MATAMP Super Nova Mixer/Epping forest country club
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Topic: MATAMP Super Nova Mixer/Epping forest country club
Posted By: johnnysh
Subject: MATAMP Super Nova Mixer/Epping forest country club
Date Posted: 30 October 2012 at 7:36pm
 VERY VERY RARE !!
No longer for sale.. |
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Posted By: jbl_man
Date Posted: 30 October 2012 at 7:40pm
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This was on ebay last week,and it sold? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MAT-AMP-SUPER-NOVA-MINT-QUASAR-1000-AMPLIFIER-VERY-RARE-/160904731862?pt=UK_Sound_Vision_Mixers&hash=item2576ab5cd6&clk_rvr_id=405180195676" rel="nofollow - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MAT-AMP-SUPER-NOVA-MINT-QUASAR-1000-AMPLIFIER-VERY-RARE-/160904731862?pt=UK_Sound_Vision_Mixers&hash=item2576ab5cd6&clk_rvr_id=405180195676 ------------- Be seeing you. |
Posted By: Jimmer
Date Posted: 30 October 2012 at 7:41pm
I was gonna say Que ColinT or JBL-man  http://forum.speakerplans.com/how-much-you-must-be-joking_topic50010_page16.html" rel="nofollow - http://forum.speakerplans.com/how-much-you-must-be-joking_topic50010_page16.html ------------- http://connect-av.co.uk" rel="nofollow - http://connect-av.co.uk |
Posted By: jbl_man
Date Posted: 30 October 2012 at 7:45pm
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Posted By: johnnysh
Date Posted: 30 October 2012 at 7:54pm
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Yes your right it was on ebay last week and the person who "so called bought it" has been a waste of space I have been trying to contact him for most of the week with no joy via ebay! So as this site seems more serious about pro equipment than ebay, I will try to sell it here but I am really in two minds as to where or not to sell these items, I could do with the space, but I used these mixers when DJing with the Radio 1 / John Dean Road Show years ago, and thus why I saved up for this mixer back in the late 80s. So although this actual mixer has never been used, It has very special memories for me....
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Posted By: Jimmer
Date Posted: 30 October 2012 at 7:56pm
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Nothing this gorgeous (despite price) gets away undetected for long!! Whether to drool or laugh is the debate here... must say they are in incredibly good nik  ------------- http://connect-av.co.uk" rel="nofollow - http://connect-av.co.uk |
Posted By: johnnysh
Date Posted: 30 October 2012 at 8:02pm
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Yes, I look after and respect all my expensive pro equipment, but in this case, the mixer is in virgin condition. If you look after equipment, even more so, if you don't use it It becomes more desirable as years go on, because the mixers and amplifiers become rare, especially one in this condition, It's like a classic car, and thus tend to be more valuable, as there are fewer in circulation
if it does not sell, I am really not over bothered, but I do get cheesed off with people that waste time, thus I have given up with ebay |
Posted By: jbl_man
Date Posted: 30 October 2012 at 8:15pm
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Some Advice. The problem is Johnny,we all know on here what they are worth,we know they are a quality item,but realistically you just aren't going to get anywhere near that figure for it....if it means that much to you,you are probually best off keeping it. Here is mine,in the factory case,which would probually only fetch around £500-ish and is as mint as yours.  ------------- Be seeing you. |
Posted By: johnnysh
Date Posted: 30 October 2012 at 8:22pm
Fair point, and yes your looks very nice too  It's really no problem to me, as I am more than happy to keep it, the price I have listed this package for is more than a fair price for this grade, quality of kit. For me to part with it, it's worth much more than £500! It's a pure insult to sell these items at that price, period.....
