beasts clogging up my garage.
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