Curious question for you gentlmen...
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Curious question for you gentlmen...
Hello fellow audiophiles! Just wondering if I am the only one or not. Who else here still rocks out on Cassette Players, 8 track players, and Reel-to-Reels?
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Re: Curious question for you gentlmen...
I still have cassettes and my truck has only radio / cassette. I had a reel-to-reel but left it with the ex when I left.
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Re: Curious question for you gentlmen...
Several folks here have reel-to-reel & cassette machines. Not sure if we have any 8-track listeners.....
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From FrankieD's lips to your ears: Sunfire - a quiet box of endless power.
Sunfire TG-IV/400~7 Amp
Carver SD/A-360 CDP
Benchmark DAC-1
Sony SACD/DVD-A
Active bi-amp: Ashly XR-1001 & 2 Rane PEQ-15s
Main: HotRodded AL-IIIs
Sub: Klipsch RT-12d
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Re: Curious question for you gentlmen...
Still have reel to reel and cassette players but not currently hooked up.
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Re: Curious question for you gentlmen...
Have Carver TD-1700 and TD-1770 cassette decks and a few hundred cassettes, mainly recordings I don't have on CD.
My office (and only) system:
Sunfire Ultimate Receiver (thanks jjptkd!)
Sunfire Theater Grand Processor (with original remote!)
Carver TD-1770
Klipsch Chorus II's
Sony CA70ES 5-disc changer
Sony SACD 5-disc changer
Sunfire Ultimate Receiver (thanks jjptkd!)
Sunfire Theater Grand Processor (with original remote!)
Carver TD-1770
Klipsch Chorus II's
Sony CA70ES 5-disc changer
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Re: Curious question for you gentlmen...
I have a Carver PST-24 in the system, but can't tell you the last time it was used. Have some good tapes from the late 70's and early 80's, but don't use them often. No more 8 track. Sure did like the old Akai reel to reel I had in the early 70's, but no longer have it.
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Carver: TFM-45, PST-24 Cassette, Extra Carver Gear: CT-6, C-11 (S/N 00001).
Polk Audio: Mains SRS 2.1TL, Center CSiA6, Surrounds FXiA6 and FXiA4, Sub DSW MicroPro 1000, Extra Speakers SDA 2A, SDA 2Btl, Monitor 10A.
Turntable: Dual CS 714Q
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CD: Sony 330 300 Disk changer
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Re: Curious question for you gentlmen...
Oops sorry just realized I am not a gentleman.Shortcake wrote:I still have cassettes and my truck has only radio / cassette. I had a reel-to-reel but left it with the ex when I left.

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Re: Curious question for you gentlmen...
Chass did it, so could you SC!
But don't; we have "excess inventory" here of guys already! 



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LR: AudioEngine wireless link from family room preamp to Barcus-Berry 2002R Sonic Maximizer to GlowPower Zyxt IC's to Sunfire 300x2 to Nordost 6M bi-source wires to AOS 28" MDF spherical speakers using six 6.5" woofers and eight 1" dome tweeters symm. arranged around the surface.
SS system: CX-995V DVD to AV-634x 3-4 channel amp (center/rears) & M1.0t mk-II opt2(fronts).
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Re: Curious question for you gentlmen...
elgrau wrote:Chass did it, so could you SC!![]()
But don't; we have "excess inventory" here of guys already!
Well thanks, but Chauss does have better equipment than I, don't he?
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Re: Curious question for you gentlmen...
I meant "Chass" Bono.....probably wrong spelling (and joke!). 

FR: 400 disk changer with PS Audio Digital Link III DAC; Technics SL-1100A TT. QED Quenx1 IC's from DAC & TT to Adcom GTP-602 preamp/Tuner. AudioQuest King Cobra IC's from preamp to M1.0t mk-II opt2. QED Silver Spirals 4M wires to EPI 1000’s.
LR: AudioEngine wireless link from family room preamp to Barcus-Berry 2002R Sonic Maximizer to GlowPower Zyxt IC's to Sunfire 300x2 to Nordost 6M bi-source wires to AOS 28" MDF spherical speakers using six 6.5" woofers and eight 1" dome tweeters symm. arranged around the surface.
SS system: CX-995V DVD to AV-634x 3-4 channel amp (center/rears) & M1.0t mk-II opt2(fronts).
Garage: 300 disk changer to Entech 202.5 DAC to MXR150 Receiver (pre) to TFM-42 to EPI 400 speakers.
LR: AudioEngine wireless link from family room preamp to Barcus-Berry 2002R Sonic Maximizer to GlowPower Zyxt IC's to Sunfire 300x2 to Nordost 6M bi-source wires to AOS 28" MDF spherical speakers using six 6.5" woofers and eight 1" dome tweeters symm. arranged around the surface.
SS system: CX-995V DVD to AV-634x 3-4 channel amp (center/rears) & M1.0t mk-II opt2(fronts).
Garage: 300 disk changer to Entech 202.5 DAC to MXR150 Receiver (pre) to TFM-42 to EPI 400 speakers.
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Re: Curious question for you gentlmen...
elgrau wrote:I meant "Chass" Bono.....probably wrong spelling (and joke!).
Yes, and has better equipment than me....and yes joke....
“Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything.” ― Plato