ATT audio heads: Audio Gear Reviews

[WillBrink]

For those into good audio gear/audiophiles, and or want some advice on getting into audio on the cheap, I have started doing some reviews and such:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...pnEV4NaA0hjwhY

[Adrenaline_6]

Good job Will!

I've been out of it for a bit, but enjoy great sounding audio. To be honest, most don't even understand what that is, which is surprising to me, but that is another topic.

I've been getting the itch to look for some retro a/d/s speakers and a decent amp/receiver setup, because I like that type of smooth, accurate mid and highs sound. Audio as you know is highly subjective to what is deemed good and preferred also.

[OH58D]

Back in the early 1980's I was into mid-level audiophile equipment, what an Army 1LT could afford. Here's my setup:

Denon DP-45F Rosewood turntable
Nakamichi Dragon cassette deck
Carver SDA/490t single vacuum tube CD player
Carver C-1 Sonic Holography Preamp (love the separate treble and base knobs for each channel)
Carver M1.5t Magnetic Field (push-pull) Amplifier - 600 watts stereo which could be bridged to 1200 watts monaural
Dahlquist DQ-10 speakers

Sold the Nakamichi years ago, and still have all the rest of it, although haven't used them for years. One Dahlquist has a blown tweeter.

[SilverBullet432]

Sweet! Subbed.

[WillBrink]

Back in the early 1980's I was into mid-level audiophile equipment, what an Army 1LT could afford. Here's my setup:

Denon DP-45F Rosewood turntable
Nakamichi Dragon cassette deck
Carver SDA/490t single vacuum tube CD player
Carver C-1 Sonic Holography Preamp (love the separate treble and base knobs for each channel)
Carver M1.5t Magnetic Field (push-pull) Amplifier - 600 watts stereo which could be bridged to 1200 watts monaural
Dahlquist DQ-10 speakers

Sold the Nakamichi years ago, and still have all the rest of it, although haven't used them for years. One Dahlquist has a blown tweeter.

I tell you what, easiest least $ to update that system is add a streamer. Streaming audio sounds great, offers huge selection, and costs little. I just got into it after being out of the loop, and it's win. Your old enough to remember Peggy Lee. I have gone down a Peggy Lee rabbit hole listening to her stuff, which is great music and sound great. I talk streaming audio and review the Marantz NA6006 streamer in latest vid, but you can you your phone to stream to see if you like it, and there's decent streamers for $200 or less.

I doubt I will ever purchase another CD ...

[Averageman]

Back in the early 1980's I was into mid-level audiophile equipment, what an Army 1LT could afford. Here's my setup:

Denon DP-45F Rosewood turntable
Nakamichi Dragon cassette deck
Carver SDA/490t single vacuum tube CD player
Carver C-1 Sonic Holography Preamp (love the separate treble and base knobs for each channel)
Carver M1.5t Magnetic Field (push-pull) Amplifier - 600 watts stereo which could be bridged to 1200 watts monaural
Dahlquist DQ-10 speakers

Sold the Nakamichi years ago, and still have all the rest of it, although haven't used them for years. One Dahlquist has a blown tweeter.

The Dragon was an amazing deck.

[WillBrink]

The Dragon was an amazing deck.

Decks certainly what they were best known for back in the day. I never had a dedicated casset deck for home audio. I went LP -> CD myself. Had a Nakamichi unit in my car though which was quite good. I had beat up used cars with killer audio in them. In college, I had home audio speakers in my back seat. Good times.

[WillBrink]

Good job Will!

I've been out of it for a bit, but enjoy great sounding audio. To be honest, most don't even understand what that is, which is surprising to me, but that is another topic.

I was out of the audio loop for 5 years or so when I moved from NE -> Fl, sold/downsized the system. This year, due mostly to covid, I decided if I was going to be stuck inside a lot, I was going to upgrade my system, and get back to reading up on what's happening in audio (like streaming, covered in most recent vid...) and decided it may make for useful info and fun vid content. Of course, when the upgrade bug hits you, it's very hard to shut off and it's a very expensive hobby. I'd planned to just update the speakers, and well, updated just about everything. Ugh. Also, why I decided to start with how people can get into decent audio got little $.

I've been getting the itch to look for some retro a/d/s speakers and a decent amp/receiver setup, because I like that type of smooth, accurate mid and highs sound. Audio as you know is highly subjective to what is deemed good and preferred also.

ADS made great speakers. Not sure what happened to them. Vintage is now a thing, so prices have gone up. I'm not a big vintage guy. I like new gear, and while I get the nostalgia aspect, I also know the gear I have now sounds far better than what I owned or was made 70s/80s/90s.

[Adrenaline_6]

I was out of the audio loop for 5 years or so when I moved from NE -> Fl, sold/downsized the system. This year, due mostly to covid, I decided if I was going to be stuck inside a lot, I was going to upgrade my system, and get back to reading up on what's happening in audio (like streaming, covered in most recent vid...) and decided it may make for useful info and fun vid content. Of course, when the upgrade bug hits you, it's very hard to shut off and it's a very expensive hobby. I'd planned to just update the speakers, and well, updated just about everything. Ugh. Also, why I decided to start with how people can get into decent audio got little $.



ADS made great speakers. Not sure what happened to them. Vintage is now a thing, so prices have gone up. I'm not a big vintage guy. I like new gear, and while I get the nostalgia aspect, I also know the gear I have now sounds far better than what I owned or was made 70s/80s/90s.

Yea...most hobbies can get expensive....audio is definitely one of them.

I can see things like DAC chips, amp technology, etc getting somewhat better, but a good speaker is a good speaker. Sure, they may make more materials that are lighter and more durable, but like I said, a good sounding speaker is pretty timeless. I mean look at Mcintosh, those are tube amps and are very high end stuff.

[WillBrink]

Yea...most hobbies can get expensive....audio is definitely one of them.

I can see things like DAC chips, amp technology, etc getting somewhat better, but a good speaker is a good speaker. Sure, they may make more materials that are lighter and more durable, but like I said, a good sounding speaker is pretty timeless. I mean look at Mcintosh, those are tube amps and are very high end stuff.

Don't agree. Materials, computer modeling, engineering, etc it's made for far superior speakers, especially for the $, than what existed in vintage times. You'd have had to spend big $ to get what costs a few grand today sound wise, and what's big $ today, didn't exist at all.

If anything, I'd take vintage amp and preamps before I would get speakers. What people are doing is buying vintage speaker and updating them with better caps, crossover, drivers (if needed), etc. Me, I see no value in that other than nostalgia and nostalgia has no place in my audio gear decisions personally.