Recently acquired and restored this setup of vintage gear and I am jazzed with it
Posted Mar 17, 2018, 5:30 PM UTC
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Nice turtle. What’s it’s name
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That's Myrtle the Turtle!
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Nice looking setup, but some issues that I see: You're not getting any separation whatsoever with your speakers little more than a foot and a half apart. Secondly, you're blocking the air vents on the top of the receiver by placing another unit on top of it. And lastly, because the very large speakers are on a shelf supported by posts that anchor into the surface where the turntable sets, I would suggest that any volume is going to cause stability probs for the turntable. Just sayin'....
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Yeah, unfortunately that's about all the separation I can get between the speakers with how my room is set up. I have the preamp sitting over a spot where there aren't any components in the amp that generate heat so no worries there! And yeah, I'm trying to figure out somewhere else to set my turntable, unfortunately my rooms pretty small and that's something I'll have to get creative with it but plan to figure something out. Maybe weatherstripping foam somewhere to take care of vibrations
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Any chance the speakers can go on the floor, on either side of the table/desk?
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The left speaker would be mostly blocked by my bed if I put them on the floor, but that's not a bad idea, maybe down the road I'll buy or build some speaker stands so they can be off the desk and further apart.
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Good luck!
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Very niiice
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Beautiful, man. Well done.
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Thank you!!
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The Wii U really pulls the setup together
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Where can I get speakers like those?
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Not sure, I got mine used at a mom and pop record store. Keep an eye on Craigslist and visit your local record stores if you have those near you
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Will do thanks!
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Nice incense box. What do you keep in it? Mine's full of paintbrushes :P
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Thanks! I use the incense box for it's intended purpose when I'm not using my glass tobacco pipe for its intended purpose.
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That EQ curve hurts my ears just looking at it. Why do you need so much treble? Generally the bass response is what is subject to more roll-off as a result of factors like cabinet volume.
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Haha don't worry, I know what I'm doing, I tuned my room the best I could using pink noise and then tweaked it from there. I've worked in a recording studio the last 4 years so I'm not just randomly moving the sliders around lol. It did sound pretty harsh straight after tuning to pink noise so I brought it down to what I found to sound best. My room really emphasises lower mids so it was mostly cutting those out and then bringing down 4k to 8k after tuning to reduce harshness
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This is my setup that I've been working on the last few months. Turntable is a Technics SL-3200, going into a Halfer DH-101 preamp, Pioneer SG-9500 graphic EQ, Realistic STA-460 amp, and Fisher ST-510 speakers. I recently went through and replaced every electrolytic capacitor in this setup, using Nichicon FG's in the signal path, and it sounds fantastic. If you have vintage gear in your setup and know how to work a soldering iron I can't recommend doing a recap enough, even if it's just the filter caps. Those were what made the biggest difference to my ears.
I got all this stuff for about $300 by waiting for good deals to pop up (with the exception of the amp which came from my parents' storage) and I couldn't be happier with it. Only thing left on my list is to upgrade the cartridge from the Shure RM910ED that came with the table. If anyone has any recommendations for something around the $200 price point I'd love to hear them.
Hey do you not what components are used in the amplifier ? I'm deep into amplification for my electronics exam and I'm curious
Yeah, I'm a second-year electrical engineering student, and where I am in the curriculum right now I have a better understanding of how preamps and EQs work than power amps. I can tell you what parts are used in the amplifier section and a general explanation of how they do their job but I can't go too in depth about the design and instrumentation of them. But the amp in the picture uses four large transistors in the amplifier section. If you have an exam on amplifiers I might not be of too much help but PM me if you have any questions and I can try my best to answer! I can at least explain ripple voltage and filter caps, lol
It was more out of curiosity so that I could think about how this might sound etc... but thanks for offering your help !