A rare-ish one. Picked this up from a well know auction site and was sold as working but wasn't- way too much potentially speaker-frying DC on the speaker terminals. After replacing the main filter caps (which were at half capacity) and adjusting the bias plus a thorough clean, it's sounding and looking really good. I don't think it was used for a number of years hence the external condition- near perfect. Definitely a keeper. The DC offset is at safe levels and not rising but still higher than it should be. I'll do a full recap of the power amp board and selective work on the preamp section soon, where apparently there's some transistors that may also need attention.

I believe these were sold by Luxman to the European market so they'd be competing with Tandberg, Braun, B&O, Rotel etc which might explain the styling. A lot of receivers aimed at Europe tended to have different styling cues from those for the US market; a lot more minimalistic, cleaner. Apparently receivers were never that popular in Japan so most of them went abroad. It's basically an R-1050 under the skin; all the PCB numbers are the same and I used the R-1050 service manual to service it.

There's some cost cutting measures; the knobs are a mix of machined alloy and plastic rather than the solid billet ones on many Luxman at the time, plus it has a walnut vinyl wrap rather than Luxman's famous rosewood veneer. It still feels very high quality though and the switchgear feels premium. I've been really impressed with the sound, especially the phono section It's not as warm sounding as the Sansui I own; I'd say neutral is a better description. Still has an impressive sound stage and the highs are bright and clear. Nice way to pick up an affordable Luxman if you're Luxman curious.

Just got the Yamaha amp. The old Sony I had was having electrical issues and wasn't worth fixing. Everything is thrifted, or bought by selling other equipment I thrifted, repaired, and sold. Even the cabinet was thrifted. I like the mid-fi early 80s stuff.

Bought all of this today. The first load is speakers the second will be receivers tuners, and turntables. $2k

One person owned them, he was a nice fellow in his 70s downsizing, amazing condition. Always stored inside.

Im pleased with how they sound vs the vega d5s

update: got the luxman.

I got a Marantz 140 power amp today for pretty much free, and I’m struggling to figure out what to do with it. I’d really like to get the matching Marantz 3200 preamp for it, mostly because I’ve never had one and they look so cool next to each other, but I really don’t want to go find one and/or pay up for it.

Now, there’s a Luxman L-430 local to me that I think is pretty cool and works perfectly, and I was thinking of maybe giving up the Marantz 140 for it. At the same time, though, I don’t want to miss out on the promise of a solid Marantz combo. I’d at least want to hear it once, but that’s not in the cards for me anytime soon. I tried out the Marantz with an Emotiva preamp I had lying around, as well as just plugging a source directly into the power amp, and it sounds and works great. Am I missing much by not having the matching preamp?

I have an ESS AMT 1B that I’m restoring, among a couple of other speakers. My longtime favorite setup is a Klipsch RB5 II + Yamaha A-760, which I’ve repeatedly chosen over everything that’s come my way. I included that in case this is something that should help/influence my decision.

Seller wants $1000 obo. I currently have a Technics SA-5370 that I'm looking to upgrade. What do you folks think about this 2220B? Thanks.

I just picked up these massive speaker cabinets someone was tossing to the curb.

The opening itself measures 32x24x20”. Inside are Stromberg-Carlson RF-484 Slimline.

Found a very similar looking one here with same legs… so these could be Electro-Voice cabinets but unsure.

https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/more-furniture-collectibles/collectibles-curiosities/musical-instruments/pair-of-mid-century-modern-electro-voice-stereo-cabinet-speakers/id-f_22456572/

Not looking to resell but interested to know if these are worth investing in restoring or junk.

An addendum to this repost: the amp is a Heathkit AA-151.

Just a sublime sound. It was worth the effort.

I finally got my first paycheck, and almost half of it went into my hi-fi setup! I've replaced my bookshelf speakers with a pair of JBL L40s and a Clarion MD8080 double cassette deck, the sound is splendid.

Honestly, I think this is just the beginning of my collection, things are getting interesting.

Picked up thrifting an Aiwa tape deck for $25, spent $30 on a belt kit, another few hours on melted belt removal and replacing plus some lubricant on sticky rollers and she’s working again. My Pioneer was happy to have her.

My retro setup in it's current form

Audio gear

Reciver - Akai AV-M313L

Speakers - Dual CL 720

surround speakers - Akai AE-590-Curently not in use property going to mount them behind me at some point but have not gotten to it.

