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Can't get rid of my open reel decks!

Weathers stylus pressure gauge. I keep it to remind me of what elegant design is all about. Simple, effective, accurate.

A Dual 701 turntable (still works), A Nakamichi 610 preamp (still in use), and a Nakamichi 550 portable cassette deck (ceased functioning properly in the last year, I am debating whether or not to get it fixed), an Ampex Micro 52 cassette deck that was given to me (I rescued it from a pile of stuff going to the dump), a Pioneer TX9500 tuner and more

Revox A/77 reel to reel and a Revox a/78 FM tuner

I refuse to part with my KLH Model 11 portable record player or my KLH fm receiver both still working!

How about a bunch of Dynaco stuff: MkIII's, Stereo 70, PAS-3, Pat-4(heavily modified). The Dynaco factory was located only a few blocks from my house. Talk about walk-in service. I hold on to everything. I'm not going to mention the closet full of Japanese mass-market stuf I have socked away.

nakamichi cr-5 cassette deck. an absolute gem! i have no cassettes to play, but i just can't bring myself to get rid of it.

Townshend The Rock Turntable

Pioneer F-90

Philips reel-to-reel tape machine from 1972.

I have an old Quad 405-2. Recently, I took it to a hi-fi retailer for direct comparison with the new Arcam P85. Before that, I had been told by some people pretending to be hi-fi specialists that the Quad was very good amp, even compared with the very good ones of today. I have to say that this is definetly NOT true. The Arcam, wich is not considered to be the cream of contemporary hi-fi, sounded considerably better than the Quad in every possible way. There should be no place for "nostalgia" or other sentiments when dealing with hi-fi. Some gear simply sounds better than other and I see no point in listenning to something that sounds worse just because of some sympathy. I don't feel the same about music, though.

I have a 1977 Pioneer SX-950 receiver. It was next to the top of line and cost me about $650 (on sale!) back then ($1900 in today's dollars). Recently, I saw a couple of them on ebay and they were going for about $400.00 So I got mine out and had it serviced thinking that I could sell it. When I got that monster home ( it weighs 45 lbs and is huge), I naturally had to check it out. I was STUNNED at how good it sounded. I can't believe that I have spent thousands in the intervening time since it was retired on "upgrades." I'm not saying it sounds as good as my newer system, I'm saying that I can't believe that I've spent so much money for so little improvement in sound quality. I'm keeping it!

I have three Ampex 602-2 open-reel tape decks in storage.

philips cd150 cp-player (14 bit)

Mitchell TRANSROTOR elctronic turntable with SME 309. Anybody interested?

A quad decoder. It's alive and conected between a Garrard Zero 100 turntable and a modern home theater receiver.

Goldring GL75 record deck (?!!!) I've also got a pair of Quad ELS 57 but I have decided to put these up for sale!

Sennheiser 424 Headphones.In Use Since 1976. Still Does Everything Just Right To My Ears.

Marantz Tuner Mod. 20

I have had three stereo systems since 1959. Mine are a McIntosh C-20 pre-amp, 240 amp, Fisher 101R tuner & an Ampex 960 tape recorder from my 1st stereo. Then a Spatial Coherance pre-amp, a Threshold 400A amp, a B & O 4002 turntable, and a Pioneer CT1250 cassette deck. Also, a set of Wharfedale SFB3 speakers and Bozak outdoor speakers. And they all work! System #3 is my present one. Quite a museum.

Tandberg 64X R2R, Mac C28 (phono & Headphone), APT-Holman Preamp (Phono & Headphone), plus other misc. R2R tape decks. Can't kick the analoque habit.

dad's old pioneer sa-something or other. It is dead but lights up and looks cool so i'll get fixed one day.

I still have a soft spot in my heart for those AR-4 speakers that I had in college. I keep a pair in good repair to listen to from time to time.

Marants 2010

Hafler DH200 and Musical Concepts modified DH101; Dynaco PAS-3X and ST70

In the sixties, my dad had a Stromberg-Carlson integrated tube amp. He gave it to me in the mid seventies when he upgraded (?) to Pioneer solid-state. I've had it in for repairs several time, but the last couple of times it's come back with the same problem, so I gave up on it, but it's still in storage in the attic. Also, I bought OHM Fs in 1980. I still have them and they still sound good. At work I have a Fisher integrated tube amp—an X-100-A—from the 60s that I bought from a record store I worked in. It's still providing good music.

All of my old equipment is there because I can't afford to upgrade or becomes a stereo for the den.

Tandberg 9100X reel to reel.

I've either given away or worn out and thrown out my oringinal system that I bought for $700.00 while a sophmore in high school, in 1970. AR 2ax speakers wore out, along with a Dual turntable, And I gave a Pioneer integrated amp and tunner to a friend, who is still using them.