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...upstairs.My vintage system has been in the garage since I put it together and while I enjoyed it there, it didn't get nearly enough use and I'd only use it in short spurts.
Looking at it the other day, while freezing my ass off in the garage, I decided it was time to bring the system into the house, specifically into my home office.
The system consists of a Yamaha CA-410II integrated amp, a Yamaha CT-410II tuner, a Nakamichi 480 cassette deck and a pair of ADS L300s. A fairly modest system back in the day. Its a great sounding set up, perfect for my small office and I am having a blast listening to tapes I made 35 years ago and have not heard for 25 years.
Most all of my tapes are "mix" tapes with lots of Mowtown, one hit wonders and radio-rock from the 60's and 70's. Very few tapes contain album sides. It's amazing how on a mix-tape I have not heard in over two decades that when a song ends I know which one is coming next.
This was a good move.
Dean.
reelsmith's axiom: Its going to be used equipment when I sell it, so it may as well be used equipment when I buy it.
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Like I haven't left my share of gear in the cold!
But really, that is a beautiful system both visually and functionally. Take care of it.
charles
would those ADS sound even better if moved forward to the front edge of the table? I'm curious how much affect you're having from reflections off that surface area?
Of course as an office system you may not even be listening from a "sweet spot" so it may not matter. And it looks better as is.
"You can’t know what the “best” is unless you have heard everything, and keep in mind that given individual tastes, there really isn’t any such thing." HP
Of course as an office system you may not even be listening from a "sweet spot" so it may not matter. And it looks better as is.
Exactly.
The picture was taken from the listening position, so the system is over my left shoulder when I'm on the computer. I've got the balance favoring the left channel.
At some point I will get a comfy seat for the sweet spot and will move the speakers forward when sitting there.
For now its just fun to have such wonderful music in the room. Listening to mix tapes always appealed to me... because I get to be the DJ.
Thanks for the suggestion.
Dean.
reelsmith's axiom: Its going to be used equipment when I sell it, so it may as well be used equipment when I buy it.
Back in the day when I went through multiple cassette players I never found prerecorded tapes that sounded as good as those I made, I suppose because of high-speed duping.
But not long ago I visited a friend who is much more into music than equipment and he played a couple of jazz cassettes from obscure labels he found at a thrift store that sounded surprisingly good.
I have nearly 100 tapes I made and should probably repair the electronic door on my Pioneer deck so I could listen to a few again.
"You can’t know what the “best” is unless you have heard everything, and keep in mind that given individual tastes, there really isn’t any such thing." HP
...that record stores sold back in the day really were awful. Those white shell tapes that were about $5 to $7 were terrible.
I had a few MFSL pre-recorded tapes at one point that were very good, but they cost more than buying a regular LP and taping it yourself.
Dean.
reelsmith's axiom: Its going to be used equipment when I sell it, so it may as well be used equipment when I buy it.
~!
The Mind has No Firewall~ U.S. Army War College.
Priority number one when the ex moved out was finding a pool table. The one I found came with that stack of books, as well as all sorts of furniture, posters, lights, extra sets of cue balls and other stuff. The old guy was moving and in order to make things easy on him he made me buy it all !
It was a blessing in disguise as I was able to sell all of the stuff I had no use for and ended up getting paid to take the table off his hands.
I haven't read the books yet, but practice certainly helps and I've been getting a good bit of that. Some Friday nights after work a couple of guys come over and we shoot pool, eat pizza, drink too much wine and beer while listening to music.
Its been fun and my game has improved. In fact, I am unbeaten so far. I guess I should mention my friends suck at pool. ;-)
Dean.
reelsmith's axiom: Its going to be used equipment when I sell it, so it may as well be used equipment when I buy it.
~!
The Mind has No Firewall~ U.S. Army War College.
Have a blast, Dean. Looks as if you're in for some GOOD listening.
Any info on it?
The L300s were highly regarded; I don't mean to imply that they're "immodest", but I'd hardly call them modest.
The 410II duo were entry level, so, yeah, "modest" applies -- but they're Yamahas of a certain age, and they did sound good.
In the interest of full and complete disclosure, I don't have a CA-410II nor a CT-410II. Just thought I'd point that out :-)
all the best,
mrh
...and only meant "modest" in the sense that none of it was top-of-the-line stuff.
I was in the business when all of these components were being sold and worked in a shop that sold them. That was part of my reason for putting the system together... nostalgia.
If I remember correctly, the Yamaha integrated was $250, the tuner was $200 and the Nakamichi was $400, as were the speakers. This was around 1978 or so.
The speakers were considered ridiculously expensive at the time. Back then big speakers ruled and $400 for something so tiny was unheard of. The L300 was absolutely dwarfed by all the competition in the price range, but were (and remain) a great, small speaker.
I've owned most all of the Yamaha integrated amps and tuners from that vintage, all the way up to the CA-2010 and the CT-7000. The little 410s are exactly what you would expect from Yamaha. Sharp styling, nice build quality and good sound.
As for the stand, it is the Bell'O WAVS329. Link below. It retails for around $300, but is easily found for $200 or less. The drawer module comes fully assembled. All you have to do is attach the legs and the top. It is surprisingly sturdy, heavy and uses real wood veneer. Given how little it costs I am very impressed.
Dean.
reelsmith's axiom: Its going to be used equipment when I sell it, so it may as well be used equipment when I buy it.
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