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A nice walk down memory lane

GentleBen

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I got to thinking about the 500 plus albums I have stored in the closet, that I haven't been able to play in over 20 years. Like a lot of you I switched to a surround sound system and all digital many years ago. Most modern A/V receivers don't have a built in preamp for a turntable so I just sort of forgot about all those old albums.
A few days ago I went out a bought a preamp and hooked my old turntable back up, I was sort of surprised it still worked! What a great time I have been having and I'm amazed at the sound quality, sounds really awesome!
Just a small sampling of some of the groups I had forgot about, you will have to be over 50 to remember most of these. :D

Foghat, Wet Willie, Johnny Winter, Foreigner, Rory Gallagher, Thin Lizzy, Pat Travers, Babe Ruth, Moxy, and that is just scratching the surface.

I imagine a lot if you "old dogs" have an album collection to, break em back out, you will love it!
 
Yep....got the turntable and all

still hooked up. Digital still has nothing, and can't duplicate, that raw and 'pure' sound the turntable gives when you play a scratchy record...still loving that sound after all these years.........:cool:

Got albums that will surely jog a couple of burned out brain cells such as:

Black Oak Arkansas, NRBQ, Goose Creek Symphony, Mason Proffitt, Blind Faith, James Gang, Canned Heat, BTO, Iron Butterfly, Steppenwolf, Edgar Winter Group, Hamilton/Franks & Reynolds, Mountain, Brownsville Station, CSNY, Ramatam, Ratt, Twisted Sister, Frank Zappa, Bread, 38 Special, Beach Boys, Grass Roots, Vanilla Fudge, Uriah Heep, Jethro Tull, Robin Trower, Toto, Marshall Tucker Band, Cat Stevens, Spandau Ballet, Souther/Hillman/Furay Band, Stanky Brown Group, Wet Willie, Leon Russell, Rossington Collins Band, Kenny Rogers and the First Edition, Quarterflash, Poco, Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Night Ranger, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Mott the Hoople, Montrose, John Mayall, Dave Mason, Donovan, Jefferson Airplane, Grass Roots, Grand Funk Railroad, J Geils Band, Doobie Brothers, Chicago, The Clash, The Cars, Cactus, The Byrds, Blood/Sweat & Tears, Blackfoot, ABBA, Jeff Beck, The Band, Argent.

How's that for starters??!!! :wavey:
 
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Funny! I have 100 or so in the closet. I pull them out to show the kid's what an album looks like every now and then. When I listen to the 60's and 70's music, we grew up on, compared to what is popular today, it's funny how they get away with saying 3 words for 2 minutes continuously and it's a hit. When my teenagers are riding with me and an great old song comes on, that I know word for word, I askl them to listen to the story being told. Cool stuff going back in time hearing songs that bring back memories good or bad.:dancer01:
 
Speaking of old records, I just cleaned out my closet where I've been storing my old stereo system. I bought it in Japan just before I got out of the Navy in 1979. I have a Kenwood Model 1100 XS receiver with Sansui SPX 1100 speakers, plus a Technics Quartz timed direct drive turntable. I tried to find info on them on line. The receiver was a "european only" model, meaning it was not marketed here in the states, but a few are out there, obviously brought back to the states by servicemen like myself. The Sansui's are a different story though. VERY RARE...I could not find any pictures of them to post, but the are stackable component speakers...8 speakers per speaker so to speak. Each side has two (2) 17 inch woofers, plus midrange, tweetwers, and supertweeters. I found one other guy who has a set and he was asking $7500.00 for his set. I was thinking of getting rid of all that stuff, but the more I think about it the more inclined I am to hold on to it. It sounded awesome in the day.....and I believe it still does! And I still have a peach crate that I store my LP's in!
 
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Speaking of old records, I just cleaned out my closet where I've been storing my old stereo system. I bought it in Japan just before I got out of the Navy in 1979. I have a Kenwood Model 1100 XS receiver with Sansui SPX 1100 speakers, plus a Technics Quartz timed direct drive turntable. I tried to find info on them on line. The receiver was a "european only" model, meaning it was not marketed here in the states, but a few are out there, obviously brought back to the states by servicemen like myself. The Sansui's are a different story though. VERY RARE...I could not find any pictures of them to post, but the are stackable component speakers...8 speakers per speaker so to speak. Each side has two (2) 17 inch woofers, plus midrange, tweetwers, and supertweeters. I found one other guy who has a set and he was asking $7500.00 for his set. I was thinking of getting rid of all that stuff, but the more I think about it the more inclined I am to hold on to it. It sounded awesome in the day.....and I believe it still does! And I still have a peach crate that I store my LP's in!
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I found that on my old Klpsch speakers the foam around the speaker cones had deteriorated and split apart. Hope you don't find the same problem with your Sansui's upon close inspection.
 
Hey guys, I have a similar stash of old LP's from days gone by. I seldom listen to them but I wont part with them either. From Berry Manalow, to the Orzak Mountain Daredevils, The Beatles, The Beach Boys, the Chad Mitchell Trio, The LimeLighters, the Fith Dimensions and the beat goes on.... Great stuff. Unequalled today.
 
GentleBen said:
I found that on my old Klpsch speakers the foam around the speaker cones had deteriorated and split apart. Hope you don't find the same problem with your Sansui's upon close inspection.
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It's not expensive to get speakers reconed. It is usually MUCH better to recone the current speakers on a good system rather then replacing the speakers. Most quality cabinets have a lot of design work in them to match the speaker array within them, and replacing one of the components can unbalance the entire system.

As for phono albums, I gave away all mine years ago along with the turn table. I find I like digital much better than analog simply because the signal to noise ratio is MUCH MUCH better.

17 inch woofers? Damn, that is pretty big....Usually that size is reserved for subwoofers. I have an 18 inch speaker I used to use for the base driver for my Moog synthesizer when I played in a band. At full tilt it could almost move furniture. One of these years I may get it reconed and build a cabinet for it to use as an additional subwoofer on my home theater system.
 
Wow! Pretty impressive looking. Intimidating even.

Are both of those woofers active speakers or is one a passive radiator?
 
Both are active. I can bump the equalizer up all the way on the bass and turn the volume up to three or four and the room gets blurry and dishes in the kitchen cabinets rattle....
 
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Both are active. I can bump the equalizer up all the way on the bass and turn the volume up to three or four and the room gets blurry and dishes in the kitchen cabinets rattle....
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LOL!! Yeah, that "blurry room" phenomenon is something I had heard about and noticed myself when I set up my home theater system with four subwoofers. The main one is called the "Earthquake Supernova"..... First time I really cranked the system up I got that blurred vision effect myself. I also found out how many things were not securely fastened to the walls... :lmao:
 
How many of you...

with those very same 33's would take a hampster or guinea pig and watch them go 'round and 'round on the turntable eating a nut...and laughing your a$$ off? :rofl1:

In order to do such a crazy thing took some cannabis enhancement of course.......:hehehe: :cool3:
 
Hah! I can remember taping cherry bombs to record albums and tossing them off the side of a hill. :hehehe:
 
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