Favourite audio Toy
Posted by: redeye on 18 September 2003
Bestest piece o' kit ever. The 'thing' that you have absolutely no doubts about whatsoever..
You'd include it in the 'Desert Island Inventory'.
Mine..
The Linn Sondek LP12 turntable
The Richard Sequerra Pyramid modular speaker system (with the Met 7 at its heart)*
* I started it so I get two
Other views pls apply below..
You'd include it in the 'Desert Island Inventory'.
Mine..
The Linn Sondek LP12 turntable
The Richard Sequerra Pyramid modular speaker system (with the Met 7 at its heart)*
* I started it so I get two
Other views pls apply below..
My sunburst Fender Telecaster. I likes it A LOT. 
My favourite Toy I sadly no longer have. It was the Nakamichi RX202 which I bought when it came out back in the early 80s. Having a Nak for duping Dead bootlegs was always de rigeur and the 202 (and 303/505) was especially helpful when you just couldn't make it to the stereo to turn the tape over.... 
It was a real hit at parties and even pretty girls couldn't keep their hands off it - doubtless mesmerised by the balletic tape flipping mechanism rather than it's handsome, charismatic owner.....
The mechanism itself wasn't very reliable. It used to get a case of the wobbles every now and again which Nakamichi was never able to completely cure. I did however hang onto it longer than any of the others I had - I only sold it a few years ago after I decided some consolidation of my Nakamichis was in order.
The story does lead to the "one that got away" or rather the favourite toy that should have been but sadly wasn't. I used to have a Sony WDM6 Professional tape recorder. On the face of it a fantastic piece of miniaturisation and perfect for b**tlegging. This unit was raved about in reviews as being the next best thing to a Nakamichi. Sadly mine wasn't. Not even close. Even a replacement unit, while marginally better, showed wow and serious azimuth alignment problems which were never satisfactorily fixed. These could be somewhat ameliorated by using very expensive Maxell or TDK Metal tapes with the metal or ceramic (?) shells but overall I found the machine a big disappointment.
Judging by the rave reviews I must have been unlucky, surely?
Richard
It was a real hit at parties and even pretty girls couldn't keep their hands off it - doubtless mesmerised by the balletic tape flipping mechanism rather than it's handsome, charismatic owner.....
The mechanism itself wasn't very reliable. It used to get a case of the wobbles every now and again which Nakamichi was never able to completely cure. I did however hang onto it longer than any of the others I had - I only sold it a few years ago after I decided some consolidation of my Nakamichis was in order.
The story does lead to the "one that got away" or rather the favourite toy that should have been but sadly wasn't. I used to have a Sony WDM6 Professional tape recorder. On the face of it a fantastic piece of miniaturisation and perfect for b**tlegging. This unit was raved about in reviews as being the next best thing to a Nakamichi. Sadly mine wasn't. Not even close. Even a replacement unit, while marginally better, showed wow and serious azimuth alignment problems which were never satisfactorily fixed. These could be somewhat ameliorated by using very expensive Maxell or TDK Metal tapes with the metal or ceramic (?) shells but overall I found the machine a big disappointment.
Judging by the rave reviews I must have been unlucky, surely?
Richard
dualit toaster 
quote:
Originally posted by Christopher:
dualit toaster
More Oral than Aural don't you think????
Computers are supposed to work on 1's and 0's - in other words "Yes" or "No" - why does mine frequently say "Maybe"?......
My 1200+ cd's collection .
Oh, Naca 5 too, well, maybe that sounds strange to you, but (what? hey, no, it is not some kind of fetish shit, ha ha) this have much in common with my audio career crossroad and it was caused by Naca 5. I was been fooled with some idiots before I tried Naca 5 and I was even have a hot conversation with Rico (Hey Rico, how are you), but good people convince me to try and yes, this was a missing link...yepeee.
Ozren
.Oh, Naca 5 too, well, maybe that sounds strange to you, but (what? hey, no, it is not some kind of fetish shit, ha ha) this have much in common with my audio career crossroad and it was caused by Naca 5. I was been fooled with some idiots before I tried Naca 5 and I was even have a hot conversation with Rico (Hey Rico, how are you), but good people convince me to try and yes, this was a missing link...yepeee.
Ozren
Minky,just get out there and have a listen to this wee beauty!. it's my bedside radio of choice. a radio built on the American "KISS" principle. i wish my Pekin sounded as good!.
Dennis
Dennis
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Originally posted by Minky:
That's it ! I've got to have one of these Tivoli jobbies. What makes them so good ?
My Akai CR81D 8track cartridge recorder - a) 'cos no-one uses them anymore and b) because it's built like a brick outhouse - oh, and c) 'cos I paid £20 for it in 1998 and they go for almost £200 on Ebay
When the music's over turn out the lights
When the music's over turn out the lights