I rather be the proud owner of these two items and grow old, even if I never use the mixer, to many great memories, back in the day, I also attended Froggys funeral, and repaired most of his equipment for him when he was alive, including his Matamp mixers and Quasa power amps. I have had many great moments with Froggy and all of them were due to being introduced to MatAmp equipment. It's a pride for me to repair any MatAmp equipment in my workshop, the build quality and passion that goes in to MatAmp is not found in other equipment very often |
Posted By: jbl_man
Date Posted: 30 October 2012 at 8:27pm
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If you have any photos of Froggy's gear Johnny,add them to this thread? http://forum.speakerplans.com/froggy-and-the-soulweekenders_topic17026.html" rel="nofollow - http://forum.speakerplans.com/froggy-and-the-soulweekenders_topic17026.html ------------- Be seeing you. |
Posted By: johnnysh
Date Posted: 30 October 2012 at 8:35pm
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Wow what a great thread, thank you for the link sadly back in the 80s/90s I never took photographs when in my workshop repairing equipment, I do today, everything is photographed, I remember repairing a Matamp Quadra Pan mono mixer for Steve It had a Joy Stick in the middle of the mixer and 4 mono outputs, and the joystick could give a 360 degree effect to each of the 4 speaker stacks, I think it was a custom build between Mat & Steve, I remember it was about the same size as the super nova
Mat gave me all the circuit diagrams for the Super Nova, All The Quasa Amplifiers, and not forgetting the MatAmp Crossovers, I still have them stored safe today, and call on them on the rare occasion. |
Posted By: Pahlavan-i
Date Posted: 30 October 2012 at 8:49pm
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id love to have a go on it, its very handsome! ------------- Pahlavan sound =/= Sepas gozar-am |
Posted By: johnnysh
Date Posted: 31 October 2012 at 1:20am
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I still have a Disco Supplies Catalogue that dates back to the late 80s early 90s, The MatAmp Super Nova mixer is listed and shown as there flag ship mixer, It was so ahead of it's time, but was never a cheap purchase! Only for the serious connoisseur of fine DJ audio
I think Charlie Chans Night Club (Walthamstow) also boasted one of these great mixers back in the day |
Posted By: GAZ.
Date Posted: 31 October 2012 at 1:53am
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I'd like a supernova, I just couldnt justify paying big money for one though. It would only be a "toy" for use at home, I wouldnt want to take it out with me. You got a disco supplies catalogue? Any chance of scanning it and posting up here? ------------- 100% Earth Moving Bass |
Posted By: Muckerbarnes1
Date Posted: 31 October 2012 at 2:14am
I have a John Noakes 1969 Anorak.. ------------- Billy Dawg. |
jbl_man wrote:Posted By: colint
Date Posted: 31 October 2012 at 5:39am
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The problem with vintage equipment is it's only worth what people will pay for it and a Supernova is not going to command a price that high no matter what the condition. This would only really be of interest to a collector as the features on it are to restrictive for use today. It wouldn't be hard to source another Supernova (they do come up for sale occasionally) buy a new front panel (Matamp still have a few) and hey presto new looking mixer for half the price. The other problem with these is of course the parts are virtually impossible to find. ------------- Never criticise another man until you've walked a mile in his shoes. Once you have, call him what you like, you're a mile away and you've got his shoes! |
Posted By: jbl_man
Date Posted: 31 October 2012 at 8:40am
If you could scan or photograph the disco supplies catalogue,and post it up in the Golden oldies section on here,that would be really helpful. Tony (ASS) on here did the sound install for Charlie Chans...i have some photos of that.  ------------- Be seeing you. |
Posted By: johnnysh
Date Posted: 31 October 2012 at 12:13pm
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I was the resident DJ from 1992, 2002 at the Epping Forest Country Club, They had a crazy TOA system installed by John Boman Daniels, It Kicked Ass. TOA I hear you say!, well I don't know what drivers they used? It was mad, one of the crazyest sound systems I remember in a night club of that era The Mixer was a very rare, A System 2000 mixer (Silver) , by Formula Sound, (another very nice mixer) those were the days....
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Posted By: johnnysh
Date Posted: 31 October 2012 at 12:27pm
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Posted By: burningbush
Date Posted: 31 October 2012 at 12:30pm
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Superb, welcome to your new home Johnnysh. Thanks for posting.
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Posted By: jbl_man
Date Posted: 31 October 2012 at 12:34pm
That is interesting,here is Epping forest Country club,how it looked in 1981.  ------------- Be seeing you. |
Posted By: pfly
Date Posted: 31 October 2012 at 12:36pm
| System 2000 now that's a mixer I've been looking to buy for few past years. |
Posted By: johnnysh
Date Posted: 31 October 2012 at 12:42pm
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I have purchased and serviced the country club Formula Sound Mixer and rebuilt it from top to bottom and even managed to purchase all new top plates from formula sound. It look brand spanking knew, what a gem Though my project of rebuild was not cheap, just the alps faders were a small fortune, Replaced all new op amps throughout and full re calibrated the whole mixer, It's looks brand new and sounds amazing.....
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Posted By: jbl_man
Date Posted: 31 October 2012 at 12:48pm
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^ Photos please Johnny.
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Posted By: pfly
Date Posted: 31 October 2012 at 12:58pm
How much you're asking for it? 
