So that just leaves your transport and dual cassette deck unaccounted for.It was ahem in the basement when that photo was taken (in the old house, aka House 3.2).
Now it is upstairs, too. Bigger room for hifi junk in House 4.0
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Beyond the word play I was thinking of the formats that died without achieving widespread awareness - they're absent but most wouldn't even think of them. People might think of Betamax, but how many would mention Video2000 or VCR - the tape format used by the Philips N1500, not the generic term. 5 1/4" floppies maybe, but probably not the 3" CF2 floppies or the older, larger floppy formats. DAT or DCC?
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"Reporting for duty, sir!"So that just leaves your transport and dual cassette deck unaccounted for.
Not entirely sure what you mean by transport -- presumably not one of these(?). I ain't got one of these...
I do have a "VHS HiFi Stereo Audio Video Recorder", though -- and I know how to use it!
So there's that...
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I was going for CD transport as audiophile version of a cd player.
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ahhh...I was going for CD transport as audiophile version of a cd player.
Well, I mean... I use a dump-find DVD player as a transport with a DAC, so there's that, too.
re: the BDA-1... don't judge me! I essentially got it for the price of shipping, albeit coast-to-coast, so not quite a freebie
I essentially got it for the price of shipping, albeit coast-to-coast, so not quite a freebieFWIW, I wondered if you meant a tape transport -- i.e., what the old ones
would have called a tape deck -- the transport mechanics and tape heads, but no preamp or EQ for the heads' output(s) to drive a line level input, nor EQ and bias oscillator for recording. I actually don't have any of those, either. Well... OK... technically the Otari's in two pieces, but the one I kept has those two pieces screwed together.
I gave away the other two, carts & all. 
Well, it seems like you have it all covered...ahhh...
Well, I mean... I use a dump-find DVD player as a transport with a DAC, so there's that, too.
re: the BDA-1... don't judge me!
FWIW, I wondered if you meant a tape transport -- i.e., what the old ones
Well... OK... technically the Otari's in two pieces, but the one I kept has those two pieces screwed together.
Except I haven't seen the cans with string yet...
we used to use ice cream paper cups at primary school.Well, it seems like you have it all covered...
Except I haven't seen the cans with string yet...
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Is this now a dump everything here thread?
"Reporting for duty, sir!"
Not entirely sure what you mean by transport -- presumably not one of these(?). I ain't got one of these...
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I do have a "VHS HiFi Stereo Audio Video Recorder", though -- and I know how to use it!
So there's that...
Oooh, I got a big hit of nostalgia upon seeing that Harman Kardon receiver. When I was in junior high school, my older brother came back from college one year with that receiver, a Technics turntable, and Boston Acoustics speakers. That started my love of hi-fi.
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Wait, you don't find dual cassette decks amusing?
Besides -- I've got cred in this thread!
I get weak in the knees over a nice high tech looking reel to reel. I just like watching the reels turn. I'm weird that way. I loved them way back then and miss them. They are just so cool to me. I guess I am showing my age!
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