kickin more old school

[-B-]

Since I got the turntable I needed a phono preamp. Instead I just grabbed a receiver from my friends vast collection of old school hifi stuff. Using this Pioneer is much more fun.

 

[Wardsweb]

Now that's rock'n it! Have fun.

 

[Botch]

That sure brought a smile to my face, circa late '70's; I spent weekends drooling over the Pioneer's, Kenwoods, and Sansui's in LaBelle's and Team Electronics (though I ended up with Yamaha). :music-rockout:

 

[Srvy]

That sure brought a smile to my face, circa late '70's; I spent weekends drooling over the Pioneer's, Kenwoods, and Sansui's in LaBelle's and Team Electronics (though I ended up with Yamaha). :music-rockout:

Dont feel bad I ended up with a Sanyo :scared-eek:

 

[Barney]

This was my !st stereo, Fisher 400T :

 

[Zing]

Pioneer...Fisher...Sanyo...must be nice to be rich. As a poor Airman in the Air Force in 1983, I was limited to Realistic gear from Radio Shack.



My first stereo...

My first home theater...

 

[Towen7]

Look at the precision of those EQ adjustments! Now I know what you say "accurate sucks".

I think I'll start calling you the human Audesy engine.

 

[Zing]

Look at the precision of those EQ adjustments! Now I know what you say "accurate sucks".

I think I'll start calling you the human Audesy engine.

LOLOLOLOLOL I've come a long way since then, thanks to the good people of this forum. But I have to say, If YOU were going to respond to the pics I posted, I expected you to comment on my Lionel Richie cassette.

 

[Towen7]

Well.. I have always said that you are a man with exquisite taste.

 

[PaulyT]

Wait, you had HAIR? Wow, I always assumed you were just born bald.

 

[Botch]

Fatigues!!

Actually that's a damn nice system for a one-striper.

 

[heeman]

I am speechless........................................... bscene-buttred:

 

[No-L]

Wait, you had HAIR? Wow, I always assumed you were just born bald.

Uuuuhhhhh.....he WAS born bald....

 

[DIYer]

Does anyone drink Michelob anymore?

 

[No-L]

What other cassettes do you have in that photo?
Besides the incomparable Lionel Richie?

 

[Zing]

What other cassettes do you have in that photo?
Besides the incomparable Lionel Richie?

Outer arc, from right to left:
Elton John Jump Up
Elton John Too Low For Zero
Elton John Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Unknown
Blackfoot Strikes
Lionel Richie
Pablo Cruise Reflector
Bryan Adams Cuts Like a Knife
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown

Inner arc, right to left:
Scorpions Blackout
Lynyrd Skynyrd Gold and Platinum
Sammy Hagar Standing Hampton
Unknown
Unknown
Eagles Greatest Hits Vol 1

Please don't ask me to identify the LPs. :teasing-neener:

 

[malsackj]

So what were the speakers?

When on the ship I carried the Marantz SD-6000 cassette player and was able to pass the electrical inspection because I converted the power cord to IEC grounded.

 

[Zing]

So what were the speakers?

Some sort of big, honkin' 3-way Realistic/Optimus similar if not identical to the picture below. I remember holding a Zippo lighter in front of the port and cranking up the music until the flame was blown out.

 

[MatthewB]

Good Lord Zing you were a handsome young man, what the hell happened. :teasing-tease:

BTW Marriage will make any man lose his hair....and mind. I tell my GF all the time that before her I had no gray hairs now I've got that salt and pepper thing going on. I actually love the old school receivers, they weighed a ton with beefy amps, had solid levers and dials that actually made a clicking sound and you didn't need a 400 page manual to get everything hooked up and sounding great.

btw Zing my father still has that same Realistic EQ hooked up to his stereo that also features a reel to reel and old school phonograph. He has so many albums on reel to reel that have never ever been released in any other medium.

 

[jomari]

do they still make le tigre shirts?

i also see botch's picture near the ashtray.

shit dude those ashtrays are probably those brown/yellowish funky kinds too.

nice setup brother, i was also checking out your EQ settings. :teasing-tease:

man, pictures like this remind me how much 'lively' we were back in the day.

we're the lucky generation that had a simple life, simple needs, simple hopes and dreams.

thats why analog always sounds warm. :music-listening: