Vintage technology

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LOL all the computer CRTs are gone in our house, but in 2004 I bought a television with a CRT and a built in HD tuner, and we still use it.

The biggest problem is the thing ways like 110 lbs, and I am not the spring chicken I used to be, and now where I live you have to drop off all electronics at some distant place on certain Saturday mornings and pay like $15 for the privilege to do so.

That is to say, its so much easier with the status quo.

I also have a Hauppagge (sp?) PCI TV tuner card and a Silicon Dust dual TV Tuner Ethernet device so I can watch or record TV on computer.

i have various faux-ambience black boxes that if I hooked amps up to them, I could transform my listening room into a virtual auditorium of my choice [stadium, cathedral, club et al]. one of 'em [a Yamaha] is digital while the rest are analog.

I am absolutely fascinated by old machinery. I own several "Geneva" style Horologist's lathes and an old (early 1900s) Wolf, Jahn & Co Model LL. It is very intriguing to see the backgear and spindle pulleys.
I have always loved how beautiful and intricate these machines are. You were not only buying a useful machine, but a true work of art, something that took time and talent to craft, not something soullessly mass-produced by people who only care about a paycheck.

I like vintage technology. I have some old computers, and video game systems. I also have some audio systems made using vintage components, along with modern ones where necessary.

would you please describe your vintage audio setup?

I have a old Realistic mini amp with the matching AM/FM and AM Stereo Tuners, a Pair of Minimus 7 speakers, a newer Sony dual well cassette deck, a Teac MP3 CD Player, a Pioneer Stereo 8 recorder, an Audio Techhica AT-LP120-US Turntable and an iPod dock. I also have a sound system with a Soundesign 8-Track/amp combo with speakers as the heart of another system, and I'm going to setup a sound system with a Creative Surround Decoder, a Realistic SA-10 Mini Amp, a Realistic QA-681 Quad Amp, a Yamaha subwoofer and 3 Minimus 7 speakers with two shielded Minimus 7 design speakers for the front channels, for video games.

I have a old Realistic mini amp with the matching AM/FM and AM Stereo Tuners, a Pair of Minimus 7 speakers, a newer Sony dual well cassette deck, a Teac MP3 CD Player, a Pioneer Stereo 8 recorder, an Audio Techhica AT-LP120-US Turntable and an iPod dock. I also have a sound system with a Soundesign 8-Track/amp combo with speakers as the heart of another system, and I'm going to setup a sound system with a Creative Surround Decoder, a Realistic SA-10 Mini Amp, a Realistic QA-681 Quad Amp, a Yamaha subwoofer and 3 Minimus 7 speakers with two shielded Minimus 7 design speakers for the front channels, for video games.[/quote]
Hmmmm... I have a few minimus 7s and a few Yamaha subs of different shapes and sizes, one of 'em is from 1982. I have two of the kind with 2-8" woofers in a YST active servo ported enclosure, and with each in the corner they pressurize the air in my listening room fairly well, on the low organ bass pedal notes. I can feel my lungs pulsate and my ear drums get pressurized even at lower volumes. I am a bass freak, BTW. I would LOVE to have a vintage quad 8 track system, I LOVED quad. the original red book specification for sony/Phillips CD system called for quad but it was dropped at the last minute when the Japanese [sony] insisted on 79+ minutes capacity to hold Beethoven's 9th symphony on one disc, and the 4 channel CD standard was only 40 minutes, matching LPs of the era. gee, what coulda been....

As I have posted before I have some beautiful vintage speakers, the trouble is the listening devices attached to my head are also becoming somewhat vintage

can you jog my memory as to what kind/brand of speaker system?

Hard drives with the ST-506 interface that used two data connectors. Were they sold with a floppy containing utilities to set the interleave and park the heads because they were not included with DOS?

I am a total vintage electronics nut. Mostly radios and audio equipment the vast majority is tube based. I love to repair and restore this technology as well and have a total lab setup just for this. This is an older pic of part of my shop. I have added equipment since and also have other stuff hidden away on shelves and all over the house. It is my aspie obsession I suppose.





My audio equipment is pretty much elsewhere but includes vinyl, R2R, cassette, etc. Most all is vintage of course and a good portion is studio grade. I enjoy rescuing audio and preserving it in digital format however I prefer the analogue sound.