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Hopefully this is the right place for this post. I recently fixed a vintage receiver I bought a while back and I have a few questions about using it. The ports for the speakers on the back appear to be a 2-pin din, but the speakers I'm looking seem to be RCA. Is that a thing? Is there anywhere I could purchase a speaker cable that is 2-pin din on one end and RCA on the other? Here are some pics: The ports on my receiver  The speakers I'm looking at  My second question is, I'm wondering if there's a way for me to hook up a more modern source to this receiver. It has inputs as pictured below. I know I can't hook anything up to the phono, but can I rig something into the tape input for an mp3 player? I'm really not interested in the whole records thing. 
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Sep 10, 2012 21:29
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BANME.sh posted:What kind of receiver is it, by the way? If you aren't terribly attached to it for any reason, it might be better to find something a little newer (anything from the 70s or newer will accept standard speaker wire and have an aux input for an mp3 player) Thanks for the info. It's an old Grundig from the late 60's I think. It's weird that the receiver and speakers have different plugs since those speakers are Grundigs too. I want to use this receiver because it's badass basically. :P Here's a photo album from one that's on sale on ebay, http://imagehost.vendio.com/bin/vie...session2068.jpg I think I can figure the speaker thing out, I'm pretty good with electronics. This thing was broken when I got it, so I opened it up and fixed it. I guess I could just solder the speaker wires directly to the back of those 2-pin din inputs and then do RCA on the other end. The thing I'm most confused about is getting mp3s in to this thing.
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Sep 10, 2012 22:30
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Hippie Hedgehog posted:For sure, you can rig something up! You might be able to find a 6-pin DIN connector somewhere, new or used, then you just need to figure out which pins are left channel, right channel and ground. Or, take that DIN port out and solder in some RCA instead, if that's easier. Would be an ugly hack though. That's the part that confuses me. Say I find the pinout for that port, how do I convert that many pins into a 3.5mm or whatever? Edit: I guess I should specifify that I'd like to just plug in an ipod or my phone or whatever.
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Sep 10, 2012 23:25
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Hippie Hedgehog posted:Your standard 3.5mm connector has three poles: tip-ring-sleeve (TRS). Ring is right, tip is is left, sleeve is ground. The same three signals would also be coming from a 60's tape recorder, but in that DIN pinout (which was probably some proprietary standard that we don't know anything about). So you need to find out which pins were being used for what (for instance, by trial and error), then connect the two together. Awesome, that's really helpful. Does this schematic help at all in finding the pinout?
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Sep 10, 2012 23:54
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Making some progress, found this...
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Sep 12, 2012 00:28
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Mighty Horse posted:http://www.ebay.com/itm/5-Pin-Din-Plug-to-2-x-RCA-Phono-Sockets-Extension-20cm-/190687447411?forcev4exp=true#ht_1758wt_1159 Aha! If I combine that with this I should be all set!
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Sep 12, 2012 16:20
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Oh poo poo, you're right. Didn't even notice that.
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Sep 12, 2012 16:23
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Nevermind, This is even better!
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Sep 12, 2012 16:49
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peskyplumber posted:I have another question. When I play my records, one speaker always craps out or isn't playing at full volume, or crackles. I just bought brand new speakers so that rules them out. The crackling really only happens when the receiver is set to phono mode, not when it's playing the radio. Am I right to assume something's up with my turntable? I have a similar issue in that one of my speakers is way quieter than the other. I'm guessing it's caps, but 
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Mar 6, 2013 19:28
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If anyone is looking to unload some of these awesome receivers, let me know. I'm not super happy with my Grundig. My username @gmail.com
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Mar 25, 2013 01:07
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Blistex posted:Probably not much luck here, but check all the usual suspects. Yeah, this is my normal process. I found my Grundig at an estate sale, just waiting for the weather to warm up for garage sale season. Was just hoping one of you awesome dudes had an extra laying around. 
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Mar 25, 2013 19:40
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TooLShack posted:Any brands/WPC you are looking for? I'm a sucker for a silver face and blue lamps and woodgrain. This will be for my vintage video game arcade, so honestly looks are probably 80% what I'm looking for. But I would like a quality receiver that will get loud also. I'd like to be able to plug in a modern source (phone, ipod, whatever) with minimal fuss.
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Mar 26, 2013 00:37
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TooLShack posted:Cool, I might be getting a second Sansui 8080db tomorrow. Depending on it's condition I might have to get rid of my current one. Shipping on something like this will be pricey though. Let me know if you decide to part with it, that thing looks pretty boss. I do plenty of soldering and pcb work, so I'm not scared of a rebuild.
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Mar 26, 2013 01:30
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The Leon Hikari posted:
That is gorgeous.
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Sep 6, 2013 18:24
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The Leon Hikari posted:
Unf. Why can't I find anything like that? I fixed up a 50's Grundig, but it doesn't have any style...
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Sep 7, 2013 18:26
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Picked up a set of these yesterday for a grand total of free dollars. They sound pretty ok to my untrained ears, are they anything special? 
