Popular Post Superdad Posted March 22, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted March 22, 2019 Here are photos of some of the pieces I had in my system in the years 1976 to 1980, at ages 14-18 years old. Note that the pics are not of my actual units--I just grabbed them off Google--but they are the actual models. Some of these pieces--and a few others, I still have in my "audio museum." I also had a few different reel-to-reel decks (various Revox, Tandberg, Teac, Akai), and several other Nakamichi pieces, most nattily the wonderful 700MkII. The speakers, HK amp, and Kenwood turntable all got heavily modified. The HK Citation 12 (above and below) was dual-mono. Its chassis and transformers became the basis for years of experimentation and reach among the Hovland gang--in the two decades before we became an official company with our own products. I still have my Marantz 20B tuner in walnut case. Dick Sequerra designed--and custom tweaked by Bob Hovland. Considered one of the best sounding tuners in the world. (And its for sale! $1,250 plus shipping.) No radio stations worth listening to where I live. This was American-made Marantz at its finest. I also have the even better Model 19 (seen below). It too works and looks perfect (I use it daily in our workshop and is for sale ($1,600). These are heavy beasts. This pic is from my media vestibule a few years ago (when we were short for space I turned it into a bookkeeping office for a part-time hire.) rando, ssh, sphinxsix and 1 other 2 2 UpTone Audio LLC Link to comment
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