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He restores tube TVs and he has a few old vintage cars and this is two part video but when you see the guy in the second part of the video,even his eye glasses are the 50s and early 60s and he isn't that old.
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You should've linked linked to his video of that beauty being driven, as well.
Then we could have speculated about the signal-to-noise ratio of that great radio!
It is a portable suitcase style.
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The trouble with doing nothing, is that you can't tell when you are finished.
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Mike, these car posts might be a little off topic..?
Although I have the highest regard for Mr. Samra, I do agree
with the person saying the "car stuff" is a bit off topic.
Yes, it is vintage asylum but it is also AUDIOASYLUM.
The answer might be to promote Mr. Samra and give him his
own Asylum category. If he named it "All Things Samra",
it would be the first one I would look at each day when
looking.
Regards to all,
John
Aww that's sweet John but I should have done for Bobby (Bc Guitar),was post a 1930s electric car and he would loved that..He just bought a new Tesla which I know is fine car but now he's turning against everything that runs on fossil fuels..He almost had me buying a Tesla until I saw the price..I'll wait til they come down to reality.
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Oh well, so much for that.....
While I understand your position as I said, the owner mentioned the audio system in the car and what he did to restore it. I found it interesting as I repaired Delco radios and back then they were all tub units so the one in his car is a bit unusual. I remember attending the Delco update school and being shown and having them described along with how to trouble shot the amp but in practice never ran across one. The 1st all transistor radio in a car was in the 1962 Buick and was a combo that could be pulled out and used as a portable. I only saw a few of these and Delco had a lot of grief with the design so issued a replacement permanent indash replacement. Owners could opt to go to the permanent radio and GM issues a refund check for the difference between the pull out radio and permanent radio prices.
Don Brian Levy, J.D.
Toronto ON Canada
Perhaps there should be a "content relevance" factor applied:
The video runs 9:24 and the twenty seconds devoted to the radio (or just under 4% of the video) is found starting at 6:14.
Four percent seems a bit light. :)
Ralf
It does say Vintage gear at the top and that can apply to most anything that's American electronic vintage related that produces music and I did specifically mention the tube radio which is vintage as the main theme of the post.
I see this on the general forum daily,how people will piss and moan about a particular post,claiming to take issue with it and then they will spend day after day making post after post about how it.Doesn't that kind of defeat the purpose when you make a 100 posts about one particular post saying it wastes space on the forum more or less?
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As for me, I couldn't care less wading through six minutes of unrelated stuff to view twenty seconds of simply observing what the guy did to the radio.
How about telling us that those twenty seconds occur at 6:14 into the video?
Next time I will or at least start the video at that point.Of course,we have had vintage motorcycle discussions on this forum and you have joined in on those as well but I know you have no affinity for American cars as you have stated many times before.Had that been a 1958 Mercedes 220,you probably would have been all over it joining in.
Honest amplification is better than excessive 2nd order distortion anytime.
Edits: 03/01/14
Of course,we have had vintage motorcycle discussions on this forum and you have joined in on those
I'm referring to other poster's comments who really have little or no interest in cars or motorcycles.
Why not take spend an additional thirty seconds to embed the video and let folks know where the tiny audio related snippet is to be found?
That I will next time.
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Honestly, when you posted this video:
it reminds me of when my '72 Vega had a fouled plug and ran on three cylinders. There's an obvious problem that needs fixing!
I confess that I prefer the cadence of balanced designs that were introduced in the 1930s. :)
RW
I can't believe how the Asians are now buying up the old Harley and Indian bikes now..I honestly think they are the main reason,vintage american made audio gear has taken on so much value.I like the fact that they are making replacement parts for this old stuff as well for reasonable prices.
Honest amplification is better than excessive 2nd order distortion anytime.
all the old crap they want!
Old Mac,Marantz,is crap?
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...old Harley and Indian bikes now.
Gotcha
Honest amplification is better than excessive 2nd order distortion anytime.
