Now here`s the link to the update of my collection as pdf: https://www.transferxl.com/de/download/08jf5zJWY5KjDm Regarding years of production - i used several special sites.
Thanx, by the way, the pdf is an excerpt from an MS Accept data bank file. Because i don`t get all the different data in the pdf site format, it`s only a short form.
For my portables I use the App Collections. Flexible, as long as you use Apple devices. It can generate reports too, here is an example. Not all fields and photos are shown, and you can easily tweak the report:
That looks clear, but i only use the data bank on PC , here`s a screenshot This wouldn`t fit on Smartphone.Too much for my eyes ;-) And i only use Android.
Dear Kent, I'm completely blown away again - initially by your super impressive collection, and now by this elegant and stylish building to showcase the collection. Next time I'm in Shanghai/Wuxi I will let you know, if it suits you at that time I'd be very happy to meet you.
I wish I could travel but I have a slight getting around issue that hampers me every step of the way. I'm 6'6 tall and just walking is an issue. This happened back on the 8th of January 2020 so now I'm permanently handicapped, maybe not the right place for such a revelation but that's what I go through everyday forward.
Truly amazing, Kent. You must show us your most prized possession in your collection please .. the item you love the most.
Jaw-dropping private exhibition, congratulations! Very stylish architectural space with a kind of retro-futuristic feel. I would love to visit one day! So, this was posted in 2024, I wonder If it was totally finished then. Or have there been new additions and changes to this date?
Over the past two years, while continuing my collection, I have also been improving my museum and database. I hired a professional team to take photos and build the database, and the work is still ongoing. I have already taken more than 100,000 photos, each of which requires post-processing, and there is also a large amount of text and image data to scan. I estimate that there will be at least another six months of work to be done. I often want to post some photos here, but because I am not very good at posting and uploading images (it requires selecting photos, adjusting sizes, etc.), and many images are not yet organized, I have been putting it off. However, I will systematically post some photos in the near future. The posts I posted on the forum before were of poor quality, and the items in my collection were incomplete. I think I can repost some better posts to share with everyone in the future. Please stay tuned, thank you.
Thanks for the update Kent! I can sympathize with all the work your doing, I try to get a little out everyday and it takes a ton of time. I still believe little websites like this one help fuel the collecting boom and our little collections won't be forgotten anytime soon. It's definately not like 25 years ago when vintage audio was being tossed out with no regrets.
Good to see you back, Kent I’m really looking forward to seeing your new images. In general, I don’t consider myself a collector. I simply want the best sound I can afford. For me, it’s always been about the music. When people come to my place and see my physical media whether it’s cassettes, vinyl, or the few Walkman I own — they often say, “You’ve got a nice collection.” I always correct them and explain that it isn’t a collection, but a carefully curated library of music I enjoy listening to, along with Walkman I genuinely like using. Nothing is there for display; they’re all working units that get used regularly. That’s why I see it as a library rather than a collection. The word “collecting” has never really sat well with me, as I tend to associate it with hoarding, and that’s not something I admire or relate to. Coming back to your museum, though, I have to admit that whenever people talk to me about collections, I often point them towards your photos. I always say, this is what a serious collection or rather, a proper museum looks like when it’s done correctly. Yours is genuinely worth visiting and studying. Much of what I’ve seen elsewhere feels more like hoarding dressed up as collecting, with people unwilling to admit they have a problem. I’m very much into minimalism and simplicity, as I don’t like clutter. But if someone is going to collect purely for the sake of collecting, then it needs to be done properly the way you’ve done it. Hats off to you. Well done.
I'm glad I never got rid of the Sanyo M9998 ghetto blaster I bought in 1979 and the Aiwa HS-J09 I bought in 1986, even though both of them stopped fully working. I've recently gotten into sourcing parts from China for my Aiwa's. Not players though. The prices for the players seem higher than on western eBay and Japan's Buyee. Which would indicate a very high level of interest in China. The fact people in China are reproducing tiny knobs, circuit boards, ribbon cables etc. for these units indicates the revival is serious there. I ended up with about 16 of these things because I kept buying cheapo units to provide parts needed for the next previous player. But then I'd figure out how to optimize the most recent junk unit. Eventually I got a really trashed HS-J9 that was so bad, and which was stripped for so many parts I regarded it as a hopeless write-off. However, finding I could buy parts for it made resurrecting it a possibility. Now I've ordered a dirt cheap J36. It has everything else I will need to finish salvaging the J9, except an equalizer. I'm counting on bypassing the equalizer. I never meant to collect these things. I've never collected anything else since I was a teenager. I call it a collection because I don't have a practical use for even one of them. Hopefully the fact I'm refurbishing my donor unit means I won't be buying any more. Now I'm turning to getting OEM earphones and microphones for all of them. I've sorted out replacing the little speakers in the earphones. (HP-M11 earphones are damn scarce and intact ones are very expensive.) I may look into getting original cases and having the manual copied, but probably not. Over the 3 years I've been fixing them, it has been many very satisfying challenges and I've learned a lot. Another good thing is that the whole collection fits in a small box. The people here helping with these devices have been essential resources and have cultivated a sense of community.
The best part of this forum is the far-ranging viewpoints and that's audio, as long as there's no agreement, it will always be fun and interesting. I'm also starting to think that people like to work on stuff and vintage electronics is a fun hobby that doesn't take up too much room. Not only do we have collectors but the younger group seems to really like taking the equipment apart and trying to fix it. Very similar to what a lot of us did as kids when we cracked open a broken transistor radio. I watch a ton of YouTube including all the cool electronics channels, PCBWay has been advertising heavily and I saw a new one that does ribbon cables. Soon you might be able to get some of the harder frustrating broken parts to fix even the currently unfixable equipment. There's other's out there but I haven't used any. https://www.pcbway.com/
