Posted this over at AK and it's gotten good response so thought I'd give it a try here.
This thread isn't necessarily for debate or argument, and certainly no nastiness. We know that the prevailing(and mostly right) opinion is that old gear should be restored. That said, I know that some of us haven't heeded the call for various reasons and I'm one of them. So I'd like to know what you're using, and why it hasn't been restored. Not talking about mods, just regular restoration where the gear is brought back to it's original specs. I"ll go first. I'm using KLH Model Six speakers all original. Will be redoping this week when the stuff comes in, and do plan to get them recapped, but they sound so good right now I just haven't been in a hurry.
Who's next?
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Topic - Anybody using gear 30+ years old that hasn't been restored? - sberger 15:12:56 12/16/14 (66)
- Don't Believe In Frankensteining Old Speakers - Mike Porper 12:57:02 12/24/14 (0)
- All the time - Ross 18:40:50 12/22/14 (0)
- RE: Anybody using gear 30+ years old that hasn't been restored? - Ogsarg 10:08:00 12/21/14 (0)
- AR-XA - briggs 14:29:43 12/20/14 (4)
- AR-XB here - michael22 19:46:55 12/26/14 (0)
- AR-XA +1 - alaskahiatt 21:06:24 12/21/14 (2)
- RE: AR-XA +1 - Mike Porper 18:17:01 12/29/14 (1)
- I will take your suggestion and adjust the anti-skate if it is off. - alaskahiatt 22:47:41 12/30/14 (0)
- RE: Anybody using gear 30+ years old that hasn't been restored? - mpcrnc@aol.com 13:19:28 12/20/14 (0)
- '56 Magnavox - Awe-d-o-file 19:21:48 12/19/14 (0)
- RE: Anybody using gear 30+ years old that hasn't been restored? - AudioSoul 09:24:55 12/19/14 (0)
- RE: Anybody using gear 30+ years old that hasn't been restored? - sanman 08:07:16 12/19/14 (3)
- KLH 5s? I've had mine for four or five years and love them, both for listening critically and for home theater - tinear 15:09:42 12/23/14 (0)
- What do you use to dope the dustcap? (nt) - Crazy Dave 08:31:07 12/19/14 (0)
- RE: Anybody using gear 30+ years old that hasn't been restored? - sberger 08:14:13 12/19/14 (0)
- RE: Anybody using gear 30+ years old that hasn't been restored? - docw 13:57:22 12/18/14 (0)
- RE: Anybody using gear 30+ years old that hasn't been restored? - akolegov 12:02:40 12/18/14 (2)
- RE: Anybody using gear 30+ years old that hasn't been restored? - airtime 07:28:00 12/19/14 (1)
- RE: Anybody using gear 30+ years old that hasn't been restored? - akolegov 09:28:01 12/19/14 (0)
- Yes ... - reelsmith. 09:39:35 12/18/14 (0)
- RE: Anybody using gear 30+ years old that hasn't been restored? - giantnutz 21:08:53 12/17/14 (3)
- RE: Anybody using gear 30+ years old that hasn't been restored? - airtime 06:09:02 12/18/14 (0)
- RE: Anybody using gear 30+ years old that hasn't been restored? - sberger 21:10:12 12/17/14 (1)
- RE: Anybody using gear 30+ years old that hasn't been restored? - giantnutz 21:13:43 12/17/14 (0)
- RE: Anybody using gear 30+ years old that hasn't been restored? A lot! - desertorganist 19:44:04 12/17/14 (0)
- RE: Anybody using gear 30+ years old that hasn't been restored? - David Lawrence 19:24:27 12/17/14 (0)
- RE: Anybody using gear 30+ years old that hasn't been restored? - bjh 18:42:19 12/17/14 (0)
- RE: Anybody using gear 30+ years old that hasn't been restored? - eleiko2@verizon.net 17:26:52 12/17/14 (0)
- Here's one. (Upgraded but not restored.) - jtpzenith 16:30:02 12/17/14 (0)
- Sure! - BigguyinATL 14:24:51 12/17/14 (0)
- RE: Anybody using gear 30+ years old that hasn't been restored? - Brian McGowan 11:21:04 12/17/14 (0)
- RE: Anybody using gear 30+ years old that hasn't been restored? - 6bq5 09:21:16 12/17/14 (0)
- RE: Anybody using gear 30+ years old that hasn't been restored? - AudioSoul 09:17:33 12/17/14 (0)
- RE: Anybody using gear 30+ years old that hasn't been restored? - louie3 07:53:07 12/17/14 (0)
- RE: Anybody using gear 30+ years old that hasn't been restored? - Crazy Dave 07:41:25 12/17/14 (3)
- Linn LP 12 - docw 13:49:56 12/18/14 (2)
- RE: Linn LP 12 - unclestu 13:59:19 12/18/14 (1)
- RE: Linn LP 12 - Crazy Dave 08:06:01 12/19/14 (0)
- I am... - cloudwalker 21:41:58 12/16/14 (0)
- Marantz 2220 - blues4ever 20:10:14 12/16/14 (10)
- RE: Marantz 2220 - sberger 20:29:49 12/16/14 (9)
- klh 6 versus klh 5 - JerryG 14:39:45 12/18/14 (0)
- KLH Six - blues4ever 20:37:06 12/16/14 (7)
- RE: KLH Six - hahax@verizon.net 20:55:20 12/16/14 (6)
- Not that kind of sealed.... - Coner 21:34:32 12/16/14 (3)
- RE: Not that kind of sealed.... - hahax@verizon.net 20:35:40 12/17/14 (0)
- RE: Not that kind of sealed.... - sberger 21:38:26 12/16/14 (1)
- RE: Not that kind of sealed.... - Coner 00:02:27 12/17/14 (0)
- RE: KLH Six - sberger 21:20:11 12/16/14 (1)
- Ported KLH speakers - Bill Way 14:01:34 12/21/14 (0)
- RE: Anybody using gear 30+ years old that hasn't been restored? - k-k-k-kenny 19:21:28 12/16/14 (0)
- Well... - realistico 17:50:25 12/16/14 (7)
- RE: Well... - bjh 18:52:34 12/17/14 (5)
- RE: Well...One - realistico 06:57:44 12/18/14 (4)
- RE: Well...One - bjh 20:01:07 12/20/14 (0)
- RE: Thirty-Plus Somethings In Action - FRG7SWL 09:10:54 12/18/14 (2)
- RE: Thirty-Plus Somethings In Action - bluemooze 09:24:20 12/19/14 (1)
- RE: Thirty-Plus Somethings In Action - FRG7SWL 20:02:21 12/19/14 (0)
- I agree about vintage tube gear - sberger 18:05:51 12/16/14 (0)
- RE: Anybody using gear 30+ years old that hasn't been restored? - Tadlo 17:34:55 12/16/14 (0)
- RE: Anybody using gear 30+ years old that hasn't been restored? - sony6060 17:32:22 12/16/14 (1)
- RE: Anybody using gear 30+ years old that hasn't been restored? - Garg0yle 10:06:53 12/18/14 (0)
- RE: Anybody using gear 30+ years old that hasn't been restored? - mondial 17:04:18 12/16/14 (0)
- RE: Anybody using gear 30+ years old that hasn't been restored? - BCR 16:38:40 12/16/14 (0)
- Dyna 70, unrestored 1963 original (tubes too), used as winter amp for a few weeks. - Otis1 16:21:45 12/16/14 (0)
- I'll be next - Sherwood S-5500 IV - Byrd69 15:20:55 12/16/14 (0)