Originally Posted by
RobbieTunes
I'm a bit of an old-school curmudgeon, but I no longer have "satin" gear, just the "newer" black gear:
Separate R&L amps
Control Amp
Tuner
Wollensack 8-track deck
Dokorder reel-reel
Cassette deck
dbx 3bx, 200, and 224
Eq with pink noise
SAE's LP noise impact restorer
Powered sub + satellites (AR all)
Rotel turntable (MC)
CD (though I gave them all to my son)
Blackfin streaming gizmo
I run my TV through it, sounds good enough.
That's my living room.
I slum it in the office.
Integrated amp (yeah, I'm a sellout in that regard)
Cassette deck
8-track deck (the Craig recording version)
dbx 3bx and 200
CD player
I don't do remote on my audio. I walk over there and use it. My turntable is full manual. Gotta pay attention. I limit myself to 1 beer while playing music. Recording is still a blast, be it on cassette, 8-track, or reel. Yes, I have blank 8-tracks, plenty of cassettes, and only about 4 empty reels.
When I was a kid, I got the sweet stereo I dreamed about- the best I wanted in 1989 technology.
Somewhere around 8 years later I was amazed at how much nicer a friend’s stereo sounded- he had a 70s Sansui. So I sold my Yamaha integrated amp and got a Sansui 9090DB. I hated that amp. The one I had, had problems with one side of the stereo, and it was not as clean as my Yamaha. i sold that, lost my azz, and got a relatively expensive surround sound unit. It was “good” but by the time I met my wife, the “stereo” stuff had taken a backseat.
Somewhere around 8 years later, I was doing a job for a guy and he gave me an early/mid 70s Pioneer SX838. EVERYTHING sounded so much better than tha surround unit- I know I don’t have really good ears- but this was a big difference.
I think I’ve figured out that I like that warm 70s stereo sound. I prefer a bright, immediate solid state bass amp, I like 80s production, but I like that stuff through a warm early 70s amp. Go figure.
I went from fantasizing about the neighbor’s gold, blue lighted Pioneer, to the black plastic powerhouse to blue lighted Sansui to black plastic surround to silver framed, blue lighted Pioneer.
With 60s and 70s speakers.
