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Re: Do you own any other vintage HiFi products.

Kevin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 02:16:20 GMT

I have 2 vintage Garrard turntables. The first one is the Type A (1959) and the other is the Lab 80MkII ('60s)

I collected turntables for awhile. I also have a Dual 1229 and a 1019.

Re: Do you own any other vintage HiFi products.

DrDimitris — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:47:14 GMT

That is very nice to know Tournedos. I also found (to go a little more offtopic) this site where is shown the evolution of Mullard radios . Mine is type MAS 238. They even have some diagrams on some models, which are helpful for restoring them.

http://radiomuseum.org/m/mullard_gb_en_1~typ.html

P.S. How on earth can you guys rename the link that you put on your post?????! I get a new window when i link something, i type a name to appear...but no use :-(

Re: Do you own any other vintage HiFi products.

tournedos — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:49:05 GMT

Mullard primarily was a component manufacturer. It was bought by Philips at a very early stage and in a sense the company still lives on as a part of first Philips Semiconductors and now NXP Components although the name ceased to exist in the '80s. Many of the early valve types from the '20s are called PMsomething (for Philips-Mullard).

EDIT: To drive off-topic an off-topic discussion, here's a nice pictorial on the manufacturing process of a Mullard EF80 valve - I'm sure even an electronics heathen will appreciate the complexity! This is a fairly new and common valve type you would likely find in the last valve TVs. Now imagine the nice ladies at Mullard Blackburn factory still churning out 27 million valves per year in 1974...

Re: Do you own any other vintage HiFi products.

j0hnbarker — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:36:15 GMT

Cool!

Mullard made a selection of tubes - I know this because I once saw a really cool 50s advertising poster by Mullard that was simply a load of tubes/valves and their code numbers :)

Re: Do you own any other vintage HiFi products.

DrDimitris — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:37:39 GMT

It is not HiFi, but it is definetely rare and Vintage.

I own a Mullard Radio Receiver from 1948. A Great Britain Product with Internal Speaker and ability to connect a pickup!

It is not in a good shape, but i have plans to restore it someway...

Re: Do you own any other vintage HiFi products.

burantek — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:19:50 GMT

TheSixthBeatle:
I need the 120v 60hz variety.

The states? What are you looking for? I am thinning my gear from 60's thru 00's.

Re: Do you own any other vintage HiFi products.

TheSixthBeatle — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:56:24 GMT

You know, I only just lucked into the B&O world last month, when a Beogram 4002 came to me. I'm fascinated. I fear that may have been the first domino falling...

Where, other than eBay (where you always pay too much) can one acquire clean used Bang & Olufsen equipment? I need the 120v 60hz variety.

Re: Do you own any other vintage HiFi products.

ajames — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:30:45 GMT

This thread started me thinking about building up a revox collection and I saw a nakamichi cd player today for £70 - but the thought of not using my Beo4, the looks, the integration etc.......

Re: Do you own any other vintage HiFi products.

TheSixthBeatle — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:57:36 GMT

I love my Nakamichi 700 cassette deck. It's the size of a small suitcase, and built to last 100 years. The big, bright VU meters are mesmerising Picture here: http://i.audioscope.net/td_nakamichi_700.jpg

Re: Do you own any other vintage HiFi products.

Søren Hammer — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 08:30:40 GMT

I have had an old ITT amp after I destroyed my first B&O reciever, the Beomaster 2400-2 (dead output stage and old capacitors). It acually played very well through my S-45's, I regret selling it. I also had a Pioneer PL-223 record player. Worked great but there was no suspension, the tonearm was skating all over the record if you closed the door (it was located on a shelf). Both items was found at the dump! After that I moved back to B&O with another 2400-2 and them my Beosystem 5500/Beogram 4002 arrangement.

I memorize that i also have had an old Philips tuner with tape recorder built in, it was thrown out ten years ago.

-Søren

Re: Do you own any other vintage HiFi products.

ajames — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 06:35:43 GMT

I've got a Revox B77 MKII hooked upto my BC9500 and the original TX Turntable - the Revox matches the TX really well and the sound is very good when recording Vinyl - saves changing records. If I could work out how to post a picture of it I would.

Also got an old Pioneer DV 717 controlled through a lintronic box - very large DVD player but really good picture on my Avant. Interestingly if I bought the revox add on remote control thing I could control it through the Beo4.

Re: Do you own any other vintage HiFi products.

superdario — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 03:54:21 GMT

Russ:

superdario:

i would own real pro stuff like 60's/70's studer/revox components and a thorens td 124 deck, simular to the famous beogram 3000... swiss made of course... ;-)

Funny you should mention that Dario....

nice setup indeed... ;-) is that a a77 reel-to-reel?

btw did you know that you can use the beo4 as a remote for a b77? http://cgi.ebay.ch/IR-adapter-for-REVOX-B77-PR99-Bang-Olufsen-remote_W0QQitemZ120534332866QQcmdZViewItemQQptZBandmaschinen?hash=item1c1067f5c2#ht_1624wt_1167

i did a quick research, the a50/78 amplifier, the a76 tuner and last but not least the famous a77 tape are really nice. all build around 1967/68/69 same time as my beolab 5000 system... but one vintage system is sufficient and the jacob jensen design is iconic... ;-)

Re: Do you own any other vintage HiFi products.

h1npw — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:45:50 GMT

I have a Beocenter 2500 hooked up to a Quad 405-2 and a pair of Mission 753s. I love the sound and the Beocenter looks great on top of the Quad. The Beocenter is going to be swopped for a 2300 this weekend

Cheers

Nigel

Re: Do you own any other vintage HiFi products.

stevnp — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:08:53 GMT

I have a Harman|Kardon linear tracking turntable from 1976, connected via preamp to B&O setup. Matches the brushed aluminium perfectly!

Re: Do you own any other vintage HiFi products.

Russ — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 23:37:23 GMT

superdario:

i would own real pro stuff like 60's/70's studer/revox components and a thorens td 124 deck, simular to the famous beogram 3000... swiss made of course... ;-)

Funny you should mention that Dario....