Steve Jobs' stereo system

[GeorgeWalk]

I am not sure if that has been posted here before (I did a quick search and didn't see it), but here is Steve Jobs' stereo. He seemed to like vinyl, but not tubes. Also, I think the room he had his system in looks like it has lousy acoustics.

https://www.kcrw.com/music/articles/steve-jobs-hi-fi-system

 

[Daverz]

Am I looking at the wrong thing, or is the TT in the pic a Michell, not a Linn?

 

[kokishin]

Am I looking at the wrong thing, or is the TT in the pic a Michell, not a Linn?

I believe it's the Linn Sondek LP12: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linn_Sondek_LP12

EDIT: Revised from Klimax to Sondek.

 

[Doodski]

I believe it's the Linn Klimax LP12: https://www.linn.co.uk/sources/turntables/complete#klimax-lp12

I'm w/ @Daverz that it might be a J.A. Michell. It has the telltale stuff on top and the feet in the proper place and what appears to maybe be that thick polished brass platter.

 

[wje]

I can appreciate people who have lots of money and are humble. It's those that don't but want to appear as if they do that we should worry about. :O

It was a nice look back into 1982 when Steve Jobs had that system - the year I graduated high school, entered the military and blew part of my first paycheck on a huge boom-box that used about 12 batteries.

 

[Daverz]

Detail from the photo. That's definitely not a Linn. It looks like a Michell Gyro with a platter that doesn't have the hanging weights.

 

[Daverz]

I can appreciate people who have lots of money and are humble.

Jobs had a lot of different qualities, but humble wasn't one of them.

 

[Doodski]

I can appreciate people who have lots of money and are humble. It's those that don't but want to appear as if they do that we should worry about. :O

It was a nice look back into 1982 when Steve Jobs had that system - the year I graduated high school, entered the military and blew part of my first paycheck on a huge boom-box that used about 12 batteries.

Ahhh the days of the serious ghetto blasters that started it all. I sold the JVC PC-550 like hotcakes in the early 1980's. We would order them dozens at a time and all would be gone in short order. I still see them for sale used even today. They weigh a lot. Great investment if somebody is into portable toons.