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Vintage Oasis Turntable and the Pantera

lyall6007lyall6007Member
While reorganizing my garage to make room for #6007 early 2016, I moved my vintage Oasis Turntable into the house. The platter floats on water... It's been stored since 1990 and I began the restoration last September after finding out how rare it is. One of probably four in the world, featured in the November 1978 issue of Playboy and it won 1978 CES product of the year.. then everything burned up......

I brought the table home from Gig Harbor Audio in the Pantera last Saturday and am loving spinning my vinyl collection for the first time in almost 27 years... Seemed proper to play Motley Crue's first album, Too Fast for Love. I was a big fan before they we're even signed while living off Sunset strip during most of the 80's. The Oasis, Motley Crue and the Pantera are now all connected... Some may know that Vince Neil served time for manslaughter after he crashed his 1972 Pantera in Manhattan Beach in 1984 and killed Razzle, the drummer from Hanoi Rocks.

Full restoration thread with pictures.
https://www.vinylengine.com/tu...pic.php?f=18&t=90120

Video of it playing for the first time since 1990.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BW...en-by=gigharboraudio

Another Gig Harbor Audio video, David Lynch "Say It"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czt6CuAcark

Instagram pic of the Oasis in the rear trunk of #6007
https://www.instagram.com/p/BX...en-by=gigharboraudio

And video of #6007 leaving GHA
https://www.instagram.com/p/BX...en-by=gigharboraudio

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racecarmikeracecarmikeMember
Lyall,
Very cool turntable!
Haven't heard mention of that TT since ....
I own a small home audio business and have been involved in audio forever. We manufacture hybrid amplifiers and dipole speakers. We also import speakers from Europe. I always enjoy rare and unusual audio gear. Your TT is certainly both. When not in the garage I'm in my dedicated audio room spinning vinyl.
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Mike
lyall6007lyall6007Member
Thanks guys, had to share since there's Pantera content & I knew there'd be audio fans of new or old equipment here. And Racecar Mike is in the business!

Fun restoration project and the designer has been very interested and helpful. His shop is located at Sears Point Raceway near the pit exit and he does electric motor work for Tesla. He began work on his Saturn TT after fire destroyed everything related to the Oasis.

I'm currently testing LED lighting while temporarily setup on my subwoofer... which I don't run in two channel mode.

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lyall6007lyall6007Member
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Originally posted by JTpantera:
While we are on the topic, who has a good sound system in their garage to listen to while wrenching?


I considered setting the Oasis up in my garage since I spend a LOT of time wrenching. I run an older Onkyo 2 channel receiver that drives my 3D Acoustics 3D6-3D10B Satellite / Subwoofer setup I bought new in 1981. First of the Sat/Sub systems before M&K took over then ruined by Bose Wink

The Oasis played thru these for a few years before I moved on.

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alasorsaalasorsaMember
I put my Denon 4810ci in my shop with 2 Polk Rti12 speakers and a Velodyne DLS-R subwoofer. I had my Harmon Kardon turn table and Sony CD player hooked up as well. I also power my deck speakers with the Denon, 2 Niles OS6.3 outdoor speaker with a Polk Atrium 10 outdoor subwoofer. However, I got tired of having to stop what i was doing or come down off the deck to change vinyl or CD's. So I retired those 2 units and added a Denon Heos pre-amp. The Heos unit connects to my WiFi and I can play all my music that is stored on my computer plus several music steaming services and internet radio. The best thing is a can control it all from my phone.

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racecarmikeracecarmikeMember
There are several companies that have purchased old vinyl presses and have refurbished / modernized them. They sell many re-releases and new recordings. Over the last few years there has been much growth in vinyl sales. There are more high end TTs, arms and cartridges available today than in the past and prices are from modest to outrages. When we show our gear at trade shows we mostly spin vinyl.
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Originally posted by JTpantera:
While we are on the topic, who has a good sound system in their garage to listen to while wrenching?


I had these Plasmatronics in my garage ... which may be the best place to locate speakers that require helium tanks to operate!

Cool reading about other Pantera owner's audio projects, and not surprised to learn some of these are a bit out of the 'mainstream'!

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