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Post by SteveC on May 9, 2017 11:50:47 GMT
BSR. It was a choice between those or the ubiquitous Garrard SP25!
The preamp/mixer, decks, amps and speaker cabs were purchased from Icelectrics (a bespoke mobile disco company) in Aldershot.
The name of my disco, "Hot Wax Sound System" was pinched from an American R&B label and I painted the display board (with dayglo paint) as part of my school 'O' Level Art course work! Stick a UV tube in front and hey presto!
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Post by SteveC on May 10, 2017 22:55:58 GMT
1975.
Sold the disco equipment and about 600 7" singles to fund the purchase of a Ford Cortina 1600E (OPP 269H). A lovely 1970 model in metallic Blue Mink with a a full length Webasto sun roof.
1976.
I purchased (what I thought at the time) my first hi fi separates. A Technics SU3500 integrated amp, Technics Direct Drive turntable, Technics cassette deck and a pair of Tannoy Cheviot speakers.
It wasn't bad, but I missed playing music through the disco gear and I soon found out, having discovered a shop in Commercial Road, Southampton (where I was living and working at that time) called Holbury Hi Fi, that what I had wasn't that good!
Holbury HI Fi introduced me to exotic names like the Micro Seiki Direct Drive turntable with three mounted pick up arms, Luxman amplification and Dalquist DQ10 loudspeakers.
I resolved then and there to get on the upgrade path as quickly as funds would allow!
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Post by MartinT on May 11, 2017 5:24:34 GMT
the Micro Seiki Direct Drive turntable with three mounted pick up arms My friend had one and he would have me round to setup the three arms he used on it: SME III, Grace and Dynavector DV-501. |
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Post by ChrisB on May 11, 2017 5:27:38 GMT
Nice. Did you get to own a pair of the Dalquist speakers in the end? A design like that must have seemed like something from another planet at the time, compared to the competition.
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Post by SteveC on May 11, 2017 8:57:07 GMT
Nice. Did you get to own a pair of the Dalquist speakers in the end? A design like that must have seemed like something from another planet at the time, compared to the competition. Unfortunately, no Chris. It did, however, "open my eyes" to what was near SOTA equipment at that time and that the Edgeware Road standard fare of Technics, Pioneer, Sansui, Sony etc. was not the way to achieve audio nirvana! I started reading the "big four" magazines of that time (HFN&RR, Hi Fi Answers, Popular Hi Fi and Practical Hi Fi) for inspiration. Those Dalquist DQ10's were quite lovely though!  |
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Post by SteveC on May 11, 2017 9:00:46 GMT
the Micro Seiki Direct Drive turntable with three mounted pick up arms My friend had one and he would have me round to setup the three arms he used on it: SME III, Grace and Dynavector DV-501. The Micro Seiki DDX 1000 was a seriously sexy bit of kit!  |
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Post by SteveC on May 11, 2017 9:06:03 GMT
Intrigued by the open baffle design of the Dalquist DQ10 and coupled with reading about the very active British cottage hi fi industry of the time, I set about finding something more affordable, but emulating the design of that exotic American speaker.  |
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Post by julesd68 on May 11, 2017 13:46:14 GMT
OMG that Micro Seiki is unbelievably alluring - I dread to think what these sell for now ...
Love the disco pictures Steve - they really do capture an era ...
You've got a Glen Hoddle thing going on with your hair there!
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Post by MikeMusic on May 11, 2017 15:50:41 GMT
Intrigued by the open baffle design of the Dalquist DQ10 and coupled with reading about the very active British cottage hi fi industry of the time, I set about finding something more affordable, but emulating the design of that exotic American speaker. Wow Not sure I could listen to that without some sort of screening in front |
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Post by SteveC on May 11, 2017 15:57:23 GMT
Intrigued by the open baffle design of the Dalquist DQ10 and coupled with reading about the very active British cottage hi fi industry of the time, I set about finding something more affordable, but emulating the design of that exotic American speaker. Wow Not sure I could listen to that without some sort of screening in front Agreed Mike. Definitely a case for listening with the covers on! |
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Post by MikeMusic on May 11, 2017 16:20:16 GMT
They cannot have left the factory like that can they ?
Screened or not.
Mad scientist with no idea of presentation
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Post by SteveC on May 11, 2017 18:13:40 GMT
Interesting to read their promotional sales literature from the 70's which states that Saul Marantz was involved in the design, together with Jon Dalquist who previously worked for NASA in the design of the Lunar Excursion Module (LEM) on the Apollo programme.  |
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Post by ChrisB on May 11, 2017 20:55:16 GMT
I'd love to get my grubby mitts on a pair - I've always had a hankering for them ever since first clapping eyes on a piccie of them way back. The nearest I got was the loan of a pair of DQ-12, the later 3-ways.
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Post by MartinT on May 12, 2017 6:43:34 GMT
Are they true five-ways? Must be a complex crossover.
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Post by ChrisB on May 12, 2017 7:02:49 GMT
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Post by MartinT on May 12, 2017 7:09:36 GMT
Yikes, woofer in series with mid-woofer!
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Post by MartinT on May 12, 2017 7:17:49 GMT
Oh actually, no, it's just the way the circuit is drawn.
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Post by jandl100 on May 12, 2017 7:29:11 GMT
Wasn't there a seriously negative early UK review of the DQ-10? Massive bust-up. Legal action was threatened?
With the lateral spread of drivers all sorts of phase cancellation effects were mooted, iirc.
I've never heard a pair but would love to!
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Post by ChrisB on May 12, 2017 7:49:58 GMT
I think some people didn't like the bass performance so much.
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Post by MartinT on May 12, 2017 8:25:43 GMT
It would have been a very different presentation from the Linn/Naim tight-but-lacking-in-dimensionality kind that was de rigueur at the time.
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