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Posted By: johnnysh
Date Posted: 31 October 2012 at 1:08pm
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I am no amateur and take my electronic profession very seriously, there is very little I can not repair in the DJ world / pro AV industry, MatAmp used my services as the south England repair for MatAmp equipment back in the 80s & 90s When I picked up this mixer from the Epping Forest Country Club it was ready for the skip, and I mean ready, It was totally trashed after 16 years of abuse, It had fault after fault, there was only a few channels working, just.. The output module was totally in trouble, You can see If I do a Job I do it correctly, No toy town repairs with me, I replaced, new Knobs, Faders, Facia plates, you name it, it got renewed      |
Posted By: johnnysh
Date Posted: 31 October 2012 at 1:17pm
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Posted By: jbl_man
Date Posted: 31 October 2012 at 1:19pm
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Lovely job John. How much would that have cost new in 1990-ish? ------------- Be seeing you. |
Posted By: johnnysh
Date Posted: 31 October 2012 at 1:27pm
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It was not cheap, but because it was modular it varied in price |
Posted By: pfly
Date Posted: 31 October 2012 at 2:20pm
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Posted By: simonh
Date Posted: 31 October 2012 at 3:21pm
Did you Dj with Terry in the house or over in the jungle?
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Posted By: johnnysh
Date Posted: 31 October 2012 at 3:54pm
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I was club side, Terry is a close friend, along with big lee, I still DJ today with terry and lee, that TOA system was crazy, the chiminey breast in the country club was filled to the top with low power TOA amps about 300watts per channel, no fans! But there was so many of them each driving a pair of cabs, the end result was a very loud pumping sounds system that sounded amazing, due to having so many amps driving so many cabs. It was also the first time I had seen a professional speaker management system in a club also made by TOA It was a crazy sound system, from a company you would not associate will nutty sound systems |
Posted By: kedwardsleisure
Date Posted: 31 October 2012 at 3:59pm
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The Flamingo in blackpool used to have a big TOA system ------------- Kevin North Staffordshire |
Posted By: simonh
Date Posted: 31 October 2012 at 4:20pm
Will be seeing Terry the weekend after next.
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Posted By: johnnysh
Date Posted: 31 October 2012 at 4:31pm
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Would that be bogner by any chance lol And yes the amps faced the bars with lots of pretty LEDs flashing away behind smoked glass |
Posted By: jbl_man
Date Posted: 31 October 2012 at 4:41pm
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This is the DJ booth at Epping Forest country club in 1981 after a refit,with a
Matamp Supernova! This replaced the earlier Allen and Heath production
mixer which had been in use since the mid 1970's. The 1981 refit also included three HH V-series mosfet amps,V200,V500 and V800 which replaced four prehistoric 100 watt Partridge amps! DJ Simon Harris on the Supernova.  ------------- Be seeing you. |
Posted By: johnnysh
Date Posted: 31 October 2012 at 4:56pm
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Wow this post is just getting better and better, Love this forum... Memories of the country club before I was old enough to be part of it, Shame the VU unit of the MatAmp was not mounted at an angle, It always make the super nova look so much better. I use to repair the HH V-series mosfet amps,V200,V500 and V800 They were beasts, you could barely pick them up, but they were very reliable and bomb proof. The country club never cut corners on kit, even back in 1981, it had the very best kit of the day Love it
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Posted By: johnnysh
Date Posted: 31 October 2012 at 5:09pm
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I still have all the in house Epping Forest Country Club magazines with Me, Terry, & Big Lee and a host of other DJs that worked in Atlantis plastered all over them. They printed there own in house magazine about 3 times a year informing all the clubbers of future events at the country club. They started in one colour and then went to full colour magazines, (from 1992 to about 2000) There are a host of memories and photos in them, If I ever get many many hours to spend, I will have a go at scanning them in.
