My current Setup

[ianj454]

Here is my current setup.
-Realistic STA-2000 Receiver (waiting for volume knob to arrive)
-Realistic 12 Band Equalizer
-Realistic SCT 19 Cassette Player (Waiting for belts to arrive for my Pioneer CT-F500)
-Pioneer PD-M60 CD Player
-Technics SL-BD20 Turntable
-JBL 800 Speakers

Everything pictured is less than $110, the turn table is a loaner from my dad until I can find a good one. The little radio pictured next to the speakers used to belong to my great grandfather and uses tubes. I would love to fix it up but have no clue towards tube technology, little alone what voltage it is designed for.

 

[gunpoet]

Nice "Shack" set up! I like my Realistic stuff!

 

[Hendrix416]

+1 on the 2000 receiver. I have the Dolby version of that receiver and absolutely love it.

 

[Treker]

Very nice! That Realistic receiver is one nice looking unit. Congratulations!

 

[ianj454]

Thanks guys, I really like this system, I also cannot complain about 75wpc. I also collect vintage video game systems and have acquired a Playstation SCPH-1001 which apparently is a really good cd player, anyone else own one that can spread some light on it? I also have a few vintage video players around, ill be impressed if anyone can name this type of format (the player beneath my 360 and external hard drive)

 

[jleon92f]

Very Nice system, I also have the STA-2000D receiver, sounds great after all these years! Enjoy! Just goes to show, you don't need to spend a lot of money to enjoy Music!

John

 

[Rome]

Very nice setup!

Rome

 

[OneMalt]

An STA-2000 was my first "real" receiver back in, I think, 1977. Many fond memories...:yes:

 

[waterjetguy]

Way to go!
That's a great system for low bucks.
I hope you get miles of smiles from it.:thmbsp:

I like vintage gear for several reasons, and I just thought of another one.
Saving resources/recycling.

The energy and material resources used to make your system are from, what, 30 years ago? You've just gotten a cool "new to you" setup, and it didn't take any new energy, create any more CO2, use up any more materials, and didn't add to a landfill.

You're a great citizen of the earth as well as an audio buff!:yes:

 

[Treker]

Thanks guys, I really like this system, I also cannot complain about 75wpc. I also collect vintage video game systems and have acquired a Playstation SCPH-1001 which apparently is a really good cd player, anyone else own one that can spread some light on it? I also have a few vintage video players around, ill be impressed if anyone can name this type of format (the player beneath my 360 and external hard drive)

I believe that is a CED (Capacitance Electronic Disc) player. I remember when they came out in the early '80's, but they were never a big hit. VHS and Beta killed it off, and to a lesser extent, Laserdisc. Here is a link to an article on Wikipedia if you are interested in reading more about it:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitance_Electronic_Disc

 

[robgmn]

Ahhhh, the 10 band EQ with the venerable "V" curve!
I used to sell all of this equipt back in the day (not to mention $500 20 MEGABYTE hard drives!).
I still have several sets of Minimus 7's and a pair of Nova 8B's around...

Fun stuff!

More info on the Selectavision: http://www.cedmagic.com/museum/ced-player-guide/vip2000.html.

You should post a close-up pic of one of the discs for it!

 

[ianj454]

I believe that is a CED (Capacitance Electronic Disc) player. I remember when they came out in the early '80's, but they were never a big hit. VHS and Beta killed it off, and to a lesser extent, Laserdisc. Here is a link to an article on Wikipedia if you are interested in reading more about it:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitance_Electronic_Disc

Bingo! Picked it up a while ago and love it. Its basically movies on vinyl by far my favourite dead format.

Also thanks for the complements guys, I love vintage gear way better, looks better than everything on sale today, and in most cases sounds better.

 

[ianj454]

Here is a closeup of one of the CED discs, had to get the best movie ever made. The groves are so small on the disc it almost looks like a cd.

 

[epifanatic]

That is way cool, do you use it? How's the quality of the playback?

 

[ianj454]

Still works like a charm, even have a spare for parts, I have about 20 movies (close to 30 discs as each side can only hold 60 min). I would say the quality is a little worse than VHS, depending on the condition of the disc. Whenever I am in the mood for an old movie, or something different I throw a disc in.

 

[ianj454]

The new volume knob finally arrived, not exactly the same as the original but still looks good. I also had some time to clean up the wood with some wood cleaner. I also have some new speaker cabinets, picking up the speakers for them tomorrow.

 

[ianj454]

I picked up a pair of Wharfedale Mach 5 speakers off a close family friend for a good price. They were well taken care of and were hardly ever used. The old JBL 800's are now part of my cabin system.