Vinyl Set Up
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Dan you live exactly how I imagined you live.
I'm late to the party but heres my set up!
A Sansui 9090DB that I did some restoration work to. Changed the pots, re-biased it, replaced a bad main safety relay, replaced all the dead lighting, and de-oxit-ed everything! It sounds amazing!
I'm also using a Fluance table! I've got an Ortofan OM10 stylus on there but am planning to upgrade to a 2M Bronze as soon as I can afford it.
and a pair of Klipsch KG4's!
I really love how this system sounds and my wife and I listen to a bit of everything. My Dad gifted me his entire record collection after he digitized them for his own digital library, but I'm immensely enjoying them in their original form. We've also slowly been adding our own additions to the collection.
We have also found that the classical records are very cheap in relation to how valuable they maybe should be. I got a Japanese pressing of the Rite of Spring with Pierre Monteux conducting the Paris Conservatory Orchestra for 2 dollars, and it's in mint condition. Doesn't seem real haha
Edited to add: I also have a bluetooth receiver hooked into the AUX input on the Sansui and we use the system to play digital, radio and as our home theater for TV and movies!
A Sansui 9090DB that I did some restoration work to. Changed the pots, re-biased it, replaced a bad main safety relay, replaced all the dead lighting, and de-oxit-ed everything! It sounds amazing!
I'm also using a Fluance table! I've got an Ortofan OM10 stylus on there but am planning to upgrade to a 2M Bronze as soon as I can afford it.
and a pair of Klipsch KG4's!
I really love how this system sounds and my wife and I listen to a bit of everything. My Dad gifted me his entire record collection after he digitized them for his own digital library, but I'm immensely enjoying them in their original form. We've also slowly been adding our own additions to the collection.
We have also found that the classical records are very cheap in relation to how valuable they maybe should be. I got a Japanese pressing of the Rite of Spring with Pierre Monteux conducting the Paris Conservatory Orchestra for 2 dollars, and it's in mint condition. Doesn't seem real haha
Edited to add: I also have a bluetooth receiver hooked into the AUX input on the Sansui and we use the system to play digital, radio and as our home theater for TV and movies!
WOW! There's some great stuff here! Love the old Macs!
I got back into vinyl about 10 years ago when I bought a record collection from a friend's Uncle. He was moving across the country and didn't want to take it with him, so I added 300+ LPs and 200+ 45s to my small collection for a great price. I hadn't touched my vinyl in probably 25 years. My 30 year-old TT crapped out a few years ago and I replaced it with a reconditioned 1980 Revox B795 which I just love. It screams to be played loud! it's currently in my basement as part of a Frankenstein system with Bose 701s and Def Tech Pro Monitor 1000s, powered by my first Home Theater receiver, a Harmon/Kardon AVR 20II. keep saying I'm going to upgrade everything, but the money always finds a different home!
This was an old bookcase I dug out of my Dad's basement and refinished.
I got back into vinyl about 10 years ago when I bought a record collection from a friend's Uncle. He was moving across the country and didn't want to take it with him, so I added 300+ LPs and 200+ 45s to my small collection for a great price. I hadn't touched my vinyl in probably 25 years. My 30 year-old TT crapped out a few years ago and I replaced it with a reconditioned 1980 Revox B795 which I just love. It screams to be played loud! it's currently in my basement as part of a Frankenstein system with Bose 701s and Def Tech Pro Monitor 1000s, powered by my first Home Theater receiver, a Harmon/Kardon AVR 20II. keep saying I'm going to upgrade everything, but the money always finds a different home!
This was an old bookcase I dug out of my Dad's basement and refinished.
Cool setup! I especially like the Revox. If you want an upgrade without spending much money sell those overrated Bose and get a pair of Magnepans. Just a friendly suggestion. 
Query: I have a Bang and Olafson combo turntable, cassette and tuner from about 50 years old sitting on a closet shelf. Might there be any real value to a collector?
It sort of depends on which one. The 7000's series with rosewood, can get $1000 plus if working. Some tend to get a few hundred. Even not working it can get over $100. But, really the systems that require vacuum tubes is what sets off the collectors these days.
Probably 95% Classic Rock with a smattering of Country and Jazz. He was a big horns guy so a lot of Blood, Sweat and Tears, Earth, Wind and Fire, Chicago and similar. Pretty much every Beatles album and 45 in playable, but not great condition. It complimented my collection very well.
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I got these for a song around 1995 when my brother worked for their patent law firm in Boston. Had them in storage until I started up the TT again.
Yeah, I know all about Bose.Cool setup! I especially like the Revox. If you want an upgrade without spending much money sell those overrated Bose and get a pair of Magnepans. Just a friendly suggestion.
I got these for a song around 1995 when my brother worked for their patent law firm in Boston. Had them in storage until I started up the TT again.
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I started my Monday by spinning Tom Petty’s Full Moon Fever and as I was putting the album away I heard a 2-3 second sizzle. I hope it’s not terminal!
Vintage equipment... I love it, but it does have its downsides. I have dropped some $$$ over the years to keep my system running. I hope this issue is not as bad as it seems. Good luck and all the best.
I kind of forgot about this thread, but am glad to see it bumped up again. I've been listening to a lot more music lately, and also thinking about my audio journey over the years. I don't even want to think about all the money I've spent on that journey. But here's where it started for me in 1966. My parents always had some kind of large furniture type of stereo, but while at Michigan State I came across a guy with this little portable stereo in his room. It looked different than anything I'd ever seen but the sound was amazing for what it was. So I had to get one, it was a KLH model 11 portable stereo that was a turntable and amplifier plus two detachable speakers, and cost $199.00 back then. This was the beginning of my journey... 
These pictures are ones I found online and is not my actual stereo. As the years passed, I bought two more KLH stereos that were similar but not portable. Great sound for the bucks!
These pictures are ones I found online and is not my actual stereo. As the years passed, I bought two more KLH stereos that were similar but not portable. Great sound for the bucks!
Love these portables that offer all the speed choices. Fire up the Time Machine towards our collective vinyl destination...I kind of forgot about this thread, but am glad to see it bumped up again. I've been listening to a lot more music lately, and also thinking about my audio journey over the years. I don't even want to think about all the money I've spent on that journey. But here's where it started for me in 1966. My parents always had some kind of large furniture type of stereo, but while at Michigan State I came across a guy with this little portable stereo in his room. It looked different than anything I'd ever seen but the sound was amazing for what it was. So I had to get one, it was a KLH model 11 portable stereo that was a turntable and amplifier plus two detachable speakers, and cost $199.00 back then. This was the beginning of my journey...
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I kind of forgot about this thread, but am glad to see it bumped up again. I've been listening to a lot more music lately, and also thinking about my audio journey over the years. I don't even want to think about all the money I've spent on that journey. But here's where it started for me in 1966. My parents always had some kind of large furniture type of stereo, but while at Michigan State I came across a guy with this little portable stereo in his room. It looked different than anything I'd ever seen but the sound was amazing for what it was. So I had to get one, it was a KLH model 11 portable stereo that was a turntable and amplifier plus two detachable speakers, and cost $199.00 back then. This was the beginning of my journey...
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What a fun set up. Nice!!!
I believe that's an extreme close-up of the needle in the groove!