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What was the the last audio-related item you purchased?

Lavane said:
I've always liked top loading cassette decks. I've had a few in the past.
The Marantz top loaders were good looking decks with big meters.
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I think Marantz made the best looking decks, both top and front loading. I only own a handful of cassettes left over from my youth, but I couldn't pass it up. It was included with the already cheap receiver (which I also didn't need).
 
dbuz said:
Aiwa AD-1250. The receiver is filthy inside, but the Aiwa is one of the coolest cassette decks I've ever seen in person.
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The 1250 was the best sounding of the less expensive cassette decks we sold.

Your picture barely shows one of the machine’s nice features, the hinged dust cover. I’d expect most to not notice it in your picture as it is unexpected on a cassette deck.
 
peterp1 said:
Surprised to see power conditioners being discussed! My 20-year-old Monster HTS-3500 mark-iii is still going strong, but the power-delay relay for the 12v trigger is now starting to take a few clicks before it powers on the amp (I use it for a trigger to turn on an amplifier that has a proprietary 5v trigger), so I decided to replace it.

After some research, Furman seemed to be the way to go (non-sacrificial, doesn't restrain the amp like sacrificial conditioners can), so I bought a used Furman Elite 15 DMi used a days ago. I've unpacked it, but haven't had time to replace the Monster yet. The old Monster conditioners are pretty well made, but Furman is reportedly a superior design. Panamax actually bought Furman many years ago, but the products remain different in design I think (I think Panamax are sacraficial like the Monster).
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Yep, clean power as well as block noise from other noisy components helps in some systems.

I've just purchased a 3rd ifi Supanova (active noise cancelling) in my primary system for my Eversolo DMP-A6 and I hear an improvement (less halo around Simon Kopmeyer's voice in the song "Go"). The 1st Supanova is on the Parasound 2100 preamp, 2nd on the Sublime K231 active analog crossover.

But in my 2ndary system (family room), I did not hear an improvement putting the iFi Supanova on the Parasound Zonemaster 2 amplifier.

My video:
 
dbuz said:
I think Marantz made the best looking decks, both top and front loading. I only own a handful of cassettes left over from my youth, but I couldn't pass it up. It was included with the already cheap receiver (which I also didn't need).
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I've had two Marantz Cassette decks. A 5020, and a 5220. While those front loaders were nice looking decks, they were a royal pain to work on. There was a lot of disassembly to get to the belts. Some of the functions were more complicated than they needed to be also. My son still has the 5020 and uses it.
I do like the looks Marantz top loaders over thw front loaders though.
Years ago I had a simple TEAC top loader I liked. It only played and recorded normal bias tapes and it didn'thave a Dolby switch either. That was fine with me since I usually used normal bias studio series tape anyway.
 
Blue Shadow said:
The 1250 was the best sounding of the less expensive cassette decks we sold.

Your picture barely shows one of the machine’s nice features, the hinged dust cover. I’d expect most to not notice it in your picture as it is unexpected on a cassette deck.
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You are right,I didn't know about the hinged cover till I read your post and went back to look for it.
 
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Haul from my trip to Chicago and Cold Waves attendance. On right are CW merch; on left Reckless Records finds and Post Punk and Industrial Music Museum (Double Damage Manual box) find.

I can't believe I fit all this in my carry-on (plus a couple of posters).

Right from top: Haunt Me, "Watch You Bleed"; Black Cross Hotel, "Hex"; Pig, "Hurt People Hurt"; Cold Waves XIV compilation; The Legendary Pink Dots, "So Lonely in Heaven".

Left from top: The Damage Manual, "One" and "The Damage Manual"; Nine Inch Nails, "The Downward Spiral" (thus completing my collection of necessary NIN albums); Public Enemy, "Fear of a Black Planet"; Prince, "Come", and Talking Heads, "Speaking in Tongues (2005 remaster, CD/DVD Audio flipper).
 
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