Popular Post Superdad Posted August 5, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 5, 2020 I present the American-made Marantz 19 receiver. $1,200 in 1970--and they lost money on each one. If they had to build it this way today it might be $8,000. One of the finest sounding receivers ever built. FM section courtesy of Dick Sequerra. And I believe that both Sid Smith (Marantz 7C) and Saul Marantz were closely involved with the project. https://classicreceivers.com/marantz-model-19 I have run this unit in our workshop for many years. At present there are probably only three audio components in my collection that I would never sell for any price: My Hovland RADIA-i power amp, my Dave Slagle Elmaformer, and my Marantz 19. Not that these are the only special components I own (Marantz 20B tuner serial #2 ! ; Restored and customized Fisher 500C, and some other select vintage pieces), its just that these are 3 which truly make magic for me. daverich4, 4est, The Computer Audiophile and 1 other 1 2 1 UpTone Audio LLC Link to comment
Popular Post Superdad Posted August 7, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 7, 2020 7 hours ago, PeterSt said: Nakamichi 700 Tri-Tracer. (I still have two of these) For a summer in my teens I worked as an intern service tech (mostly mechanical disassembly/assembly) in Nakamichi’s Santa Monica, California office. I still have quite a collection of early Nak gear, including 600, 630, and 700. Actually, I let go of my 700 in favor of a 700 MkII. I modified it with fine silver wire to the heads and better caps throughout the analog stage—especially on the head-amp boards. The all-discrete circuitry of that era (when really nice bi-polars and FETs were cheap) combined with the care and elegance the Nak engineers put into it, made these machines something quite special (for cassettes anyway). The dual-capstan 700 was mechanically equivalent of the Dragon (1000) without all the excess electronic circuits. Could still calibrate for different tapes and adjust the head alignment easily. Of course all the Nak decks of that era were mechanically not nearly as advanced as the much later CR5/CR7. Those represent the world pinnacle of cassette transports and are sought after—but to my ears their electronics we cold and lifeless in comparison to the 600/700. The Computer Audiophile and PeterSt 1 1 UpTone Audio LLC Link to comment
Superdad Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 Bang & Olufsen Beogram 4000 tangential tracking turntables. I used to service these (circa 1977). What a pain in the butt they were! But they looked cool... UpTone Audio LLC Link to comment
Superdad Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 5 hours ago, clipper said: Proceed (Madrigal) PCD (CD Player) Sorry, but in my (not so humble) opinion that has to be one of the ugliest audio components ever conceived. And I say that as someone who lusted after the Apple Cube and for a time at work had a NeXT. UpTone Audio LLC Link to comment
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