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The Allure of Vintage Audio Gear - Audiogon Discussion Forum There's vintage audio, then there's vintage audio While seventies receivers seem all the rage, there are also many great antiques out there Take a pair of Quad 57's and Quad II amps or Futterman OTL's from the fifties, with some simple mods or changes to them, and add a modern preamp and source, and you'll have a system that smokes a lot of
Audiogon Discussion Forum Vintage coax and triax like Jensen and Tannoy hold value In the non horn realm, AR3 and AR3a hold value "Meters" are considered old-skool and the perception (correct or not) is that anything with meters was better than most when new, so the assumption is that meters = higher quality and they look cool
Audiogon Discussion Forum While you may be able to find some vintage horns, newer designs sound better (not to disparage the older stuff), and in some cases are price competitive with the older vintage speakers Check out the custom horn speakers made by John Kalinowski Excellent sound within your budget: bd-design nl
Audiogon Discussion Forum So this whole thing about grounding audio gear There are millions of pieces of vintage audio gear out there without ground plugs In fact, many don't even have a polarized two prong plug Yet search as I may, I can't find one situation where someone was killed or seriously injured from an ungrounded piece of audio equipment
Audiogon Discussion Forum Vintage tube amplifier repair St Pete, Sarasota, Tampa area Recommendation on where I can take a vintage tube amplifier in for repair in the St Petersburg, Sarasota Tampa area? mybuddy 02-23-2025 11:10am
Audiogon Discussion Forum We recently acquired some vintage audio: Nestorovic Labs 5AS Mark IV speakers and Nestorovic NA-1 high resolution tube power amplifiers Upon hearing the speakers with our current 5-2-2 home theater configuration, we immediately promoted them to the front L R positions where the Tekton SEAS Pendragons had been
Audiogon Discussion Forum Likewise, in Audio, there has almost ALWAYS been the "Consumer Stuff" vs the "Esoteric Audiophile Stuff" I think that the key difference was that less of the "Classic" Audiophile equipment was as far out-of-reach financially as a lot of the Modern-Era Audiophile stuff (some of it was even sold as "assemble it yourself" kits and was supposedly
Audiogon Discussion Forum Bargain and "Vintage" demand alot of time, $ and skill to bring them up to a level to enjoy with confidence I have restored many a "vintage" Ham Radio equipment, mostly Hallicrafters 1920 30's 50's and early 60's as well as my Scott 299 it is an effort not for the faint of heart I always shoot for mint + conditions and it is an exceptionally slow and laborious process