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Posted By: jbl_man
Date Posted: 31 October 2012 at 5:16pm
This is the club again,before the refit,with the old 1970's DJ booth in the background....the system was so basic then,for larger nights JB's monster roadshow was hired in (two stacks of ASS concert system with JPS amplifiers,clearly visible in the background).......here with Greg Edwards at the controls of Simon Harris' modified Citronic console with Technics sl1200's shoehorned in. ------------- Be seeing you. |
Posted By: jbl_man
Date Posted: 31 October 2012 at 6:42pm
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The basic (pre 1981 refit) system from the mid70's was so basic,using the Allen and Heath mixer i mentioned earlier,a pair of QRK turntables with the Gray research arms,four 100w mono Partridge amps,and a set of four speakers, mounted at head height around the dancefloor,each with an electrovoice 15inch and a Gauss 1502 bullet tweeter. Total power was only 400w...it sounded nice,but just wasnt loud enough,espacially with 500+ people in the club, Here is one of the JB's roadshow stacks at the club hired in for an outdoor summer pool party,circa 1981.  ------------- Be seeing you. |
Posted By: colint
Date Posted: 31 October 2012 at 7:01pm
The TOA speaker management system was called Satori if I remember correctly (or something like that) Toa did some pretty industrial stuff back in the day. The amp's you mention (P300) were indeed bullet proof and could take just about anything you could chuck at them but only good for install because of the weight, they were 480 per channel @4ohms. The club install speaker systems they did were well ahead of their time too, great sounding boxes but back in the late 80's a 3 way mid high was 2 grand so they didn't sell so well
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Posted By: TONY.A.S.S.
Date Posted: 31 October 2012 at 7:22pm
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Saori. I still have one. ------------- http://www.facebook.com/tony.rossell.3" rel="nofollow - http://www.facebook.com/tony.rossell.3 |
Posted By: colint
Date Posted: 31 October 2012 at 7:29pm
Does it still work ok Tony? seem to recall they had some problems in the early days. Am I right in saying the saori was the first speaker management system? I remember the Bod from Toa bringing it into the shop but Mr P said what the F... would anyone want one of those for? and back in the rep's car it went never to be seen again. ------------- Never criticise another man until you've walked a mile in his shoes. Once you have, call him what you like, you're a mile away and you've got his shoes! |
Posted By: Muckerbarnes1
Date Posted: 31 October 2012 at 7:32pm
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JPS 2002.. Fixed loads of those back in the day. ------------- Billy Dawg. |
Posted By: njw
Date Posted: 31 October 2012 at 7:36pm
I don't know about the other younger guys on here but I love reading about how, when and where the older 'vintage' kit was used and OT I know but I had a Granada like that one on page 2 and still regret getting rid of it to this day !! 
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Posted By: jbl_man
Date Posted: 31 October 2012 at 7:52pm
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More Epping forest country club sound facts....... In 1980 there was a small function room extension for private partys out the back,next to the pool,that had installed in it,a Citronic powered Hawaii "popular" model,(in the black vinyl covering) 100 watts,running into a beautiful pair of custom speakers,finished in walnut veneer,which were bought second-hand from the Playboy club in Curzon street which closed in late 70's. Each of these cabinets had a pair of JBL 2202 !2inch,a 2410 driver on a pepperpot lense,and a 2405 slot tweeter,and despite only been driven from a 100watt amp,sounded lovely. For one night,myself and Simon Harris connected them up to one of my MM ap360's,and the sound was much improved. Unfortuantly,a few months later,some plonker allowed Disco supplies in Chadwell Heath to remove the JBL's and "install" (laughably) a set of four 12 inch with peizo cabinets,which sounded bloody horendous. So much for progress. I never did discover who ended up with those lovely veneered JBL Playboy cabinets. ------------- Be seeing you. |
Posted By: johnnysh
Date Posted: 31 October 2012 at 8:20pm
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I remember in about 1991 before I was resident at the Epping Forest Country Club, be asked to DJ a private function upstairs above the night club using a MATAMP mobile Disco Console that was owned by the Country Club, I can't remember what turntables were in it, may have been Garrard. The MatAmp mixer was wide and narrow obviously designed for a mobile DJ system with twin decks, Thus the first and pretty much last time I have seen this addition of the MatAmp range of products. Again I assume quite rare, not seen to many of them to this day, Would love to have seen those veneered JBL Playboy cabinets.
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Posted By: TONY.A.S.S.
Date Posted: 31 October 2012 at 8:21pm
I will dig it out and check. It was working when I last used it (obviously). It's one of the many things I will be selling shortly. I bought it from LMC. I think they were 5K when new. SSE used to use them as well. ------------- http://www.facebook.com/tony.rossell.3" rel="nofollow - http://www.facebook.com/tony.rossell.3 |
Posted By: simonh
Date Posted: 31 October 2012 at 8:48pm
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[QUOTE=johnnysh]Would that be bogner by any chance lol - Yep, will you be there? |
Posted By: jbl_man
Date Posted: 31 October 2012 at 8:51pm
Is that the TOA cabinet that looked a bit like a 4560 Colin? I think Chris (CSG) has a pair of those in his workshop,a photo would be cool if you read this Chris? ------------- Be seeing you. |
Posted By: simonh
Date Posted: 31 October 2012 at 8:57pm
Is that a young Ian with Simon Harris?
