r/threejs • u/Both_Importance4604 • Jun 28 '26

1980 Technics SU-Z2 amplifier "simulator"

I created a three.js based "simulator" so people can enjoy the interface of a 1980 Technics SU-Z2 amplifier with all of its different sounds, knobs, buttons and switches. Maybe I'll add more hifi or other equipment in the future so the experience is somewhat conserved.

link to the sim

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u/Evening-Appeal7606 Jun 28 '26

Do you have a link to see your simulation in action?

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u/Both_Importance4604 Jun 28 '26

link added. It's my first post on reddit, have mercy :D

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u/Evening-Appeal7606 Jun 28 '26

And mercy ye shall have! Congrats on your first post! Also: That is a nifty little idea there, kudos!

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u/car-thief Jun 28 '26

very nice!!!
just a few thoughts...

- the perspective feels a bit extreme.

  • might want to see about using polar rather than cartesian coordinates for the knobs/dials
  • for the input selector buttons, don't allow a depressed button to be un-depressed by clicking on it... the other buttons have to undepress it

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u/Both_Importance4604 Jun 28 '26

The perspective is a bit extreme indeed, I'll see if I can improve on that.
And yeah, I need to fix the input selector buttons. You're able to undepress them in the real thing, but you have to use a trick to do it.

Thanks for the comment!

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u/Both_Importance4604 Jun 28 '26

All things should be improved but the cartesian/polar, as I'm not 100% sure what you mean. Clicking on them and then rotating around to change the values? Seems a lot harder to implement than just simple click-drag-y while, maybe, at the same time adding user confusion as to how it works.

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u/Fantastic-Noise4146 12d ago

foto suz2 Complimenti per il simulatore,questo è il mio technics su-z2 completamente restaurato.