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09-16-2004, 05:53 PM
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Classic Audio equipment
Hi All
I am not sure if this post has been done before, but what do you consider classic Audio pieces of equipment.
My pick, The Radio Shack analog SPL meter
Bob
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09-17-2004, 07:36 AM
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Acoustic Research AR3 speakers.
Set a standard for ‘bookshelf’ speakers.
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09-17-2004, 12:14 PM
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NAD 3020 integrated amplifier
The amp that made NAD's reputation.
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09-17-2004, 12:31 PM
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I know very little, even about today's hardware, but didn't Bell Labs create "the perfect speaker" or something in the 50's-early 60's. They were produced on a very limited basis and cost something like $5000. (probably could have bought 2 cars for that back then)
I don't remember what they were called but I read a very interesting thread on them here 2-3 years ago.
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09-17-2004, 02:32 PM
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Lou,
>Acoustic Research AR3 speakers.<
do you remember who designed that for them? I think it was Ken Kantor. I thought of the NHT Super Zero before the Rat Shack Meter. I know Kantor designed the SZ and I believe he did the AR3 as well.
Bob
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09-17-2004, 02:56 PM
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I am not sure that there is a single answer to this Bob. The AR-1 (acoustic suspension design) was by Edgar Villchur (head of AR), but the woofer was the work of the guy who later helped found KLH (Kloss).
The AR-1 (and the smaller and cheaper AR-2) did not have great upper-end sound and this was corrected in the AR-3, which had a different tweeter and mid-range. This was I think still the idea of Villchur.
Finally the AR-3a, sort of the culmination of the line (at least until later) had a different crossover and tweeter and was the work of Roy Allison (who was later head or close to the top of AR) and somebody else.
Allison designed a lot of AR gear back then. Eventually, after he left, the company went downhill (from an audiophile perspective).
They made a pretty neat early turntable as well.
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09-24-2004, 12:27 PM
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I still have my B & O turntable I saved up for in High School. Nearly 30 years without a problem.
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09-24-2004, 06:20 PM
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My Quadraflex 777 Stereo Receiver
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09-30-2004, 10:00 PM
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Technics 1200 series turntables, McIntosh tube amps, Klipschorns.
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10-01-2004, 06:44 PM
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Advent Legacy Speakers
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