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Posted By: simonh
Date Posted: 31 October 2012 at 9:00pm
| John - would have to say one of my favourite days/nights in the 90's were the Sunday "Splash" events that the country club used to put on in the summer bank holiday weekends. Great times. |
Posted By: colint
Date Posted: 31 October 2012 at 9:09pm
No, it was a 1 x 12 but the cab was slopped off towards the back (by the 12") so it could be mounted close to a ceiling they were made to be flown upside down so the horn and tweeter were at the bottom, really nicely built solid heavy cabs covered in some sort of hard grey paint/resin. They were passive and sounded lovely I used a pair myself a few times (good thing about working in a sound shop) and they really hauled asre off a ppx900. ------------- Never criticise another man until you've walked a mile in his shoes. Once you have, call him what you like, you're a mile away and you've got his shoes! |
Posted By: colint
Date Posted: 31 October 2012 at 9:22pm
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It was called the SF-30 Spec sheet here: http://www.toaelectronics.com/disc/manuals/SF-30.pdf" rel="nofollow - http://www.toaelectronics.com/disc/manuals/SF-30.pdf   ------------- Never criticise another man until you've walked a mile in his shoes. Once you have, call him what you like, you're a mile away and you've got his shoes! |
Posted By: johnnysh
Date Posted: 31 October 2012 at 9:36pm
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Simon I worked every Splash, the bank holidays were amazing, We would start DJing about 7 and I would slowly watch many people congregate around the pools side until about 4,500 people (Many Great Looking Girls) would all start doing crazy things. People use to arrive by helicopters, the fields would be littered with cars, and then there were the live PA's Michael Proctor, Allison Limeric, Jocelyn Brown to mention a few, The pool area would close about 10:30 then everyone would make a mad dash for the clubs, I can remember packing up my records and getting out the Club at about 4:30 in the morning after every Splash Bank Holiday. I was asked to DJ a private party in January this year in London, as a Country Club reunion night, and the two PA's that I worked with this year were Allison Limeric, Jocelyn Brown, It was just like going back to Splash all over again, but without the pool. They were great days,
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Posted By: csg
Date Posted: 31 October 2012 at 9:55pm
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Ian, you are thinking of my 1979 Yamaha 5115HT speakers, pic to follow in a moment. I do, however, in line with my policy of having every "vintage" set of speakers in the world, have a pair of Toa 380SE, which were their top of the line full range box from the late 80's, and are even complete with red go faster stripes down their sides! they are currently doing sterling service on radio 2/4 in the warehouse, driven from that studiomaster 400...they sound rather good.  ------------- “The fact is this is about identifying what we do best and finding more ways of doing less of it better” |
Posted By: jbl_man
Date Posted: 31 October 2012 at 9:55pm
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So this thread doesn't get lost,have moved it to Golden oldies section.
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Posted By: jbl_man
Date Posted: 31 October 2012 at 9:57pm
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Yes thanks Chris,you are of course correct,my mistake,yes Yamaha was the ones i was thinking of.
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Posted By: csg
Date Posted: 31 October 2012 at 9:58pm
Yamaha 5115HT, very rare in the UK ------------- “The fact is this is about identifying what we do best and finding more ways of doing less of it better” |
Posted By: simonh
Date Posted: 31 October 2012 at 9:58pm
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We went to most of them John, they were amazing. I remember parking the car on the grass in field behind the pool, along with the hundreds off other cars. I'm sure I remember an old route master double decker bus loaded with a big sound system was used around the pool at one of the parties? The reunion party sounded awesome, wish I was there! I've been to a few of the parties that Terry and Marie have done at Mooros. My mate has a pair of these: http://www.toaelectronics.com/disc/manuals/480-SE_IM.pdf Guy we bought them off early/mid 90's said they came out of the country club. They were originally the same grey colour as the pair in your above picture but they have since been covered in speaker material... There used to be a TOA service centre on the Hutton industrial estate, we took them there once to be serviced but that was many years ago, I think it's long gone now!
