mhardy6647
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So, there's been some back-corridor murmuring about vintage hifi and ASR* and, as sometimes happens, I come to this place, hat in hand, as something of a de facto spokescreature.
I.e., don't kill the messenger, OK?
There's a moderate, persistent interest in hifi of old, even here at ASR. We've had numerous threads and even a couple of "proper" reviews.
As the title says, is there any appetite to gather the vintage chatter into its own subforum**?
Obviously, there are caveats: it's somewhere between risky and pointless to assess an unrestored, decades-old component's performance qualitatively or quantitatively. Conversely, the quality of 'restoration' can vary widely, so making broad conclusions from an "n=1" test of a "restored" component is, at best, risky, too.
Ironically, loudspeakers may hold up the best over long times, but the vintage examples tend to be big and heavy.
That said, I'd be happy to send @amirm a Radio Shack Minimus-7 to take for a spin-o-rama! They're neither large nor heavy!
EDIT: 1) heck, he probably has a pair! 2) it would be interesting to compare his data with that posted by the late, redoubtable "Zilch" in his epochal assessment of those ubiquitous little loudspeakers:
audiokarma.org
Thanks for your attention! Thoughts?
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* https://www.audiosciencereview.com/...0-measurements-from-stereo-review-1979.30130/
** Personally, I am not a big fan of "Balkanization" of subforums, but some, perhaps many, people do like focused locations for specialized topics. I am a "New posts" clicking kind of guy myself, in full disclosure.
I.e., don't kill the messenger, OK?
There's a moderate, persistent interest in hifi of old, even here at ASR. We've had numerous threads and even a couple of "proper" reviews.
As the title says, is there any appetite to gather the vintage chatter into its own subforum**?
Obviously, there are caveats: it's somewhere between risky and pointless to assess an unrestored, decades-old component's performance qualitatively or quantitatively. Conversely, the quality of 'restoration' can vary widely, so making broad conclusions from an "n=1" test of a "restored" component is, at best, risky, too.
Ironically, loudspeakers may hold up the best over long times, but the vintage examples tend to be big and heavy.
That said, I'd be happy to send @amirm a Radio Shack Minimus-7 to take for a spin-o-rama! They're neither large nor heavy!
EDIT: 1) heck, he probably has a pair! 2) it would be interesting to compare his data with that posted by the late, redoubtable "Zilch" in his epochal assessment of those ubiquitous little loudspeakers:
Minimus 7 Loudspeakers - Measurements
********** Mod Summary: http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?p=3671070#post3671070 Before vs. After frequency response: [IMG]...
audiokarma.org
Thanks for your attention! Thoughts?
________________________
* https://www.audiosciencereview.com/...0-measurements-from-stereo-review-1979.30130/
** Personally, I am not a big fan of "Balkanization"
of subforums, but some, perhaps many, people do like focused locations for specialized topics. I am a "New posts" clicking kind of guy myself, in full disclosure.
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