HiFi Stereos?

[Melooon]

Today I received this lump of 1993 delivered to my doorstep by a family member who was otherwise taking it to the dump! It turns on just fine, but the CD drive is skipping and the tape belts have perished, so its actually pretty useless  But it adds a very 90s vibe to my room AND it was the stereo we had when I was small (its gone on a long journey and ended up back with me??) - the speakers still rattle because I used to enjoy putting coins in the subwoofer vents.

Anyway, it made me wonder about hifi stereos - do people still have them? Do you have one?

[sibusen]

I love stereos!!! I bought this Kenwood amplifier from the early 80s but unfortunately it stopped working as it didn't survive a house/country move.


Also got some these cute, very reasonably priced Wharfedale speakers on ebay.


Now just need to learn how to solder so that I can repair that amp. Or just buy a new one...

[DiffydaDude]

Today I received this lump of 1993 delivered to my doorstep by a family member who was otherwise taking it to the dump! It turns on just fine, but the CD drive is skipping and the tape belts have perished, so its actually pretty useless  But it adds a very 90s vibe to my room AND it was the stereo we had when I was small (its gone on a long journey and ended up back with me??) - the speakers still rattle because I used to enjoy putting coins in the subwoofer vents.

Anyway, it made me wonder about hifi stereos - do people still have them? Do you have one?

Yeah i have one, its actually pretty nice. It was also from the dump funnily enough, but my papa found it and brought it back to me on december 2 years back. The first ever tapes i recorded on it was this local radio station on new years. it was on these old chrome tapes that had a bit of mold on them but were mostly fine apart from pretty bad dropouts. They're Shape brand cassettes from maine

Heres what my record player looks like:

I love stereos!!! I bought this Kenwood amplifier from the early 80s but unfortunately it stopped working as it didn't survive a house/country move.


Also got some these cute, very reasonably priced Wharfedale speakers on ebay.


Now just need to learn how to solder so that I can repair that amp. Or just buy a new one...

Wait a minute your room reminds me of a certain someone...
techmoan?

[sibusen]

No, sorry I just found these pics online because my non-functional amp is in a box waiting to be repaired now, so no pictures of my actual room...

[nuclearblues]

I've been rocking a super eclectic stereo made up of various early-mid 80s budget model components which I like to call "mid-fi". I'd love to upgrade someday but it works excellently for my purposes at present (mostly recording mixtapes and playing my very modest record collection). the highlight is definitely my technics m228x tape deck, which I've done a lot of various repairs on. I also run a 3.5mm jack to RCA cable from my laptop to run music videos off of and record mixtapes from my digital files. I also spend a lot of time cleaning cat hair out of the amplifier because someone has decided that it is the perfect location to take a nap... my cable management is also abysmal but nobody's perfect.

[Audball]

I have a Hi-Fi setup too!

I've had one since about high school, my parents had one when I was really young but I know next to nothing about it. My first stereo amp was I believe a 70s Kenwood of some kind? Very close in design to what @sibusen posted above.



That unfortunately died, I think it was a transformer issue? Don't remember. I still have it, it's just still broken. Then I got a Pioneer Stereo also from the 70s not long after, looked VERY similar to the Kenwood.



I also still have that one, and it DOES work, kinda. It has major stereo issues, the left channel is nearly completely dead and even slightly touching Any of the switches or dials causes Massive crackling, but it DOES play things.

Right now I am using a modern day Sony STR-DH190 Stereo Amplifier which works wonders!


The turntable I've used for all my stereos is a ~1977 Technics SL-1910 Direct Drive Turntable. Very nice! No complaints.


My speakers are two passive speakers I got off Amazon long ago, I forget their brand. They work well though! I also hook up my lil portable Sony Walkman CD Player to play my CD's out of it too, using an aux cable.

I would take a photo of my setup atm but my room is far too messy to show.