Recently got into vintage audio...new to me toy

loop2kil · Post by **loop2kil** » Thu May 17, 2012 11:54 am

Just got a Technics SA-616 @ 80 wpc and all I can say is wow, this thing is awesome.
Crystal clear and loud...got it hooked up to my DCM KX-212's and letting it play through my top 1000 playlist at volume #4 and can hardly breathe. I know my neighbors are hating me right now.

blebs · Post by **blebs** » Thu May 17, 2012 12:16 pm

What's it say for a production date on the back? 1980?

loop2kil · Post by **loop2kil** » Thu May 17, 2012 12:29 pm

yeah...1980

blebs · Post by **blebs** » Thu May 17, 2012 4:23 pm

That seemed to be the year of great Audio equipment. I had a Yamaha R-700 back then, but living in an apartment, I could never fully appreciate what it was capable of. I also have a Technics SL-B202 Turntable. Won't maintain speed anymore, but it's still here. Some day, maybe I'll fix it just for fun.

Dan · Post by **Dan** » Thu May 17, 2012 4:34 pm

I have been collecting vintage/antique audio/video,

microphones,headphones,mic stands,electronics,etc,etc for a while now,

it's a pretty fun hobby.

loop2kil · Post by **loop2kil** » Thu May 17, 2012 4:36 pm

A buddy at work gave me a Realistic Lab-260 TT ....needs a new needle and some feet but should be awesome hearing vinyl again.

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Thu May 17, 2012 5:39 pm

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Thu May 17, 2012 5:40 pm

I have an old Technics receiver from 1990 that I have been sending mp3's through recently.

RaisinCain · Post by **RaisinCain** » Thu May 17, 2012 5:46 pm

Nothing like vinyl!

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Thu May 17, 2012 8:28 pm

CableDude wrote:I have an old Technics receiver from 1990 that I have been sending mp3's through recently.

MP3's, ewwwwwwwwwww LOL

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Thu May 17, 2012 8:37 pm

Mark wrote:MP3's, ewwwwwwwwwww LOL

What's your preference?

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Thu May 17, 2012 8:43 pm

.flac

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Thu May 17, 2012 8:45 pm

Mark wrote:.flac

Thought so.

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Thu May 17, 2012 8:48 pm

Should I convert all my stuff?

Dan · Post by **Dan** » Thu May 17, 2012 8:48 pm

Mark wrote:.flac

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Mark · Post by **Mark** » Thu May 17, 2012 8:50 pm

CableDude wrote:Should I convert all my stuff?

from mp3 to flac, no way, but from CD to flac maybe.

sorry, didn't mean to sound like an audio elitist

it's just that HDD space is so cheap now days, why not use flac IMO

loop2kil · Post by **loop2kil** » Thu May 17, 2012 9:38 pm

I have a good bit of my stuff in flac and comparing to the same song in mp3 there is a noticeable difference in clarity. That being said, a properly encoded 192+ mp3 still sounds pretty damn good.

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Thu May 17, 2012 9:44 pm

Mark wrote:from mp3 to flac, no way, but from CD to flac maybe.

sorry, didn't mean to sound like an audio elitist

it's just that HDD space is so cheap now days, why not use flac IMO

No harm done.

Humboldt · Post by **Humboldt** » Fri May 18, 2012 12:32 am

Whatever happened to .shn?

Thought that was the sh*t, but it's been years since I last was into my "download all the live music you can" kick.

Humboldt · Post by **Humboldt** » Fri May 18, 2012 12:33 am

Answered my own question:

FLAC > Free Losless Audio Codec, an audio format similar to MP-3, but Lossless, meaning that audio is compressed in FLAC without any loss in quality?

Shorten (SHN) is a file format used for compressing audio data. It is a form of data compression of files and is used to losslessly compress CD-quality audio files (44.1 kHz 16-bit stereo PCM). Shorten is no longer developed and more recent lossless audio codecs such as FLAC, Monkey's Audio (APE), TTA, and WavPack (WV) have become more popular. However, Shorten is still in use by some people because there are legally-traded concert recordings in circulation that are encoded as Shorten files. Shorten files use the .SHN file extension.

I have months of music in .shn files

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Fri May 18, 2012 6:45 am

OMG...1980's equipment considered "vintage"? I'm so old.....

blebs · Post by **blebs** » Fri May 18, 2012 9:54 am

YeOldeStonecat wrote:OMG...1980's equipment considered "vintage"? I'm so old.....

Tell me about it. Seems like just yesterday to me.

David · Post by **David** » Fri May 18, 2012 11:30 pm

YeOldeStonecat wrote:OMG...1980's equipment considered "vintage"? I'm so old.....

Frankly, receivers have not changed much in that time, save for digital processing and surround channels. Vintage implies tube gear.

JasonT99 · Post by **JasonT99** » Sat May 19, 2012 4:55 am

That was the time of great receivers. A friend still has FM/AM Stereo Receiver SA-616 and it still works properly and the sound is good.

blebs · Post by **blebs** » Sat May 19, 2012 7:36 am

David wrote:Frankly, receivers have not changed much in that time, save for digital processing and surround channels. Vintage implies tube gear.

You would think so, but the "kids" of today think 80 is vintage. Heck, my new HTR has a computer in it. Self diagnostics and such. Could have used that back in vintage 80!

blebs · Post by **blebs** » Sat May 19, 2012 7:45 am

Heck I still have my Lafayette Criterion 2001+ Speakers from 1976. If you place them just right, they are amazing sounding speakers.

loop2kil · Post by **loop2kil** » Tue May 22, 2012 1:59 am

blebs wrote:Heck I still have my Lafayette Criterion 2001+ Speakers from 1976. If you place them just right, they are amazing sounding speakers.

Wow, Blebs I bet those sound great!! They look amazing.

blebs · Post by **blebs** » Tue May 22, 2012 7:31 am

loop2kil wrote:Wow, Blebs I bet those sound great!! They look amazing.

They sound great if they're positioned correctly or in acoustically built room. Put them in the wrong place and you have no Bass sound.