Casual Observer
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Crickey. That's what I used to have although mine was black finish. £200 from Hi-Fi Experience (RIP) on Tottenham Court Road in 1988.
Great hi-fi turntables you have loved
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The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
Actually sold it for £220 two years ago on ebayStill got this but only use it about once a year
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That's fucking amazing. I always coveted Quad gear when I was young. But those DIN connectors - eek!No turnable today but the haul from another successful skip-dive!
All works - Only the tuner needed a knob repairing and a new Bulgin plug for the mains lead
pogofish
Testicle Hairstyle
Lots of people do! - This is the second lot of Quad gear to fall into out hands recently and my colleague said his phone was ringing all night when he put it on Gumtree!
And that "Slope" function (furthest right) on the amp is interesting - it works like a variable loudness button and works very well indeed.
Hifi purists would probably never even think of turning it on though?
And if you think DINs are bad, you never want the sheer, unalloyed joy of wiring-up a Bulgin plug. Health and safety cannot have been a high propriety for its designer!
The Disc and Tape Adaptor boards are interesting too - Little four-sided circuit boards that you remove, turn and replug to impedance-match different hardware. No ICs either - beautifully made handwired/soldered items.
And that "Slope" function (furthest right) on the amp is interesting - it works like a variable loudness button and works very well indeed.
Hifi purists would probably never even think of turning it on though?
And if you think DINs are bad, you never want the sheer, unalloyed joy of wiring-up a Bulgin plug. Health and safety cannot have been a high propriety for its designer!
The Disc and Tape Adaptor boards are interesting too - Little four-sided circuit boards that you remove, turn and replug to impedance-match different hardware. No ICs either - beautifully made handwired/soldered items.
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hiraethified
They had Quad gear at the BBC studio in Maida ValeLots of people do! - This is the second lot of Quad gear to fall into out hands recently and my colleague said his phone was ringing all night when he put it on Gumtree!
And that "Slope" function (furthest right) on the amp is interesting - it works like a variable loudness button and works very well indeed.
Hifi purists would probably never even think of turning it on though?
And if you think DINs are bad, you never want the sheer, unalloyed joy of wiring-up a Bulgin plug. Health and safety cannot have been a high propriety for its designer!
The Disc and Tape Adaptor boards are interesting too - Little four-sided circuit boards that you remove, turn and replug to impedance-match different hardware. No ICs either - beautifully made handwired/soldered items.
A look around BBC’s wonderful Maida Vale Studio MV3, west London
pogofish
Testicle Hairstyle
Yup - This gear came out of a building that previously housed a small studio and "listening rooms" for clients.
The 33 was in better condition than the last one - which tended to pop its buttons out when you pressed them but it came with a pair of the gold Electrostatic speakers. Also from a former recording studio.
Back in the day I would have probably exchanged limbs for Quad gear but these days I'm happy with my lesser but more connected/liveable-with equipment. Just like it that we can get the gear back into the hands of people who will appreciate it.
The 33 was in better condition than the last one - which tended to pop its buttons out when you pressed them but it came with a pair of the gold Electrostatic speakers. Also from a former recording studio.
Back in the day I would have probably exchanged limbs for Quad gear but these days I'm happy with my lesser but more connected/liveable-with equipment. Just like it that we can get the gear back into the hands of people who will appreciate it.
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Nivag
Well-Known Member
I've got this Ariston RD80 Turntable sitting unloved in storage at the moment, it was my dad's old deck and he butchered the wiring to fit phono plugs to plug into a Cyrus Mission I amp I bought him when his one failed.
I've got this Stanton STR8.150 , I bought it mainly to try and convert some 78's my dad had to CDs so he could play them more easily.
Instead of using this bad boy portable windup turntable.
I've got this Stanton STR8.150 , I bought it mainly to try and convert some 78's my dad had to CDs so he could play them more easily.
Instead of using this bad boy portable windup turntable.
alsoknownas
some bloke
Yep, I have the same, though mine needs a bit of TLC. Rich warm sound that I'm very fond of. Your pic doesn't quite do justice to the gorgeous glass platter.Still got this but only use it about once a year
Technics SL-10 linear tracking turntable. A revelation after my Garrard SP25. Hardly any rumble, wow or flutter, and the last track of each side played without distortion unlike the Garrard which I could never adjust right. Still going strong with the mate I sold it to.
Indeliblelink
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I had a Dansette for a few years when I started buying records in the early 80s. Not very Hi-Fi.
danski
"vibey"
Ooh, I had a pair of Linton 2s as a teenager/early twenties. Loved them.
Even came with the instruction pamphlet.
Chilli.s
mingling jets and statuettes
Yeah, me too, great speakers
I have a fairly knackered Lenco 75 I am trying to restore. Very slow going mind. Also a Nottingham Analogue Interspace, which you have to push the platter to start, wonderfully interactive!!
i missed a really top class turntable off my above list (i'm not young, so entitled to some slack). my first 'proper' hifi spinner was a Connoissuer BD1 which was mounted on a block of wood with a arm from Rega (Acos Lustre) with magnetic bias control! What a beast it was. rubber band suspension, fucking ace! Should never have sold it. Then came a Dual 504 which was great, but never had that extra satisfaction ingredient that comes with the self building project of the Connoissuer ( which IIRC was manufactured by Sugden, very local to where i lived in Yorkshire.)
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