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Posted By: simonh
Date Posted: 31 October 2012 at 10:15pm
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Posted By: johnnysh
Date Posted: 31 October 2012 at 10:26pm
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I remember The TOA Service Outlet in Hutton industrial estate, I had a TOA 4bay Cassette deck in for repair, and to replace one of the complete Cassette mechanisms. they were a 19" 3 or 4U Cassette decks made by TOA used by companies who wanted continuous music, the cassette bays toggled through all 1-4 cassette that were inserted. thus before CD players were the norm I had to go over to Hutton to pickup the replacement parts, It seems TOA were so ahead of there time and the game in the mid 80s / 90s with club sound systems, and then seemed to disappear ...
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Posted By: johnnysh
Date Posted: 31 October 2012 at 11:29pm
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JBL_Man, you truly have some most amazing photographs in your collection. I never thought selling a Super Nova could be so nostalgic, after seeing this post, I have decided not to sell the Super Nova now anyway, lol how can I after seeing the history in this post... This post is just getting better and better, I never expected to start off this much Essex Club History. It looks like I joined this Forum many many years to late.
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Posted By: johnnysh
Date Posted: 01 November 2012 at 12:01am
 Here's a photo I grabbed from Google of the MatAmp disco console I was on about in an earlier post, similar to the one I used years ago owned by the country club, these look like Citronic turntables. I just about remember when Disco Supplies was located near the tollgate where JIFS records use to be, It was about Christmas 1979/80
There were Rope Lights, Fuzz Lights, Pulsar Light Controllers and so on, I use to gaze in to that little shop windows as a young boy and be in heaven. All the disco lights would be flashing in the window and reflecting off the main center piece.... The Disco Supplies Glitter Systems, from what I can remember, the DJ consoles and speakers were all made out of fiberglass in the most amazing glitter colours. Disco supplies were quite unique and a head of there time back in the day, |
Posted By: johnnysh
Date Posted: 01 November 2012 at 12:02am
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I'm sure there must be some photo around somewhere? The late 70s for me as a young boy, so wanting to be a DJ was such an exciting time, gazing in to Disco supplies shop window... just had no money at the age of 10, But I knew one day I would be a successful DJ and I knew electronics would be my passion for the rest of my life.
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Posted By: jbl_man
Date Posted: 01 November 2012 at 8:57am
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I bought my first console from Disco supplies original shop,a Citronic stereo Hawaii in 1978. Re Glitter systems,some photos.....  Here being used by Chris Hill at the Goldmine in Canvey island.  Forum member Martin on here has a Glitter systems console,it came up on gumtree a few months back for just £25. ------------- Be seeing you. |
Posted By: johnnysh
Date Posted: 01 November 2012 at 11:39am
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Yes now that's what I'm talking about, those young boy memories have just come flooding back Thanks for taking me back to my younger days Re Citronic Disco consoles, I remember they use to be the Rolls Royce of disco consoles, there were many in the range to choose from. From what I remember, there was even a later model that had 2 Technics SL1210s and a small mixer in the middle. That early 90s Disco Supplies catalogue that I have shows a complete range of Citronic DJ consoles from what I remember. And I use to be resident DJ at Room At The Top & Magnums before the Epping and the mixer there was a Citronic with recessed control knobs. I think Citronic use to be manufactured in the UK, and respected kit, not so much today though, It all seem very cheap rubbish now, just my opinion. |
Posted By: colint
Date Posted: 07 November 2012 at 6:43pm
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Supernova for spares anyone? bit of a mess to be rebuilding methinks. Disco supplies case if I'm not mistaken http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MATAMP-STEREO-SUPER-NOVA-MIXER-/200843294772?pt=UK_Sound_Vision_Mixers&hash=item2ec3317834" rel="nofollow - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MATAMP-STEREO-SUPER-NOVA-MIXER-/200843294772?pt=UK_Sound_Vision_Mixers&hash=item2ec3317834
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Posted By: jbl_man
Date Posted: 12 November 2012 at 3:17pm
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It sold for £128 .....seems quite a lot for a broken mixer with parts missing.
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Posted By: burningbush
Date Posted: 12 November 2012 at 3:49pm
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I put a bid on at £85, och well.
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Posted By: mostyn
Date Posted: 12 November 2012 at 10:51pm
| but if not so many were built,wouldnt be getting your hands on a bit of history? |
Posted By: GAZ.
