Preface:
I have spent the past 18 months collecting stuff for this, as I've alluded to in previous posts. So everything listed here I did not pay for. I collected from dumpsters, people's curbs, and even a couple of items that friends didn't want, so they freely offered it to me. I never asked for anything. This was important to me-- mostly I didn't want to leech on others, but also for the challenge of it all.
The goods:
Sony KV-32FS210 - 32" HD-CRT set.
Sony STR-DE685 - 5.1 channel A/V receiver (no HDMI, which was fine because my TV doesn't have any)
2x Yamaha SV12M - massive 12" live sound , 2-way loudspeakers (200W rated--so it's a bit overkill)
5x some offbrand satellite speakers
Some offbrand powered sub
Some entertainment center grabbed from the curb and modified to accommodate the TV.
The pictures:
https://imgur.com/a/hR9vjK0
Pretty self explanatory. Have two more speakers on the wall facing the TV, and the sub is out of frame in those pictures (hadn't settled on a place for it yet). And you can see the all important ThinkPad sitting at my impromptu standing desk.
I'm going to be picking up a Blu-ray player from a friend of mine that's glad to be rid of it. So soon I'll be able to watch things on it. In the mean time, it just takes up a lot of room. All I really want to add that I haven't been able to yet is a VCR (ideally, an S-VHS VTR deck, but I'll have to shell out cash for one of those unless an old TV station decides to dump old inventory somewhere).
I have spent the past 18 months collecting stuff for this, as I've alluded to in previous posts. So everything listed here I did not pay for. I collected from dumpsters, people's curbs, and even a couple of items that friends didn't want, so they freely offered it to me. I never asked for anything. This was important to me-- mostly I didn't want to leech on others, but also for the challenge of it all.
The goods:
Sony KV-32FS210 - 32" HD-CRT set.
Sony STR-DE685 - 5.1 channel A/V receiver (no HDMI, which was fine because my TV doesn't have any)
2x Yamaha SV12M - massive 12" live sound , 2-way loudspeakers (200W rated--so it's a bit overkill)
5x some offbrand satellite speakers
Some offbrand powered sub
Some entertainment center grabbed from the curb and modified to accommodate the TV.
The pictures:
https://imgur.com/a/hR9vjK0
Pretty self explanatory. Have two more speakers on the wall facing the TV, and the sub is out of frame in those pictures (hadn't settled on a place for it yet). And you can see the all important ThinkPad sitting at my impromptu standing desk.
I'm going to be picking up a Blu-ray player from a friend of mine that's glad to be rid of it. So soon I'll be able to watch things on it. In the mean time, it just takes up a lot of room. All I really want to add that I haven't been able to yet is a VCR (ideally, an S-VHS VTR deck, but I'll have to shell out cash for one of those unless an old TV station decides to dump old inventory somewhere).
what's the vcr for? I've been thinking about accumulating random old tech like VCRs and old-ass PCs with floppy drives and stuff, just to have them if someone wants to read some stuff from a floppy or something.
i wanna mix tapes like i used to when i was a kid
i've bought three portable cassette players (e.g., "walkman") off ebay to give to people so that they can listen to mixtapes i make for them
i just need a cassette tape deck to make the damn tapes! but basically no one manufactures a high-quality tape deck anymore. so i need to find a used one. but many of them have issues or are heavy to ship.
if you come across one, phi, let me know! i can pay for shipping and buy you some beers ;)
i've bought three portable cassette players (e.g., "walkman") off ebay to give to people so that they can listen to mixtapes i make for them
i just need a cassette tape deck to make the damn tapes! but basically no one manufactures a high-quality tape deck anymore. so i need to find a used one. but many of them have issues or are heavy to ship.
if you come across one, phi, let me know! i can pay for shipping and buy you some beers ;)
I kind of want to spend more time refurbing old stuff like this. I cleaned up and replaced some capacitors in my record player (a technics from the '80s) like a year ago and it works flawlessly now, and have a couple of old ('60s) yamaha receivers that could probably use the same treatment. maybe you could get a used one with issues and fix it up? it's usually just a matter of cleaning stuff out and desoldering/resoldering stuff, in my experience anyway.
Random TTF visit pays off! :D
asemi: I still have boxes of old VHS tapes. A lot of which never even got a DVD release.
larz: A tape deck? I've seen a few around the places I haunt. I'll keep an eye out and let you know.
asemi: I still have boxes of old VHS tapes. A lot of which never even got a DVD release.
larz: A tape deck? I've seen a few around the places I haunt. I'll keep an eye out and let you know.
sweet, thanks!!