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Fun with a Hi-Fi System
May 22, 2023
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   While tackling another box in the storage room, the decision was
made to start setting up a hi-fi system in the living room.  The
Blu-Ray player, turntable, and half-functional tape deck are hooked up
and functional but the project is far from complete.  It has barely
started, in fact.  This is really more a basic test of functionality.

   While fine for now, this turntable only plays 33 1/3 and 45 RPM
records. One that can handle 78s would be lovely.  A line amp will
also be needed but it is listenable for now.

   The tape player needs new belts, a cleaning, and to see if the
second (recording) deck can be resurrected.  If not, replacement with
a solid single-deck is in order.  At least this one needs no amplifier
so that is one ray of sunshine.

   A lack of AM, FM, and ppossibly shortwave receiver also needs to be
rectified.  Finding a qality unit that fits the existing shelf space
and utilizes an RCA output might take some time.  At least this can be
the lowest priority part of the project as commercial/gov't broadcast
media is cancer, anyway.  Time would be needed to find a proper
analog-tuning unit, anyway.

   Despite the entire medium being trash, it would also be nice to
score a functional 8-track player.  There is a small collectiong of
the tapes gathering dust in the storage room since the last player
died.  It would be a good part of the system to let some friends'
little ankle-biters play with.  Score some more cheap tapes and it
would be a simple, chunky plug and play experience with no fiddling.
If anything went wrong, there would be nothing of value lost.

   At least one more box has been removed from storage.  And I've got
a distraction from my mostly retarded "mobile" cassette recording
project.  While cool, four-track cassette recorders of both actual
quality and capacity to travel are a money and time vacuum I can
scarce afford, right now...

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kimek
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