Date Posted: 12 November 2012 at 11:23pm
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I might have put a bid in I I thought I'd be able to get parts to get it going properly again. Anybody have any internal pics of a supernova?? ------------- 100% Earth Moving Bass |
Posted By: mostyn
Date Posted: 21 November 2012 at 6:10pm
| ok hands up,i won it,i gambled and it came out ok;output group b does work though the faders are shot in the respect that the slider stems are broken but can be moved with a fingernail though i doubt i'll need to use them,mic 2 has little or no o/p on lo-z,other than that nothing audibly,yes its scruffy,a lot of the pots are stiff as are some of the sliders but no noisy ones,led displays are fine,as are all of the latching switches,a few small marks on the fascias and some of the grey knobs need attention along with some missing slider knobs but all in more than happy compared to the pioneer i bought a while ago,relegated of course to my sm450,jap scrap!any ideas would be welcome though? |
Posted By: colint
Date Posted: 21 November 2012 at 7:28pm
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You could call Jeff at Matamp to discuss faders as there was talk of a replacement but it does/did involve a complete strip down as the fader mounting plate has to be modified for them to fit. The only thing I can suggest for the fader knobs is to contact Cliff components in Redhill and see if they can help, I did talk to Them a while back and was supposed to send off a sample for them to match up but didn't get around to it. Good luck!!! ------------- Never criticise another man until you've walked a mile in his shoes. Once you have, call him what you like, you're a mile away and you've got his shoes! |
Posted By: mostyn
Date Posted: 21 November 2012 at 7:38pm
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thank you colin much appreciated i'll let you know how i get on-a number for jeff at matamp?
cheers
mozz
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Posted By: colint
Date Posted: 21 November 2012 at 7:57pm
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You can find the contact details here but before you ring make sure you have a seat, coffee, cig's (if you use them) because they are a very friendly chatty bunch and you could be on the phone for a bit. Mention to Jeff that you heard about a conversion for the Supernova to jog his memory don't just ask for faders as you'll get a blank. ------------- Never criticise another man until you've walked a mile in his shoes. Once you have, call him what you like, you're a mile away and you've got his shoes! |
Posted By: mostyn
Date Posted: 22 November 2012 at 5:56pm
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thank you colin,i had a chat to jeff today,very enlightening!dead friendly and got through a few fags and cups of tea chatting to him!even turns out he still has a tutor 2 projector!and how to fit herzim strip and gimp pins!oh and supernovas lolnice chap i bow to his-and your-knowledge!just need a tub of vaseline now!
mozz
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Posted By: burningbush
Date Posted: 03 December 2012 at 2:22pm
Glitter on the bay... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Glitter-gold-vintage-disco-RETRO-pa-speakers-2x12-60-70-80s-MEGA-COOL-pimp-hifi-/261136860532?pt=UK_ConElec_SpeakersPASystems_RL&hash=item3cccf84574" rel="nofollow - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Glitter-gold-vintage-disco-RETRO-pa-speakers-2x12-60-70-80s-MEGA-COOL-pimp-hifi-/261136860532?pt=UK_ConElec_SpeakersPASystems_RL&hash=item3cccf84574 ------------- music is the message |
Posted By: Mhamplification
Date Posted: 03 December 2012 at 2:32pm
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£250 !!!!!!!!!!!! It must be real gold they are finished with Nice cabs but seriously worth £50 and I bet they would not even sell for that at the moment either Any one know what these were loaded with originally ? |
Posted By: mostyn
Date Posted: 03 December 2012 at 3:56pm
| nice as a retro bit of kit but i imagine you'd buy them for looks rather than efficiency? |
Posted By: mostyn
Date Posted: 03 December 2012 at 3:57pm
| funnily enough back in the day we saw the glitter stuff as more a novelty thing |
Posted By: burningbush
Date Posted: 03 December 2012 at 4:23pm
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I want a glitter rig van, .
