Amplifier porn

[alrainbow]

My speakers and amps not my place 

I rebuilt the speakers and new woofer towers non servo 

the amps are also rebuilt by me to original specs 

 

Also own a pair of apogee diva and Dax 

two Krell ksa200 b Amps all re habbed 

Headphones are soo much easier 

 

[alrainbow]

On 5/2/2025 at 1:55 PM, Knuckledragger said:

Some trumpet player or other with his home hi-fi (I'm not sure it was stereo) in the late 1960s.  Photo most likely taken by Jack Bradley.  I'd love to know the identity of the trombone player.  Google has, and I want to be clear about this, utterly fucking useless in this regard.

 

I think that’s Louis sachmo 

my dad knew him when I was a kid 

that’s his place in queens nyc was there a few times. really nice man 

now this is 55 years ago and correct me if im

wrong but I was at his place a few times 

it became a museum and a local high school was named after him too. 
my kids went to that school many years later 

 

https://www.louisarmstronghouse.org/

yup im right 

[Knuckledragger]

[Knuckledragger]

For the bargain hunters out there.

[spritzer]

What a steal... 

[ktm]

I love playing around with classic gear. But not 17k worth.  

I miss the days of $20 garage sale finds. Another 10 years and this sort of thing

will fade away. Everybody that wants one will be too old to carry it.

[dsavitsk]

1 hour ago, ktm said:

Another 10 years and this sort of thing

will fade away. Everybody that wants one will be too old to carry it.

https://reverb.com/item/91894544-gibson-les-paul-standard-1957-goldtop-natural-back

 

[Knuckledragger]

"I inherited my late father-in-law's system and need some guidance." says a redditor.  The system:

Some father-in-law.  I married the wrong woman.  "Knuckles, you're not married."  That's besides the point!

[Knuckledragger]

Peter Doig built a sound system using parts from old cinemas and then Brian Eno did a DJ set on it.

 

[Knuckledragger]

Haters will saw it Photomeowshopped.

[Knuckledragger]

There's a guy I follow on Flickr who has a Fuji X-E3 mirrorless body.  He adapts a variety of old manual lenses to it, which is how he caught my attention.  He's got a taste for old and custom tube gear and has a whole album of space heaters and funny wooden boxes.

[Knuckledragger]

A redditor's father died and left him this:

Also, I was born into the wrong family.

[Knuckledragger]

Quote

Finally got the computer desk set up in the new(ish) house.

Pre-amp is a classic Quad 44.

The speakers are Rogers LS5/8, BBC-designed, grade one main monitors. They're driven by special BBC versions of Quad 405s (called BBC AM8/16), each having an additional PCB which serves as an active crossover.

I bought the speakers from ITV television when they closed The London Studios back in 2018 (making me redundant in the process). For anyone in the UK who used to watch ITV in the mornings, these were in Studio 7 and GMTV was mixed on them every week day for years.

I scrounged the Quad 44 pre-amp as a freebie in the run-up to the closure of the studios.

[mikeymad]

Near field listening for the win. 

[swt61]

What is this "overkill" thing that some laymen speak of?

Seems perfectly normal to me.