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Category Archives: Photos
Close-Up of a Magic Eye
Posted in Photos, Vintage
Tagged 6g5, cat's eye, magic eye, magic eye indicator, photos, tuning eye, tuning indicator
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The Speaker Spotter – Speakers of Craigslist – April 18th, 2014
There’s always something interesting for sale on Craigslist, especially in Seattle. Do click the titles to see the original postings with more photos and additional information if you’re interested – otherwise, enjoy the virtual window shopping! Rain City Audio is not … Continue reading
Posted in Audio, Collections, Photos, Speakers, Stereo, Vintage
Tagged 7000A, A25, altec, altec lansing, Avid, Avid 100, Bose, Bose 601, Dahlquist, Dahlquist M-905, DDS1, Dynaco, Dynaco A25, exponential, Fisher, hi-fi, Horn, Klangbox, M-905, multicell, Nova-6, Radio Shack, RB66, Realistic, Realistic Nova-6, Seeburg, Seeburg Discotheque, series III, speaker spotter, Speakers, stereo, Technics, Technics 7000A, Telefunken, Telefunken RB66, tweeter, vintage, VOTT, woofer
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The Speaker Spotter – Speakers of Craigslist – April 4th, 2014
There’s always something interesting for sale on Craigslist, especially in Seattle. Do click the titles to see the original postings with more photos and additional information if you’re interested – otherwise, enjoy the virtual window shopping! Rain City Audio is not … Continue reading
Posted in Audio, Collections, Hi-Fi, Photos, Speakers, Stereo
Tagged 2001, 8320, audiophile, C35, dome, Duntech, Duntech Soverign, Empire, Empire Royal Grenadiers, Famous Johnzer, Grenadiers, Greybeard, Greybeard Audio KB22, hi-fi, Horn, James B Lansing, jbl, JBL C35, Johnzer, KB22, kenwood, Kenwood KL-8080X, KL-8080X, marble, MCS, MCS 8320, mid, Modular Component Systems, Petroff, Petroff Labs, Petroff Labs Reference, Polk, Polk Audio, Polk Audio RTIA9, Polk RTIA9, PPX-1, Reference, Royal, RTIA9, Soverign, Speakers, tile, tweeter, vintage, Wharfedale, Wharfedale PPX-1, woofer
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The Speaker Spotter – Speakers of Craigslist – March 21st, 2014
There’s always something interesting for sale on Craigslist, especially in Seattle. Here’s a selection of especially notable vintage speakers and other audio products for sale on the local Craigslist. I’m not affiliated with any of these sales, but if you’re interested, you … Continue reading
Posted in Audio, Collections, Photos, Speakers, Stereo, Vintage
Tagged 1A, 4330, AX5-4, bi-radial, biradial, butt cheeks, Cerwin, Cerwin Vega, CX-300, DCM, hi-fi, Horn, jbl, JBL 4330, JBL L88, JBL LE-8, Klipsch, L88, La Scala, Lascala, LE-8, loudspeaker, LSI, Monitor, monitors, Revox, Revox AX5-4, Snell, Snell C, speaker, speaker spotter, Speakers, studio monitors, Time, TimeWindow, Totem, Totem ARRO, Universal, Universal CX-300, Vega, vintage
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The Speaker Spotter – Speakers of Craigslist – March 14th, 2014
There’s always something interesting for sale on Craigslist, especially in Seattle. Here’s a selection of especially notable vintage speakers and other audio products for sale on the local Craigslist. I’m not affiliated with any of these sales, but if you’re interested, you … Continue reading
Posted in Audio, Collections, Photos, Speakers, Stereo, Vintage
Tagged 12W, 15W, Active Equalizer, Akai, altec, altec lansing, Bose, Bose 901, cornwall, Craigslist, Duchess, E-V, Electro-Voice, Electrovoice, Equalizer, EV, heresy, heresy II, KG4, Klipsch, Regency, S-1117, Sansui, series I, series II, series IV, Series V, SKO, SP-100, SP-12, SP12, speaker, speaker spotter, speakerlab, Speakers, speakers of craigslist, SW 177, T25, T25A, T35, The Duchess, Voice of the Theater, Voice of the Theatre, W-35, WD-35, Wharfedale
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The Speaker Spotter – Speakers of Craigslist – March 7th, 2014
There’s always something interesting for sale on Craigslist, especially in Seattle. Here’s a selection of especially notable vintage speakers and other audio products for sale on the local Craigslist. I’m not affiliated with any of these sales, but if you’re interested, you … Continue reading
Posted in Audio, Collections, Photos, Speakers, Stereo, Vintage
Tagged Allison, Allison One, Bose, Bose 601, Corner Horn, Craigslist, Fisher, Fisher XP95B, Infinity, Infinity Kappa 8, Infinity RSe, k horn, Kappa 8, kenwood, KL-333D, KL-777A, klipschorn, LS-20, Marantz, Marantz LS-20, OA-14, photo, photos, RSe, series III, Seven, Six, Sonab, Sonab OA-14, speaker, speaker spotter, speakerlab, Speakers, speakers of craigslist, Super Seven, vintage, XP95B
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KN0CK HF Upconverter Fits Inside the USB Tuner’s Enclosure
Marty KN0CK sent me some details to publish about his great looking miniature HF upconverter board for the RTLSDR, the HF Alchemy DVB-T Active HF Upconverter. It’s an incredibly miniature SMT board with an SA612 mixer and SMT oscillator, and … Continue reading
Posted in DIY, Electronics, Photos, Projects, Radio
Tagged amateur radio, dvb-t, E4000, hf, hf alchemy, KN0CK, RTLSDR, sa612, SDR#, smd, smt, up-converter, Upconverter
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First Look: 1934 Grunow 750 “World Cruiser”
I’m getting ready to sell some of my radio collection to make room for new ones, but until that happens I’ve been under something of a self-imposed moratorium on new purchases. This one came up on eBay a little while … Continue reading
Posted in Photos, Radios and Tubes, Vintage
Tagged antique radio, first look, grande, grunow, grunow 750, projects, tube radio, vintage radio, world cruiser
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1938 Philco 38-C-12 “Coronation” Radio Repair
I’ve had this radio on my bench for a little while, and she’s finally back up and running – and it plays great! It’s a 1938 Philco 38-C-12, special edition to commemorate the crowning of King George IV and Queen … Continue reading
Posted in Photos, Projects, Radios and Tubes, Vintage
Tagged 1938, 38-12, 38-12A, 38-C-12, 38C12, american radios, Antique, antique radio, Coronation, King George IV, philco, Queen Elizabeth, repair, restoration, tube radio, vacuum tube
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RETROVOLTAGE 
Craigslist and eBay Antique Radios – Be Careful!
It’s not uncommon to run across antique or vintage radios on Craigslist, eBay and other sales site which are advertised as “working”, “repaired” or “restored”. Many times these are in fact professionally reconditioned items – just like you read about … Continue reading →