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Jan 3, 2014 03:20
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Electric Bugaloo posted:Probably not. Vintage Technics gear is generally respectable-to-renowned but their speakers are kind of considered to be the exception to that rule. Have you tried googling that model and seeing if there are any AudioKarma threads about it? That's usually a pretty decent way of gauging relative value without expending much effort. Was just in the midst of that. Seems they're no good for smooth jazz and fine cognac. They'll make good basement speakers I guess.
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Jan 3, 2014 03:54
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TooLShack posted:Do they sound good to you? That is all that should matter, and poo poo they were free. Oh yeah, for sure. I wasn't kidding about using them in my basement. :P
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Jan 3, 2014 04:15
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BANME.sh posted:but weren't very heavy which was a let down. You try carrying them down to your basement and see. 
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Jan 3, 2014 04:32
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Oh drat, please let me know when you're selling things.
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Jan 18, 2014 19:55
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BANME.sh posted:The HK630 sold within half an hour of listing it on Kijiji (I guess I didn't price it high enough). I still have th Nikko up there. You're in Canada, right? (so shipping would probably kill it) But what are you asking for it?
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Jan 19, 2014 18:31
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atomicthumbs posted:Would folks here be interested in updates as I post stereo things? Yes please.
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Feb 23, 2014 23:39
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atomicthumbs posted:Anyone have any info on these RH Labs subwoofers? There's an SB-1 module and another thing whose back panel obscures the model number. I don't know what they are, but they look awesome. Let me just set my drink down on this end table... gently caress YOU I'M A SUBWOOFER.
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Mar 16, 2014 17:54
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Yeah, take it apart and clean it properly you goon.
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Mar 12, 2016 06:32
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are those batteries? holy poo poo
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Aug 14, 2017 16:34
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my turn in the barrel posted:I have been downsizing and getting all my audio/videogame/collectable poo poo ready to sell. I got to this post and said, "oh drat" out loud. 
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Sep 14, 2017 18:00
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Anyone have a marantz 2xxx to sell? Kinda maybe thinking about one for my office.
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Aug 10, 2018 20:57
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64bit_Dophins posted:I have a 2235b but it's my baby and I don't wanna part with it tbh Then you treasure that baby until you die. To anyone else though, I'm pretty handy with a soldering iron, projects are ok.
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Aug 12, 2018 00:13
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I think I've settled on the 2245 model Marantz as the one I want. Trying to figure out speakers now, need smallish ones that I can sit my monitors on. Anyone have any feelings about the Klipsch R-15m's?
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Aug 15, 2018 20:34
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Display monitors, lol. I knew that was going to be confusing.
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Aug 15, 2018 21:11
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Electric Bugaloo posted:Hmm...speakers vibrate. Not sure I would want to put a monitor on top of one. Also you want there to be separation of R/L so I wouldn’t just stick them side by side without some space in between. Have you considered smaller speakers that could fit around/beneath your displays instead? There really isn't room on my desk. This is in my office at work, so nothing will be very loud. Not concerned about vibrations. From what I've read, the 2245 has a warm sound. Should I find something to match that? I really have no idea what to choose.
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Aug 16, 2018 01:32
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For sure I agree with all that. I had originally planned to get a 2220, but I'm getting a good deal on the 2245 for not that much more so it was a no brainer. I have a whole slew of monitors on my desk (which is why there's no room) and I plan to put the speakers under the 2 outside ones which gives almost 4 feet of separation. This stuff will not always be in my office either, I didn't want to pay for things twice so here I am. tldr: this is a dumb overkill setup and I know this (but also I like it  )edit: I ended up grabbing some Sony SS-CS5's for the speakers, found a lot of good reviews.
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Aug 16, 2018 17:18
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Ghostnuke posted:For sure I agree with all that. I had originally planned to get a 2220, but I'm getting a good deal on the 2245 for not that much more so it was a no brainer. I have a whole slew of monitors on my desk (which is why there's no room) and I plan to put the speakers under the 2 outside ones which gives almost 4 feet of separation. This stuff will not always be in my office either, I didn't want to pay for things twice so here I am. 
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Aug 24, 2018 14:34
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I picked up a set of marantz sp-1500s recently that need a bit of work. I know they aren't super well regarded, but it's a project  Anyone out there that could help me out with a few parts?
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Jun 10, 2019 17:07
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if you're at all handy, just do it yourself. I cringe when I see the prices people pay to have some capacitors replaced. edit: or just send it to me for disposal
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Jun 27, 2019 13:19
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You can't really meter a capacitor in circuit, I'm not even sure that is a capacitor anyway.
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Jul 5, 2019 21:19
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y'all probably know better than I do, I've seen xtals that look like that though
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Jul 5, 2019 21:22
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scrub it with a de-greaser and then polish with novus
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Sep 12, 2019 19:27
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my turn in the barrel posted:I finally plugged in my marantz stack. So much walnut.  
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Oct 4, 2019 03:23
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Marantz are real good. My daily driver is a 2245.
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