Sinolectro » Design http://www.sinolectro.com Sun, 28 Dec 2008 03:06:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 New Old Speakers http://www.sinolectro.com/2008/01/15/new-old-speakers/ http://www.sinolectro.com/2008/01/15/new-old-speakers/#comments Mon, 14 Jan 2008 18:29:31 +0000 Brad http://www.sinolectro.com/2008/01/15/new-old-speakers/ Diatone DS-251 MkII

These were a best seller for Diatone / Mitsubishi back in 1973, so there are quite a few in the secondhand markets now. They couldn’t be called transparent, but they are very nice to listen to — they have a distinct sound that I can only describe as smooth and liquid, with a chunky low end. Reference recordings don’t sound as good as on a reference system, but average recordings sound good, and even bad recordings are listenable.

Diatone DS-251 MkII Specifications:
Alignment: 3-way sealed cabinet
Woofer: 25cm paper cone
Tweeter: 5cm paper cone
Super Tweeter: 3cm aluminum cone
Crossover Frequency: 2000Hz, 10000Hz
Frequency Response: 40Hz – 25000Hz
Nominal impedance: 8Ω
Power Handling: 40W
Sensitivity: 91 dB/W
Size: 315 × 525 × 240mm WxHxD
Weight: 12kg

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Huili Basketball ShoesAt the same store, Damen bought a pair of Warrior (回力) low-top basketball shoes, also around ¥30. Apparently these were the standard gym shoe for schoolkids in the ’80s — sort of Chinese Chucks. I haven’t noticed anyone wearing them in Shanghai, but that’s probably just because Chinese kids haven’t figured out irony yet. Next time I’m in the neighborhood I plan on picking up a pair for myself, if only for the amazing retro cool packaging:

Huili Shoebox

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