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It's true, that's a $99 mono tube amp! I do wonder though why the next model up is ten times more costly. How long have you had yours? No problems?
I also have an old all-in-one system (it says "goodbye" too!), good for nothing but AUX, gathering dust. I was hoping to improve on that a bit. I don't need anything fancy, just reliable and as pleasant-sounding as I can afford.
― Paul Eater (eater), Wednesday, 30 October 2002 05:50 (twenty-one years ago) link
I have had them for almost a year, no problems. The models above it cost allot more because the parts used to build them are all of a much higher quality. The output transformers in most tube amps wholesale for more than $99.
― lurk, Wednesday, 30 October 2002 19:35 (twenty-one years ago) link
I just have a Sony mini-system, and a Philips CD-writer (I suppose they are kinda retro now)
― jel -- (jel), Wednesday, 30 October 2002 19:57 (twenty-one years ago) link
seven years pass...
NEW QUESTION
how to clean inside my amplifier? opened it today due to imaginary dysfunction, and found lost nation of dust bunnitopia. what is safe/sane/cheap method of freshening?
― contenderizer, Friday, 20 November 2009 05:11 (fourteen years ago) link
won't that just push dust into other parts of amplifier? it's all in a nice even topside layer now.
will try, as i suppose that's why they put air in the can in the first place.
― contenderizer, Friday, 20 November 2009 05:21 (fourteen years ago) link
one year passes...
I blew out one really expensive speaker...until I can replace it, I am surprised at how well those old-fashioned boomboxes work! Found one in the garage from the early nineties and another at a thrift store. If you don't have a lot of money you can hook your computer up. They work better than the crap computer speakers at Radio Shack and you can re-live your childhood!
― Die, Foghat, Die (Mount Cleaners), Wednesday, 14 September 2011 00:57 (twelve years ago) link
four years pass...
I've just put together a system for my garage/shop area.
Onkyo TX-84 (late 80's?)
Pioneer 6 CD magazine that's junk from early 90s (and which i've never trusted, and don't like to load/unload)
Kenwood 3-head Auto-Reverse cassette (fine pro-sumer model from mid-90's)
...and i plug in my Sansa Clip through a $30 headphone amp into the AUX for MP3s
Cheapo Pioneer tower speakers and the matching pressboard rack/glass door.
I rigged the rack with a 110V fan, cut a hole in the opposite side and covered with air-duct filter material (and weather-stripped all other airgaps), and plugged both the fan and a USB charger into the "switched" power plug on the back of the receiver. Power it up, and the Sansa stays charged and the fan keeps it all relatively clean and cool.
Just have to hang the speakers in the rafters to save on floor space, but i'm rocking hard for less than $100, all-in.
I put a Kill-a-watt meter on it to measure power consumption and i can keep the unit powered-up and ready in the winter for less than the juice it takes to run a 60W incandescent.
― bodacious ignoramus, Monday, 27 June 2016 00:56 (seven years ago) link