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What items do you recall that were once....but are no more?

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Basil said:
How about that squealing buzzing sound as your 1200 baud modem connected via the phone line?
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Was that sound even necessary?
 
With all this talk about electronics.... remember having to bang on the TV in the correct location to make it work properly - and maybe hanging a piece of tinfoil on the antenna?
I was thinking about that yesterday as my old computer monitor started to die... every few hours (and then every few minutes) I had to either tap it on the top or bottom just right to get the picture back... I guess 18 years service wasn't bad!
 
Bob McElwee said:
You don't see tub testes in drug or hardware stores like you use to.
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Hmmm….I hope not.
I think you only see them in the doctor’s office when he tells you to “cough”:popworm:
 
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Did some body say McIntosh? This one is a Mac 1700, hybrid receiver. It features a solid state amp and, a tube radio!
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waltesefalcon said:
Did some body say McIntosh? This one is a Mac 1700, hybrid receiver. It features a solid state amp and, a tube radio!View attachment 107796
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I always wanted a Mac system but it was never in my price point.
By the time it was my hearing was in the toilet.
 
Basil said:
How about that squealing buzzing sound as your 1200 baud modem connected via the phone line?
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A strong reminder that it is not a bad thing that some things are no more. :D
 
Gliderman8 said:
Hmmm….I hope not.
I think you only see them in the doctor’s office when he tells you to “cough”:popworm:
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I was waiting for it - this forum never disappoints. :D
 
equiprx said:
I always wanted a Mac system but it was never in my price point.
By the time it was my hearing was in the toilet.
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Mine was $20 at a yard sale in the mid 90s. One channel was blown, but that wasn't a big deal. I worked at a music store in high school (yes, I'm only in my 40s) and we had a good electronics repairman. For $7.50 worth of parts and buying him the crab feast at Red Lobster I had a genuine working Mac.
 
Don't have a picture, but I still have the stereo I got during high school in the early 70s. Am?FM, 8 track and turntable. Kept it mostly for the turntable to use with all the old records.
 
waltesefalcon said:
Mine was $20 at a yard sale in the mid 90s. One channel was blown, but that wasn't a big deal. I worked at a music store in high school (yes, I'm only in my 40s) and we had a good electronics repairman. For $7.50 worth of parts and buying him the crab feast at Red Lobster I had a genuine working Mac.
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I got a similar deal (not quite as cheaply) in the early 2000s...a Mac 1900 solid state receiver for around $80 but needing a bit of work. I took it to the McIntosh authorized service center here and they made almost like new again (a couple switches are no longer available so they cleaned up what I had the best they could). Cost more than $7.50 plus a seafood dinner in parts and labor, but still worked out to be a good investment based on current value. Years later I was able to finally get my hands on the pair of McIntosh MC30 tube monoblocks my grandfather had - those went to the same place for reworking and now the 1900 receiver is also the preamp for the monoblocks.
 
YakkoWarner said:
I got a similar deal (not quite as cheaply) in the early 2000s...a Mac 1900 solid state receiver for around $80 but needing a bit of work. I took it to the McIntosh authorized service center here and they made almost like new again (a couple switches are no longer available so they cleaned up what I had the best they could). Cost more than $7.50 plus a seafood dinner in parts and labor, but still worked out to be a good investment based on current value. Years later I was able to finally get my hands on the pair of McIntosh MC30 tube monoblocks my grandfather had - those went to the same place for reworking and now the 1900 receiver is also the preamp for the monoblocks.
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Ahh, you not only have the newer model receiver, but you have a pair of MC30s that is pretty dang special. The 1900 was what, 50 watts a channel, and then with a 30 watt amp you are putting out 80 some watts of pure 70s power. I find that the 40 watts a channel my 1700 cranks out is more than enough to power my Norman Lab Model 10s.
 
waltesefalcon said:
Ahh, you not only have the newer model receiver, but you have a pair of MC30s that is pretty dang special. The 1900 was what, 50 watts a channel, and then with a 30 watt amp you are putting out 80 some watts of pure 70s power. I find that the 40 watts a channel my 1700 cranks out is more than enough to power my Norman Lab Model 10s.
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The 1900 is 50 per side but all solid state - I beleive it still has the output transformers though but I wouldn't testify to that in a courtroom without verifying it.

The MC30s are 30 each and are a matched pair, purchased together in Radio City, New York in 1957 according to the receipts. The wattage doesn't add up to 80 per side though because when using the 1900 as a preamp the onboard poweramp is idle, since the MC30s use a line level input not a speaker level input. I generaly switch between using the internal power amp of the receiver in the summer, and the tube amps in the winter when the extra warmth is welcome. They do make good space heaters as well as sounding amazing. I have them normally feeding a set of Wharfdale E50 speakers with the 3/4 inch compression driver tweeters, but right now I am using a different speaker pair because one the E50s needs a recone on the woofer (age not abuse).
 
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