------------- music is the message |
Posted By: colint
Date Posted: 03 December 2012 at 4:46pm
I Think most were loaded with Fane's but I did mod a few pairs many years ago using JBL E120's made a huge difference with a nice pair of horns on top. There was also a pair loaded with RCF's wizzer cones I did some work on back in the 80's. ------------- Never criticise another man until you've walked a mile in his shoes. Once you have, call him what you like, you're a mile away and you've got his shoes! |
Posted By: jbl_man
Date Posted: 03 December 2012 at 4:59pm
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Yep,Colin is correct,Fanes originally,(twin cone whizzers) those in the above cabs don't look original,neither does that peizo which i think has been stuffed in as an after thought? Martin is spot-on,50 quid's worth. Bet they sounded sweet with K120's Col. ------------- Be seeing you. |
Posted By: colint
Date Posted: 03 December 2012 at 7:25pm
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I knew it was a 120 of some description Ian (must be the dementia creeping in) they were a hell of a lot louder for sure, Mr P had a fair supply of drivers in the stock room nearly all of them quality units too so all sorts of drivers crept into all sorts of cabs we had a pair of HH Pro150's loaded with E140's with the crappy bullet removed as a port in the hire stock too they worked nice with a horn on top !. ------------- Never criticise another man until you've walked a mile in his shoes. Once you have, call him what you like, you're a mile away and you've got his shoes! |
Posted By: Pinyorouk
Date Posted: 03 December 2012 at 9:11pm
I never knew that e-120's were used full range (with tweeter). Were they ok bass wise? |
Posted By: colint
Date Posted: 03 December 2012 at 11:07pm
No not really the guy used them with some W bins so they were more mid than anything else but they were very loud considering the amount of power they got. ------------- Never criticise another man until you've walked a mile in his shoes. Once you have, call him what you like, you're a mile away and you've got his shoes! |
Posted By: Pinyorouk
Date Posted: 03 December 2012 at 11:19pm
Ah, that explains it, thanks. |
Posted By: mostyn
Date Posted: 04 December 2012 at 1:50pm
| i do now gaz,what pics would you like? |
Posted By: mostyn
Date Posted: 04 December 2012 at 1:51pm
| i do now gaz,what pics would you like? |
Posted By: mostyn
Date Posted: 14 December 2012 at 4:59pm
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i have now gaz,email me
mailto:mozza5446@yahoo.com" rel="nofollow - mozza5446@yahoo.com
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Posted By: colint
Date Posted: 18 March 2013 at 7:39pm
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That mixer is remarkably similar to the early Citronic stuff even down to the shape of the fader knobs ------------- Never criticise another man until you've walked a mile in his shoes. Once you have, call him what you like, you're a mile away and you've got his shoes! |
Posted By: pauld
Date Posted: 11 February 2014 at 3:21pm
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Guys.
Just seen this post. Charlie Chans AND the Eppping Forest Country Club both had Matamps - I used them both! I also took the Chans picture and the EFCC 1981 picture of the lit up dance floor and also the one with 'Manhattans' written above the DJ stand (the DJ in the pic was a guy called Tony Jenkins) in the posts of 31st October 2012 earlier on in this thread. I worked at EFCC between 1981 -84 and at Chans from when it opened in 1984 through to 1995. Great times.
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Posted By: pauld
Date Posted: 11 February 2014 at 3:23pm
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And poster SimonH - is that mr Simon Harris? Worked with you a few times at both venues too. Theres even a pic of us on the EFCC DJ stand together here:
http://i48.tinypic.com/1zbb2ns.jpg - http://i48.tinypic.com/1zbb2ns.jpg |
Posted By: burningbush
Date Posted: 11 February 2014 at 4:40pm
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Welcome aboard Paul, any pictures or stories would be most appreciated. Also check the dave double deck Facebook page. Good times. ------------- music is the message |
Posted By: pauld
Date Posted: 12 February 2014 at 9:20am
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Actually not sure now tht is me in the pic mentioned above. Looks like me but don't think it is.
I'll see if I can get some more pics but for now for any fans of Charlie Chans here's some I took earlier (much earlier about 1985 I think):
https://plus.google.com/photos/113189127403597154594/albums?banner=pwa&gp=pwrd1#photos/113189127403597154594/albums/5703897713054006721 - https://plus.google.com/photos/113189127403597154594/albums?banner=pwa&gpsrc=pwrd1#photos/113189127403597154594/albums/5703897713054006721
Guys it seems to double up the link url, can't stop it. Just copy the latter into your browser.
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Posted By: djeddie
Date Posted: 12 February 2014 at 3:52pm
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https://plus.google.com/photos/113189127403597154594/albums?banner=pwa&gp=pwrd1#photos/113189127403597154594/albums/5703897713054006721" rel="nofollow - Here the above link . ------------- Chas n Dave : it's like Drum and Bass but with beards. E=mc² ±3dB |
Posted By: simonh
Date Posted: 13 February 2014 at 9:10am
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Posted By: RetroPete
Date Posted: 02 March 2014 at 6:08pm
Hi anyone on this site that has any Glitter Systems that they might consider selling, i would love the opportunity to purchase them.. Thanks for any information. Peter |
Posted By: cuak
Date Posted: 06 April 2015 at 12:04pm
| friend im interested in buy this formula, you for sale this? |