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   Steven (sbank@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 29-Dec-2023 11:52:35 JST Steven

   • Thomas 🔭🕹️

   @thomasfuchs I have a Bryson prepro paired with a Linn amp. It must be pushing 20 years old now. It sounds phenomenal. My GF wants to replace it for something that is “easier.” She has no idea. lol.

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     oli_jens (oli_jens@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 29-Dec-2023 17:48:02 JST oli_jens

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs it’s really sad that high quality equipment doesn’t make financial sense because everything needs to be collecting data or have a subscription just to make financial sense for companies today. High quality physical goods = slow growth = market punishment.

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     Kristofferabild (kristofferabild@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 29-Dec-2023 18:21:01 JST Kristofferabild

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️
     • Graversen

     @thomasfuchs @MGraversen I agree and also have a fully analogue system, but you do miss out on conveniences as digital in, HDMI in and music streaming. All those require additional boxes. You win some you lose some. 😄👌🏻

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     Kristofferabild (kristofferabild@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 29-Dec-2023 18:21:21 JST Kristofferabild

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️
     • Graversen

     @thomasfuchs @MGraversen Lovely system btw. 👍🏻

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     mictter (mictter@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 29-Dec-2023 23:50:14 JST mictter

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs sorry to pop up like this, but what does "TLC" mean?

     (I had to discard a 20-ish year old tuner because the display wouldn't show anything, it was burnt. That wouldn't have happened with a 40-year old device)

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     🌼 Dagnabbit, Pascaline! 🌼 (pascaline@mastodon.nl)'s status on Saturday, 30-Dec-2023 02:03:59 JST 🌼 Dagnabbit, Pascaline! 🌼

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs I still have my 80's Yamaha amplifier and it's still going strong. A bit of contact spray and it's good to go but I will at some point need someone savvy enough to fix it for good ❤

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     WagesOf (wagesof@gamepad.club)'s status on Saturday, 30-Dec-2023 04:05:55 JST WagesOf

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs let me sing you a song of soldier and the great capacitor plague...

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     WagesOf (wagesof@gamepad.club)'s status on Saturday, 30-Dec-2023 04:33:46 JST WagesOf

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs personally I'm fine with cracking open an amp and reworking the circuitboard to check/clean the pots and make sure the soldier hasn't cracked or the caps bulged every few years but I'd never claim that that's easier than waiting for firmware to update itself.

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     Henrik Millinge Sørensen 🇩🇰 (henrikmillinge@fikaverse.club)'s status on Saturday, 30-Dec-2023 05:05:00 JST Henrik Millinge Sørensen 🇩🇰

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs Boomer. 😜

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     Ooze 𓁟 (ooze@aus.social)'s status on Saturday, 30-Dec-2023 08:38:39 JST Ooze 𓁟

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs Bought this (except the cd player) in 1981. Still going strong.

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     shōchi @Fischkopp (shochi_hh@norden.social)'s status on Saturday, 30-Dec-2023 10:51:21 JST shōchi @Fischkopp

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs I've been using the set of my hubby which he bought when he was student nearly 40 years ago.
     As the CD player is damaged meanwhile, I recently got an used SONY in the 1990's on "eBay Kleinanzeigen".

     All those CDs as .mp3-files only on smartphone? NEVER 😛

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     toooobeeee :verified: (toooobeeee@social.linux.pizza)'s status on Saturday, 30-Dec-2023 12:11:12 JST toooobeeee :verified:

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     • 💡𝚂𝗆𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗆𝖺𝗇 𝙰𝗉𝗉𝗌📱
     • Martin Whitaker

     @SmartmanApps
     and I just gifted myself with a refurbished set of 1970ish Bose 901 Series II.
     Speakers I have been dreaming of for decades.
     @martin @thomasfuchs

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     💡𝚂𝗆𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗆𝖺𝗇 𝙰𝗉𝗉𝗌📱 (smartmanapps@dotnet.social)'s status on Saturday, 30-Dec-2023 12:11:15 JST 💡𝚂𝗆𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗆𝖺𝗇 𝙰𝗉𝗉𝗌📱

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     • Martin Whitaker

     @martin @thomasfuchs
     Still using my 90's Bose 901's 🙂

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     Martin Whitaker (martin@mastodon.whitakernet.com)'s status on Saturday, 30-Dec-2023 12:11:24 JST Martin Whitaker

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs personally I think the late 90s / early 2000s were peak home HiFi time. The integrated class AB amplifier ICs were pretty good, there was minimal DSP manipulation going on and affordable speakers sounded OK.

     It's gone downhill since as class D has become the norm and penny pinching has become extreme.

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     Tony Masiello :stealie:☮ (tonymasiello@heads.social)'s status on Sunday, 31-Dec-2023 00:48:28 JST Tony Masiello :stealie:☮

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs Nice 850! I love these also... They do require some occasional TLC when various electronic components wear out, but as you say, they mostly just work and still sound amazing!

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     thebigreason (thebigreason@urbanists.social)'s status on Sunday, 31-Dec-2023 01:05:37 JST thebigreason

     @thomasfuchs @deirdresm Since we’re sharing, my 1963 Pilot 602S runs 4 EL84s into Polk Audio L100 bookshelf speakers. It mostly powers my turntable, but I have a Bluetooth receiver plugged into the stereo tape channel for parties.

     I repair tube amplifiers on the side (guitar and otherwise). These old Pilot receivers sound amazing and can still be picked up for about $500.

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     Andrasta 💚💜🌼🌎🇦🇽 (judeet88@universeodon.com)'s status on Sunday, 31-Dec-2023 01:30:42 JST Andrasta 💚💜🌼🌎🇦🇽

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs The only thing that bothers me slightly with my record player is where I'm going to get a new needle when the time comes.

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     Tony Novak (onlineadviser@c.im)'s status on Sunday, 31-Dec-2023 23:32:42 JST Tony Novak

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs Good inspiration! I hope to reconstruct my system this winter that has been idle and dismantled for lack of space in recent years.

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     iAmAnEngarneer (engarneering@floss.social)'s status on Monday, 01-Jan-2024 03:27:15 JST iAmAnEngarneer

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     • The Cyborg in the Garden

     @TheCyborgintheGarden @thomasfuchs my dad says the same thing about his cylinder player. Wind it up and music, power free.

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     The Cyborg in the Garden (thecyborginthegarden@disabled.social)'s status on Monday, 01-Jan-2024 03:27:17 JST The Cyborg in the Garden

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs although not particularly musical, we have a piano also. I call it The Old Analogue Friend. Makes music for us when the power goes out; warms our fingers when there’s no heating.
     The rest of the time she/he/it just waits quietly for us.
     (Only thing I can play is Smoke on the Water and Twinkle Little Star, but I do them pretending I’m Bob Dylan…😬)

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     Mark Igra (markigra@sciences.social)'s status on Monday, 01-Jan-2024 10:13:07 JST Mark Igra

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs Recently took my 1991 stereo system out of mothballs. Had to clean some connections, but both LPs & CDs sounded great.

     Only problem: soldered-in lightbulbs that made the LCD on the CD player visible no longer worked. Took cannibalized bulbs/board from junker on ebay & they worked! For a week. I do appreciate that LEDs are more reliable than old bulbs, but I guess we'll see if that holds up in 30 years.

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     Olivier Mengué (dolmen@mamot.fr)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Jan-2024 04:58:10 JST Olivier Mengué

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs No need to swipe the disk? To remove dust from the diamond?