Sunday, August 30, 2009
JBL L112s
This has been an awesome weekend. I have a gorgeous pair of JBL L112s from 1980. I've had them playing for 15 minutes...they really have the JBL sound in a good way.
I've already sanded the tops, which were a little scratched, and reglued a couple of places where the grill fabric had separated from the frame. The metal form sculpted grill frames are perfect, as are the badges. The drivers were refoamed this week.
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Marantz 2252
This is gone. The person who bought it is going to enjoy it for years, more so because the two nicks on the edges of the faceplate of this otherwise perfect receiver saved him $150.
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Marantz Update
The Marantz 3300 preamp has cleaned up (so far) much better than I had any reason to expect. The interior of looks absolutely new, and I suspect that yesterday was the first time it had ever been opened. I'm listening to it now using the Marantz 2252 that arrived yesterday (and also cleaned up nicely) as a power amp. The sound is sparkling with the phono stage or digital sources, and I can hear what is so special about this unit. I have found a tool and die shop to smooth off the rough top edge early next week (it looks like it was dragged a mile across rough concrete!). I will replace the power indicator bulb later today. Vladimir, my tech guy swooned when he saw the quality of parts and construction. This preamp, my first made in USA Marantz, is really something!
Friday, August 28, 2009
New Sansui AU-4900 photos
I just had the front light replaced. This is a very good 35 watt/channel amp with the "tubelike" sound Sansui lovers like me love. It performs flawlessly. It has a few scratches, but is in good overall shape for a piece of it's vintage.e-mail me
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Midweek Update
The Infinity RS-9s that I refoamed on the weekend left last night. I stand by my opinion that the white Polycell tweeter in that model is much better than the earlier black foam ones.
The AR28Ss, classic 8 iknch two way acoustic suspension systems, also left. I am very interested in hearing larger and older AR systems.
The Paradigm 3SE Mark IIIs are gone too. I'm still surprised that they were here for months, being such good all round performers.
Updated Wednesday evening:
My beloved Sony TA-F5 is home! I will plug it in shortly and start catching up on speakers I've wanted to hear it with. Here is a link to some useful information from The Vintage Knob, a site I respect and admire.
I finally got around to having the cable on the AR 77XB turntable fixed and got a cartridge mounted into the original headshell. This is all to say that I finally am listening to it! My initial impressions are good: very quiet with good air and detail. Oh wait, that may be how all decent turntables sound after a few months of all digital sources. I'll let you know!
I got a Rotel RC-870 preamp back from the shop today, something I bought broken and just heard for the first time. I'd hoped to pair it with the Hafler DH-200, but it left too fast. I initially hooked the Rotel up to the power amp section of the Sansui 8080, and it worked nicely.
Later, as luck would have it, a Nikko Alpha 130 100 watt/channel power amp became available to me (and soon to you!), and the combination sounds great.
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The AR28Ss, classic 8 iknch two way acoustic suspension systems, also left. I am very interested in hearing larger and older AR systems.
The Paradigm 3SE Mark IIIs are gone too. I'm still surprised that they were here for months, being such good all round performers.
Updated Wednesday evening:
My beloved Sony TA-F5 is home! I will plug it in shortly and start catching up on speakers I've wanted to hear it with. Here is a link to some useful information from The Vintage Knob, a site I respect and admire.
I finally got around to having the cable on the AR 77XB turntable fixed and got a cartridge mounted into the original headshell. This is all to say that I finally am listening to it! My initial impressions are good: very quiet with good air and detail. Oh wait, that may be how all decent turntables sound after a few months of all digital sources. I'll let you know!I got a Rotel RC-870 preamp back from the shop today, something I bought broken and just heard for the first time. I'd hoped to pair it with the Hafler DH-200, but it left too fast. I initially hooked the Rotel up to the power amp section of the Sansui 8080, and it worked nicely.
Later, as luck would have it, a Nikko Alpha 130 100 watt/channel power amp became available to me (and soon to you!), and the combination sounds great.e-mail me