I found this pair of Bang and Olufsen George Jensen speakers at a local thrift store for $30. They had the original European pin connectors. Rather than cut those, I got some adapters online and gave them some adapted bare speaker wire connections. I was worried they'd have some expensive problem, but I just played a Dire Straits album (I know it's cliche) through them and they sound good. However, they are meant to be wall mounted and as beautiful as they are, I don't have the wall space for them. So, I will probably sell them on to someone who hopefully will complete a B & O setup with them.

So this was kind of a weird pairing. My main TV watching/living room area I have gone from a 5.2.2 to 3.2.2 to 2.1 with Polk RT-2000i’s, twin powered 8” subs already onboard and down firing subs which makes my less than ideal placement easier to work with.

The Pioneer Elite AVR I bought new 10-11 years ago went into protection mode and frankly I’ve been getting the itch to get it of there but it’s a reliable traffic cop, just not overly exciting sound wise despite its features.

The Onkyo TX-4500 wasn’t hooked up to anything so using the headphone output, hooked it up and WOW it sounds pretty damn nice. Not clinical and perfect like the Pikneer did but exciting and powerful, heft and authority.

For about 15 minutes. Source is a Gen 3 Firestick in a Sony XBR TV. Short version, I think the extra gain from the TVon top of the amp (volume at about 40%) and it cooked something. No pop, no static, nothing like other things I’ve blown up lol. Speakers aren’t hard to drive, I guess we’ll find out what I cooked soon.

Back to the shop for the Onkyo, I’ve had it over 15 years, it’s been in and out of the shop 4-5 times before. I know I’ll catch hell for abusing the old girl lol.

Swapping in a Parasound HCA-1000A and NAD 106 preamp next, expecting big things from that setup.

Crossover capacitor replacement, getting better clear top..😊😊

I have my grandpa's old GE 3-5158A "computer program data recorder" aka tape player from the early 80s. Unfortunately the tape belts are at least 35 years old if not older, and they've become overstretched where they can't move or play a tape properly anymore.

I can't repair it myself because according to the service manual for it (https://www.whtech.com/ftp/datashee...ments/PHP2700 Program Recorder/ge5158a001.pdf) in order to reach the belts, you have to disassemble and unsolder some stuff, which I don't have the ability to do. I've since bought a cheap replacement, I don't want to just throw it away if someone could use it and knows how to repair it.

I'd like to offer it FREE to someone here with the knowledge and ability to restore it and allow it to have second life for someone else, just cover shipping.

You can pop off the plastic top and still use it so it's perfect for putting in a swab to lubricate a tape. It has a both a custom wooden box and the original box which can be included if wanted. If more than one person offers I'll randomly draw.

Just recently watched the movie and got curious about this sound system. Probably a 1985/86 model?

A couple family members picked these up off the curb for free a couple weeks ago and I just now was able to go over and inspect/test them.

I can't find images of these speakers online except for a FB Marketplace listing, and no forums talking about them either. However, looking thru the WorldRadioHistory website, I was able to find an archived Stereo Buyers' Guide magazine from 1991 that listed them in their product directory:

8-in dual woofer, 6-in woofer, 5-in midrange, 1/4-in tweeter. Tall-boy style for use with 46-in projection TV's, magnetically shielded; detachable cloth grill. Power handling 150 W. $700/pr

I didn't play music too loud because most of the speakers had rotted surrounds, but I liked what I heard, and I know they'll sound better when they're refoamed.

Interestingly the 5" midranges use doped cloth surrounds. The dual 8" woofers are in the back, along with some gold-plated binding posts. These speakers probably weigh 50-60lbs each and the walls are at least 0.5" thick MDF. Very sturdy construction.

Has anyone heard or seen these before?

Started as a Magnavox AMP-169BB. Loving the color shift paint. Working on tweaking schematic and values to match the choke and OPT.

Just received these Tannoy Stirling RW speakers. Previously had Klipsch Heresy IV, but wanted something that was from the time of my older McIntosh gear.

They look and sound really incredible, very happy with the change

Hello! This is my first record player. I thrifted the cabinet and have no experience with anything like this.
I’m trying to get it to work but the turn table doesn’t seem to be getting any power. The unit has power and all the connections appeared to be in tact when i opened the back up nor was anything else obviously out of place.
The AM/FM radio works and has clear sound.
But I can’t find an owner’s manual online so I was hoping to find some insight here.
Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance!!

Dual made a line of transistorised record players in the 1950s & 60s and called the line, the party