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Just had to share...

Some of you who know me know I'm also into classic hi-fi and have far too much old 'junk' littering up my home (inc 8 pairs of speakers, 4 turntables etc etc). Anyway, today was the viewing day for the local auction. There,in the corner, was a pair of 1960s Wharfedale Airedale floor standing speakers – real high-end stuff in their day, right up there with Quad ESLs etc (yes,I have some of those, too  ::)). They'll be mine tomorrow... ;)

I check them out, ask the auctioneer where they came from and was told they were from a local house and that they came to the auction with a cabinet filled with old equipment. As the auction cannot sell untested  electrical equipment, the contents were 'thrown in the skip (dumpster)'! Needless to say, I headed outside, and pulled out a Revox A77 reel-to-reel tape deck, Revox A75 tuner and a Thorens TD125 turntable with SME 3000 series 2 pick-up arm! Sadly there was no matching Revox A50 amplifier but eBay should solve that 'problem'. Then, in the old cabinet I found all the original sales brochures, manuals and an NOS Shure cartridge in its box. The total price to me? Nothing! Am I happy?  ???...... ;D

Now why doesn't this happen with Okrasa equipment...  :D

Was Revox Studer´s "commercial" brand back in the day?

 ;D  :o  BEHOLD....the Thorens TD125 turntable with SME 3000 Series 2 pick-up arm (and Shure cartridge)!!!   :o ;D

That's correct!

And Sarge, too funny!  ;D

From time to time I go up the stairs to look at some of the old shit I have lying around and everytime I`m there I want to take some of my old hifi stuff downstairs and hook it up - it sad that so much beatiful sound is doomed to be quiet.

1 pair of Rogers LS3A
1 HK Citation amp
1 Tanberg remote driven turntable with a extremely heavy disc, special arm and expensive pick up....

Sold my preamp years ago though..  :-[

One day.... I`m telling you.....one day I will give a dam about the WAF factor and take the old stuff down and hear it sing again.

 

Warfedale, Revox... i'm getting a har OOPS WRONG FORUM.
Keith, i still have a Warfedale guitar AMP !!!

Now, are you gonna USE the stuff or just polish and look at it.....

UP

Funny Topic !

I had a set of mission speakers with a duel turntable and some other bits (which i cant remember there name now) and guess what WHAM still sounded as good on the good old Amstrad....

Use it, of course...  :)

My stash:
Speakers: Quad ESL 57; Kef 104/2 'Signature' limited edition; Spendor BC1; Wharfedale Airedale; Celestion 150; Kef Concerto, Celestion A2...
Turntables: Transcriptors Hydraulic Reference with SME 3009 Mk2; Mitchell Synchro with Rega RB400; Dual CS404; Goldring-Lenco GL75; Thorens TD125 with SME 3009 Mk2
Amps: Custom-built valve monblocks; Sugden A48 Mk2 (two of them); Fatman i-tube; Quad 33/303 (two sets)
Tuners: Quad FM3 (two); Sugden T48 (rare!); Revox A75
Reel to reel: Revox A77; Akai 4000DX
CD: Rotel; Panasonic – modern crap

More I've forgotten, I'm sure (oh yeah,a bunch of AR stuff. That's crap, too!)! Must get a life someday... ;D

Wish i had both reel-to-reels. Such a warm sound. Cool Keith!

Did anybody knows something about Hans Deutsch speakers?
I got a pair AT 308i with my turntabeles-> Technics SL-DD 33 (direct driven) and a Pro-ject Debut 2....

My amplifier is a old Technics, want to change into a Braun Röhrenverstärker (don`t know the english word:-)