Pretty sure all he needs is powered speakers if that’s all he wants. It’s designed for them.
Vinyl Set Up
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That’s exactly what I did with my Audio Technica turntable. Works great!
Didn’t want to doubt your post, and included active speakers in my post, same as powered speakers.
Just saw "speakers alone won't do the job" and missed the other part - didn't want him to be confused!
They can be a little “bright” but for the money there a solid choice.
Best speakers I have heard were a pair of Quad ESL's driven by a VTL valve pre-amp and a Cary power amp.
Too bad that was many thousands above what I made at that time in the 90s
The MAC 1900 was manufactured by McIntosh Laboratories from 1973 - 1978, and initially had a list price of $799.00, later upped to $949.00. Here is a link to the receiver's page on the legacy products section of McIntosh's Website.
McIntosh was founded in 1949 by Frank McIntosh and Gordon Gow. According to an article by Bob Ankosko on the www.soundandvision.com Website, " As the head of sales, Gow pushed for McIntosh to come out with a receiver in the ’60s but “Mr. McIntosh said no,” relates Ken Zelin, historian and director of U.S. sales training at McIntosh. “Receivers involved some degree of compromise, so year after year, he overruled Gordon.”
Finally, the owners came up with a solution they both could live with.
“They would build a receiver in the McIntosh factory but not call it a McIntosh,” Zelin reveals. “They formed a division called MAC Audio Company to market the receiver. It was built in the McIntosh Lab factory and sold through McIntosh Lab dealers but if you look at the receiver and its manual, both say MAC instead of McIntosh. That way people knew not to expect it to be 100% as good as McIntosh separate components.”
As Mr. Shakespeare once said, "What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet...," and this receiver IS sweet!
The Quad really is a legend, like the original klipschorns. Both quite expensive. You can still get some of those, quad offers some old refurbished, like new.
www.quad-musik.de
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As long as you’re willing to dive with into a selmade project I would recommend these open baffle bipolar loudspeakers. They snipe away 10000 dollars speakers for about under 800 bucks, believe me.
I use them in my living room, a friend compared them to the quad esl sound wise, though completely different concept. Am not dreaming anymore of the next better speakers.
I use them in my living room, a friend compared them to the quad esl sound wise, though completely different concept. Am not dreaming anymore of the next better speakers.
Interesting design on the open back for the midrange. I wouldn’t think it’s the most effective design but then again for home audio most amps produce plenty of power.
Those are high efficient speakers at 97 db per watt. With valve triode of 1,5 watt output you go a long way.
I am just ressurecting my old setup after 25 years.
I am into Quad gear having a q22/q11 ,33/303 and 34/306 setups and JR149 and quad esl57 speakers.The turntable is a Torens TD145 MK2.
The only modern part is a Cambridge Audio streamer.
Pity I got rid of most of my vinyl 20 years ago when I moved.I took it to the dump as charity shops didnt want it
I am into Quad gear having a q22/q11 ,33/303 and 34/306 setups and JR149 and quad esl57 speakers.The turntable is a Torens TD145 MK2.
The only modern part is a Cambridge Audio streamer.
Pity I got rid of most of my vinyl 20 years ago when I moved.I took it to the dump as charity shops didnt want it
You are not alone on that score, Paul. Vinyl is a funny thing. Some of my most prized albums are not worth anything in terms of dollars. Here's to hoping you recover some of your favorite records soon...
already started,just bought all of the Led Zepplin albumns again,Jethro Tull next month,may take more than one month as there are so many and not enough spare cash
Although I mentioned them months ago, since this thread is still going (!), I’ll give another little mention to the Wharfedale Linton 85th Anniversaries. Spent a lot of time a few years ago trying to figure out what to replace my 30+ year Polk Audios with (one of the woofers repaired with duct tape). The Wharfedales are called “bookshelf” but I’ve never had anything resembling a bookshelf that could hold these, lol. Paired with my vintage and restored Pioneer SX850 and a Rega P2 I have, for me, the system that will be “it”. These speakers are so versatile! And the sound I get from vinyl for rock and jazz (and classical piano) is perfect. Of course, when I’m cooking and need to flip or change a record I remember why the lure of CDs and my 6 CD player sucked me in, haha. I need the exercise.
Found this for sale and grabbed it. My plan is to clean up and update the drivers in the speakers, maybe some new wiring as well, and use it with the Apollo I already posted. I figure I can sell the player with my existing bookshelf speakers for what I paid.
Anyone have any clues how to open these? Seems a little strange that it's just one screw LOL
Anyone have any clues how to open these? Seems a little strange that it's just one screw LOL
Well that was easier than I thought! Yeah we're gonna go ahead and replace these...
