Gear with Gold Faceplates Trivia question

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  1. bgiliberti

    bgiliberti Will You Be My Neighbor? Thread Starter

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    Besides Conrad-Johnson, Leben, HH Scott (I think back in early '60s) and Marantz (gold-toned silver on ref lines), which manufactures have used faceplates that were gold, gold-toned, or brass toned. I can't think of many...
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  2. james

    james Summon The Queen

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    Line Magnetic
    Did Sonic Frontiers?
     
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  3. plastico

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    My Goldnote phono preamp has a little gold face plate, as does the entire line.
    Cheers, Doug
     
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  4. bgiliberti

    bgiliberti Will You Be My Neighbor? Thread Starter

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    Very nice!
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  5. bgiliberti

    bgiliberti Will You Be My Neighbor? Thread Starter

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    Line Magnetic (rt) -- I think more copper than gold?
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  6. bgiliberti

    bgiliberti Will You Be My Neighbor? Thread Starter

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    Very cool!

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    james Summon The Queen

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  8. bgiliberti

    bgiliberti Will You Be My Neighbor? Thread Starter

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    Sweet...I gotta' get me one of those.
     
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    schwaggy Forum Resident

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    Sure did. Also in black
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  10. drh

    drh Talking Machine

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    Yes, H.H. Scott tube gear had gold faceplates. Some older Pioneer gear, predating the Black Plague, had "champagne" metalwork.
     
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    Pinknik Senior Member

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    I don’t know how many they made, but this is the Nakamichi 1000zxl Limited

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  12. Gary

    Gary Nauga Gort! Staff

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    I have a Dynaco tuner that is "champagne" in colour. Normally the Dynaco line was in silver.

    No pictures, sorry.

    I heard that Sonic Frontiers is well respected, they had great tube amplifiers. I saw one once but it was too pricey for me to take a chance on it. Besides I already was assembling my McIntosh gear, too late to change direction at that point. :)
     
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  13. TarnishedEars

    TarnishedEars Forum Resident

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    The Dynaco PAS 3 was in champagne, as was the FM-1 and FM-3. Not sure if the PAT-4 was in Champagne or not.
     
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  15. HiFi Guy 008

    HiFi Guy 008 Forum Resident

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    For looks alone nothing - no other component I’ve seen - comes close to Jadis.
     
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  16. beowulf

    beowulf Forum Resident

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    How about gold fronts, backs, tops, bottoms and sides?
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  17. Dubmart

    Dubmart Senior Member

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    I always associate real gold with high end German brands, they seemed to love the bling look at one time, I'm trying to think of anything beyond Marantz and their champagne that was commonly available in the UK and pretty much drawing a blank, possibly some nineties Pioneer ranges, I know there were others, just can't remember what, as for proper gold I think that was considered too vulgar for the UK.

    Perhaps I need to watch some of those YouTube vids of Japanese shops and their used stock to jog my memory.
     
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  18. timind

    timind phorum rezident

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    Enlightened Audio Design processors were as gold as gold can be.

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  19. bgiliberti

    bgiliberti Will You Be My Neighbor? Thread Starter

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    Wow! Love it!!! With the cool little blue VU meter and lights.
     
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  20. bgiliberti

    bgiliberti Will You Be My Neighbor? Thread Starter

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    That's a new brand to me. Like the minimalist design ethic.
     
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    bgiliberti Will You Be My Neighbor? Thread Starter

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    Fortunately for me, very little has ever been considered too vulgar in the former colonies. :)
    I'm actually quite surprised by how tastefully so many of these designs have been handled. The Accuphase gear really slays me.
     
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  22. bgiliberti

    bgiliberti Will You Be My Neighbor? Thread Starter

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    Gorgeous, like a CJ Classic 62 that's been sent to a France for finishing school.


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  23. bgiliberti

    bgiliberti Will You Be My Neighbor? Thread Starter

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    As they say at the McDonald's drive up, "gimme an order of 18 gold sides, hold the 'burger.
     
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  24. bgiliberti

    bgiliberti Will You Be My Neighbor? Thread Starter

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    "Black Plague," spot on. :)
     
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    Pinknik Senior Member

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    Not a full gold faceplate, but I like the black component with gold touches:

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