Not a lot of vintage in there, but I do frequent Audiokarma forums. Next addition will be Vandersteen 2Ce loudspeakers.:smile:Īnyone else here a closet audiophile? You know you're 'out there', c'mon, let's see your rigs.:wink: The two vintage Teacs are different only in that the every day unit(daily driver?) is a 1/4-track(7 1/2 ips) while the 1/2-track(15 ips) is for the occasional 'fix' of completely irrational audiophilia.:wink: The entire rig runs off a Monster Power, Signature, HTPS 7000 power conditioner. Loudspeakers are Infinity Reference 6's, they sound bloody hell psycho-killer awesome only if they are positioned upside down and run way-off axis, as shown. The two turntables, one a custom, the other a Project Perspective, both run low-hours, vintage Monster Cable Alpha Genesis 1000 carts, one of the most natural sounding carts ever produced. Nakamichi is the preferred cassette deck, a current Marantz CD player is the default/daily driver CD. The McIntosh MC 2105 is a classic solid-state power amp which I ran for years, it sounds very much like a tube amp, now it is but a beautiful ornament, beautiful enough for the New York Museum of Art as said museum includes an example in their industrial design display. For over 30 years I've been hopelessly addicted to 2-channel stereo.Īfter decades of experimenting I have settled on vintage VTL running NOS Siemens, Telefunken and Mullard tubes. Worst: Figuring out the remote control takes time, and you’d better not lose it or else the device is useless.Īvailable: Buy.com, $112, $120, $130.At least one other forum member enjoys high-end audio as a hobby. Make it look better and feel better, and people may not mind the cost.īest: Records video without relying on a computer. I’d also build buttons right on the box to record shows in case the remote gets lost. Ultimately, it worked, but Neuros needs to simplify, starting with the remote control, then the on-screen menu. I see the appeal for people who don’t mind hobbling equipment together so cables are hanging like clotheslines off the TV. The shows can be shared, but once they’re recorded in a certain resolution, there’s no way to bump up the quality unless you record the show again. This isn’t great video it’s pretty low resolution even for a VCR. Record a show, move card to PSP, watch show on PSP – no computer needed. Verdict: After a few misses, the gadget worked smoothly for me. So I ended up turning the Neuros off, inserting the new card and turning it back on. But nothing happened when I pressed the button. The “Storage” button on the remote was supposed to let me switch between types of memory. The only other fumble was switching from one type of card to another. I was successful in each step and was soon watching “Futurama” on a borrowed Sony PSP. I recorded a few shows on various types of cards – CompactFlash, SD and MemoryStick. But remember, most portable gadgets can’t support high-quality video. It’s not high-quality, more like VCR-quality. This records in real time, so if the show is 30 minutes, it takes 30 minutes to record. This really was the easiest part: I hit the red button to record. I, of course, focused on recording video. Tablike options on the screen take you to photos, music, recording video and file management pages. Blocky lettering made it difficult to read, but I fumbled around and discovered how to choose recording settings, from 176×144 for a cell phone to 320x 240 for an iPod and PSP and 640×480 for a TV. The menu on the TV screen looks like a retro 1980s video game. (The green light doesn’t change, though). But don’t assume this means that the unit is turned on, which I did. A curved arrow in the shape of a sideways U means “go up a level.” I relied on the manual heavily. The menu button looks like two file folders. It has 24 buttons, some that made no sense to me. It seemed easy to set up, but then I took a look at the remote.
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