Hackjob

Vintage keyboards are a fun rabbit hole to dive into. They all tend to come from an era where there were no widely accepted standards like today, and many companies came out out of the woodwork seemed to have their own wildly differing ideas on how to best engineer these things. One such less known company was Datacomp, and among their sizable lineup of IBM PC peripherals, they put out this ugly monstrosity called the DFK515. Color me surprised - it's actually really, really good.

Getting my first vintage receiver was probably the most exciting piece of my foray into vintage audio gear. While I've changed other components of my setup around several times, this is the one piece of the puzzle that's remained constant over the past year plus, and it's not from a brand most people will immediately recognize. Here's why.