Oh, come on. He did mention the restoration of the stock am radio with the tube front end and transistor amplifier and stock antenna so not totally ot :). Though he said there were no modifications, I think I saw a speaker grill on the passenger kick panel that would not have been original. This was not uncommon back in the days of AM as then AM had some good stations still for music. If he wanted he could kick it up a notch by finding and adding the optional reverb, a VERY scarce oem option and maybe a Sears aftermarket 45 rpm record player.
I was not really interested until I saw the Nixon in '60 sticker. In 1960 as a high school student I was THE ONLY student in my class promoting the Republican cause all others were pro Kennedy as he was just 1 State down in Mass. I proudly walked around with my Barry Goldwater badge and for some years after whenever the presidential choices are poor still write his name in to protest what we have.
I remember those 6-cyl engines well, shoot them, bomb them, torpedo then and they just kept running. I do dispute his allegation that the doors sound solid. His as every one I ever heard from that period other than the Lincolns and Caddies rattled and shook as if something forgot to be screwed down. I do wish makers today would design those windows into the current crop of sw*ll so we did not have to send extra on periscopes and rear facing cameras.
Don Brian Levy, J.D.
Toronto ON Canada
Exactly!
Anyway,the title of forum says Vintage Asylum
Classic gear from yesteryear; vintage audio standing the test of time.
That pretty much covers nostalgic audio,radios,cars,TVs,anything electronic from yesteryear.
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not really
I agree with you Mike about the vintage car post!There are far more things to worry about!Such as the fact that I have to let my water in the sink run 24/7 until further notice so the pipes wont freeze in my Village due to all this Global Warming we've been having in Wis.Also with the water runing 24/7 it is affecting the sound quality of my vintage stereo system!
I had that pipe freeze thing at my rental and I just wrapped the pipe with that heat tape and it works great.
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Most of us are vintage come to think of it..Argh argh!
Honest amplification is better than 2nd order distortion anytime.
You forgot persons like me; vintage but not old.
Don Brian Levy, J.D.
Toronto ON Canada
imbed the video so that we immediately understand the topic. :)
There ya go. good idea....
if you listen to both parts of the video,you will see he talks about the tube radio in the car and how he replaced the sprague orange drops in the radio.He also has tons of tube TVS and radios and stereos..This being a vintage forum,this guy covers it all.
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I'm tempted . I really am.
W
N/T
"Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination" - Michael McClure
Sorry.
Honest amplification is better than 2nd order distortion anytime.
Michael,
If this were the Car Radio forum and you posted this in the Vintage section, since it was a 50 year old car radio featured, I'd agree. However, though I might even have an interest in old cars and their radios, this is widely understood to be a set of forums about things audio other than what sits in old cars.
The push-back you're getting on this isn't just due to this one post it's the result of a long series of what many consider off-topics. I'm not interested in reading about HE car woofers in High Efficiency, or suspension bridge cables in "Cables" either.
I am happy to read what you have to say when on-topic, but there are other places to go if I'm looking for posts on cars, no matter what radio is mentioned buried in there somewhere.
W
Next time I will post the particular of the video where it does deal with specifically with the tube radio which is a vintage audio product even tho it;s in a car.While some may complain,there are others that do like that sort of stuff but ok.
Honest amplification is better than excessive 2nd order distortion anytime.
Why include the link to the Part 1 video that had no audio connection? Do you post vintage audio links on any car sites?
and the orange drop caps.Yes,I have posted vintage tube players on car forums..Do a search and we have good discussions and are inclusive.This guy has everything from audio to TVs to stereos and that was the point of the link..Since when does everything have to be 100% audio in a vintage forum?
Honest amplification is better than 2nd order distortion anytime.
Edits: 02/28/14
Shall we discuss vintage ties, rock collections ( geological, not music ) or maybe the Pyramids?
If its a vintage tie that you squeeze to change the channel on your vintage radio,absolutely? Even the pyramids can be discussed if you can get a vintage radio or audio system in them.
Honest amplification is better than 2nd order distortion anytime.
If you listen to the narrative in part 1 there is a reference to the high quality audio system that was state of the art in 1960. I have not watched part 2 so not sure what it contains.
Don Brian Levy, J.D.
Toronto ON Canada
Wow! A reference to the car radio!
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