I have been hunting for a system I saw in the early 80s

[speakerman1]

It was small, but it sounded good. The pieces were like 1/2 the size of a regular piece of gear. Just looking and listening. It was very good. No I can't remeber the name. Help me. I'll send you a cookie.

Larry

 

[jbeckva]

First thing that comes to my mind are those old Technics mini-systems with the flat honeycomb woofs and whatnot... Something sorta like this...

http://www.canuckaudiomart.com/details/191059-vintage_technics_high_end_mini_component_system

They sounded real good for their size back then. I think Nak put out a mini system or two as well.

 

[speakerman1]

I could have sworn it was Nak. I haven't been able to find them. It was right by the Nak RT deck. This was a highend store that you just went to hang out and listen to their gear.

Larry

 

[jbeckva]

Yeah, nak made 'em too. I had a guy out in orange county va that had one he was trying to get rid of. Thing is - I tried the preamp out and it was noisy as all-getout.

 

[Web Police]

I have a mini Nak Receiver and CD player but they were late 1980's.

 

[stuwee]

Sanyo made one, so did Toshiba, the Toshiba one is highly sought after and rarely comes up for sale.

The Sanyo one was a mini Plus Series that Jerry and I know all too well as to it's great SQ

 

[Elite-ist]

Larry: Was it a Mitsubishi mini system? I passed on one of these at our mini flea market because there were a few special interconnect cables missing.

There was a tuner, cassette deck, preamplifier, and this amplifier:
http://www.fotosik.pl/pokaz_obrazek/pel ... 5f62d.html

I didn't see the matching system speakers, however.


Nando.

 

[8991XJ]

Aiwa had a stack of half-sized gear.

 

[nakdoc]

Nak had a mini system but it was wretched Chinese construction. I've heard 2 different Soundspace systems and they are actually ok! The Mits mini system was a Cadillac quality package.

 

[Web Police]

Toshiba made some wonderful micro systems in the early 1980's also. I'll dig up some pics when I have a chance.

 

[speakerman1]

Were they black. I can only remembering how it sounded good for being so small.

Larry

 

[Web Police]

It was the Toshiba System 15. They came in black and silver. You could purchase all the components separately. I owned a black and silver set at one time. However I didn't think they sounded particularly good unless you had two of the amps and bridged them.

http://www.thevintageknob.org/toshiba-System_15.html


Maybe you are thinking of the Aiwa system though.

http://www.thevintageknob.org/aiwa-Aiwa_22.html