the retro hi-fi thread!

[2wheels4ever]

hey... those CDJs are the nuts!!

After years of vinyl mixing.. was sceptical. But they are great and soo easy! Can get pretty creative with them too. Nice.

I had the same experience, the creativity aspect is awesome over vinyl. No going back for me.

 

[legrandefromage]

well - after years of separates, I planing on building our wall out to contain the 42" telly and hide all the home cinema electronics. I am considering running a 12v Pioneer car system using a 7" Pioneer DVD headunit as a base. That way its easy for the missu to use and all nice and neat.

 

[ferrus]

well - after years of separates, I planing on building our wall out to contain the 42" telly and hide all the home cinema electronics. I am considering running a 12v Pioneer car system using a 7" Pioneer DVD headunit as a base. That way its easy for the missu to use and all nice and neat.

Nah, your going 180 degrees in the wrong directon fella! Surely it's time for flea-power SET amps and Horns?..
And a snakes pit of tangled cables, 'fire bottles' and imminently lethal voltages.

 

[legrandefromage]

Maybe buy back my Krell FPB350M's running at 500w each in standby....

 

[Mr Panda]

A small sample of what I have stashed away. I also think I have a problem...

Bottom RH corner of pic, third item from base of stack - Is that an Acoustic Research amp with DIN rear connectors and screw-on wooden side plates? Does it work? Is it for sale?

 

[legrandefromage]

A small sample of what I have stashed away. I also think I have a problem...

Bottom RH corner of pic, third item from base of stack - Is that an Acoustic Research amp with DIN rear connectors and screw-on wooden side plates? Does it work? Is it for sale?

Nearly - its a Cambridge Audio pre-amplifier, I use the power amp for the rear channels.

 

[doctor-bond]

Audio Innovations 800 series valve power amp;
Rose industries valve pre;
Systemdek turntable;
Originlive modded RB250? arm;
Pioneer stable platter CD transport [PD70???]
Top end DPA DAC;
Neat Petite speakers with the 'ribbon' tweeters;
Heavy sand-filled stands;
Quality thick glass support stand whose maker escapes me;
Sensible interconnects;
Fat copper speaker cables to the bass;
'Military' silver wire to the treble.

All in storage with 800 odd LPs cause I've got too many children and not enough room .....
:roll:

One day she will be mine. Oh yes.

Meanwhile its i tunes on the PC through an £8 2.1 system.

 

[ferrus]

Yeah a tube man!
But don't mention cables around these parts, you might find yourself burnt at the stake.

 

[legrandefromage]

Yeah a tube man!
But don't mention cables around these parts, you might find yourself burnt at the stake.

Yeeees.... just as much voltage is being sent through 'thick' cables and the thin cables (anything upto 35V and beyond).

Bi-wired? That will present a strange load on the amplifier, gives the 'sound' that magazines bullshited on about in the '90's

Bi-amped? That will give you some extra volume (cant remember the % though) - a genuine so called 'upgrade'!

Speaker cable? unless you're using monster amplification and lengths over 10m - this will do: http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=115110

 

[doctor-bond]

I must confess to having a very sketchy understanding of electricity [by the time we got to coulombs in physics, my mind had been addled by underage drinking and girls].

So... my speakers have two sets of posts - biwiring?. I thought the principle was separation of signals: i.e. the more you separate, the less interference, noise or whatever. Is this nonsense?

On fat vs. thick: the fatter the wire the less resisistence which feels it ought to be a good thing; but if I'm hearing you right, resistence is only an issue at high voltages or really thin wire?

On silver vs copper: what's the difference? When I wired up my top secret, ex military, cheap ebay silver wire I noticed an instant difference: I became more suave, found I could mix the perferct martini, and every time I put on Love over gold it brought a tear to my eyes ......

Have to say, the most noticable tweaks were filling the stands and using a peoper support stand.