The greatest piece of hifi EVER

What single bit of kit would you donate your children to science for?

(I just wanted an excuse to post this picture really. It is so great, that it desrves to be in the public domain. Your welcome.)

 

That certainly wins the prize for the piece of equipment with the most Knobs on

 

Oh, I don't know..there was some seriously knobby kit in those days. I seem to remember Rotel and Trio just about maxxed out on nobbiness, before the Jap hifi meltdown:

http://www.classicaudio.com/value/yam/CR2020f.jpg

http://www.classicaudio.com/value/san/G9000DB.jpg

http://www.classicsansui.net/images/readers/SANSUI.JPG

 

Oh Graham, behave!

 

Nakamichi Dragon cassette
Marantz 10B tuner
Naim CDS3/Linn CD12/dCS rig/any other vastly overpriced digital replay system
Goldmund Ref turntable
Audio Note Ongaku (cos it costs about the same as bringing up 2 kids over their lifetime!)
B&W Nautilus (snailshell speakers)

All blooming expensive - only definitely know that the Nak and Marantz deliver

 

Dom, you've possibly never seen one of these. The daddy:



...a Nakamichi 1000ZXL.

Check out this limited edition gold one (they go for big bucks - very few made):

 

Forget the Dragon, the CR-7E was just a good, but being automated, it was possible to use as well. With the Dragon, you virtually had to wind the tape along yourself..

Those amps make the Densen look a bit bereft of twiddly bits...

Cheers

 

All i can say is that he is one happy looking customer! He shoul dbe put on all sales material!

 

Its a fella called Oscar Peterson. That 1000ZXL he is posing with, was a freebie courtesy of NAK HQ. That's why he is smiling.

 

better pics:

 

Slightly more than just a fella - that's THE Oscar Peterson !

 

sorry,

Its some jazz fella called Oscar Peterson.

 

Cookie, what's your homepage all about ?

 

Real men prefer the great smell of



Do you smell that? That's the smell of burning condensors, the smell of victory, son.

Edited to add:
The first jazz concert I ever went to featured Oscar Peterson. It was Carthage in the summer of 1973 in a "repurposed" amphitheatre. One of those moments you don't forget.

 

WTF!!!

How did that get there, i can't get rid of it!! You bastards!

How long has that been there?

 

I've got rid of it now after a few attempts. C'mon how did you do it?

 

Wisnae me guvnarh !

 

What is it then Joelene?

It looks like a bit of a Pioneer rip-off whatever it is, or vice versa?

 

Pseudiemonster,
Why, tis but a Sansui AU-X1111 MOS vintage from 1989. Weighing in at a svelte 35Kgs

 

Sansui, excellent. I didn't recognise it to my displeasure. Probably because it is such a late vintage. Special edition per chance? It looks remarkably similar to the Pioneer reference range.

Here's a few that i wouldn't mind shacking up with:

http://audiokarma.org/forums/attachment.php?s=&postid=108293