Old Audio style
- Thread starter Amos Hames 2
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There's a really good YouTube channel called Techmoan for anyone interested in vintage or even more up to date audio players and formats. He has done reviews on both 8 track and compact cassette and he was impressed with how both formats perform still, even compared to the most modern digital formats.
Bora Natty
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You can't beat the quality and sensitivity of the old receivers. I have a few older receivers stashed wrapped in plastic. I love the old Marantz stuff..
ferret
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There’s a great photo of footballer Mike Sumerbee with a turntable in his car. I often see him at the local petrol station and keep thinking of asking what he used to play on it.
ferret
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It was 1967 and the record is Ruby Tuesday by the Stones apparently. My mate who unfortunately is a font of all knowledge about man citeh has just informed me.
That VW camper looks great! Is that the one you still drive?
ferret
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Who you or the van?
Love VW vans it look great, you not tempted to replace it with a new California or similar to be all mod conned???
ferret
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I have thought about getting something more modern, circa 2000 maybeWho you or the van?
Love VW vans it look great, you not tempted to replace it with a new California or similar to be all mod conned???
but as yet haven’t done anything about it. When I see the price of the new vans I come over all AAAAAAArkwright !
Seymour Upperthong
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I crawled around in a VW California at the Autostadt in Wolfsburg Deutschland. It was delightful and seducing, but when I heard the price, like Auntie Wainwright, I wanted to know if it included 40 acres and a lake.
Seymour Upperthong
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A friend of mine in Germany has an older T-5. It has a history and has crossed borders. Although currently legit, it was a hot box for awhile. Because of that, the door latches don't work so well. He is a wheelchair driver and has done it up nice. He has an electric lift, but it was tastefully done, it does NOT look like a handicap transport. He has tarted it up with a retractable side canopy, a motorized kayak rack on the roof, a bike rack on the back, a tasteful interior and a high tech coffee maker. It has an Audi engine with automatic transmission The floor mounted shift lever was rotated 90 degrees to accommodate transfer from the wheelchair to the drivers seat. The first time I drove it, nobody told me about the funky shift configuration, so it took a while to get rolling.
Ferret, your Vee Dub looks mighty fine and dandy, hang onto it and enjoy it. I have always been tempted, but the roads here in New England are so heavily salted in the winter, they rust out in no time. Afficionados have told me that the busses made in South America (?Brazil?) were more rust resistant.
Ferret, your Vee Dub looks mighty fine and dandy, hang onto it and enjoy it. I have always been tempted, but the roads here in New England are so heavily salted in the winter, they rust out in no time. Afficionados have told me that the busses made in South America (?Brazil?) were more rust resistant.
Not sure about the US but the RV market went absolutely crazy here during Covid.
To get some perspective a new Cali Ocean commands the same price today you could buy a new Mercedes S Class for in 2019.
I’ve also heard the next gen T7 will be a design shared with Ford. That may mean the current VW will be the last iconic VW Camper design…
To get some perspective a new Cali Ocean commands the same price today you could buy a new Mercedes S Class for in 2019.
I’ve also heard the next gen T7 will be a design shared with Ford. That may mean the current VW will be the last iconic VW Camper design…
Seymour Upperthong
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Barrychuckle, The RV market here went crazy during Covid also. Pre-owned RV prices are coming back down. The problem is that RV friendly camp sites, with the necessary hookups, also skyrocketed, but haven't budged in the downward direction yet. The question is if you want to buy a lot of fuel, to drive a behemoth, to pay the same price you would pay for a decent motel suite, for the pleasure of being self contained with all your stuff??? I know with kids the situation is different, but here Retirees comprise the significant market sector with RVs, especially the high end ones. Galbraithian economics should normalize the situation, but not for a while.
Bora Natty
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Same here Barry, we were talking about that over coffee this morning, along with how the quality went down, at least here in the US..