What's vintage in your system?

Man I have seen some nice ol' gear posted here. Drools'..My favorite piece (recent addtion) is a Heathkit AA 1640 power amp. Did some internal cleaning of it and I just love what I hear so far.

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Originally Posted by Wife-hates-my-hobby

Man I have seen some nice ol' gear posted here. Drools'..My favorite piece (recent addtion) is a Heathkit AA 1640 power amp. Did some internal cleaning of it and I just love what I hear so far.

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My first stereo was a heathkit my brother built. Great old stuff, that and Dynaco kits.

I still have my ADS L710's from the late 70's with the famous cat proof metal grills.

I just organized some of the gears and I took a picture! Here it is:


On the left side:

Kenwood KC-105 Preamplifier
Kenwood KM-106 Amplifier
Sansui 9090DB Receiver
Marantz 2250B Receiver
Fisher CA-7000 Amplifier
Fisher CA-880 Amplifier
Fisher FM-660 Tuner
Fisher CR-125 Cassette Deck


On the right side:

Kenwood Basic M1 Amplifier
Kenwood Basic C1 Preamplifier
Kenwood KC-106 Preamplifier
Kenwood KM-209 Amplifier
Kenwood VR-616 Surround Receiver
Kenwood DV-605 DVD Player
Kenwood DP-M98 CD Changer
Kenwood KX-68W Cassette Deck
Kenwood KT-75 Tuner
Kenwood GE-76 Graphic Equalizer
Teac EQA-20 Equalizer
Yamaha EQ-60 Equalizer


Here is the picture:

http://i48.tinypic.com/fk0h81.jpg

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Originally Posted by dakatabg

I just organized some of the gears and I took a picture! Here it is:


On the left side:

Kenwood KC-105 Preamplifier
Kenwood KM-106 Amplifier
Sansui 9090DB Receiver
Marantz 2250B Receiver
Fisher CA-7000 Amplifier
Fisher CA-880 Amplifier
Fisher FM-660 Tuner
Fisher CR-125 Cassette Deck


On the right side:

Kenwood Basic M1 Amplifier
Kenwood Basic C1 Preamplifier
Kenwood KC-106 Preamplifier
Kenwood KM-209 Amplifier
Kenwood VR-616 Surround Receiver
Kenwood DV-605 DVD Player
Kenwood DP-M98 CD Changer
Kenwood KX-68W Cassette Deck
Kenwood KT-75 Tuner
Kenwood GE-76 Graphic Equalizer
Teac EQA-20 Equalizer
Yamaha EQ-60 Equalizer
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All nice, but I'll admit I most the "silver" components for the '70s, viz.

• Sansui 9090DB Receiver
• Marantz 2250B Receiver

Daks

Nice pics of some nice gear. what speakers are you running that gear with?

Feanor

I echo your love of Silver. There is something to be said about pieces with meters and glowing lights....... :D

The kenwood amplifier I am running with 4 kenwood 3 way tower speakers and they sound amazing! The sansui and marantz I have hooked up to cerwin vega! Nothing special but not enough space in the room!

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Originally Posted by dakatabg

The kenwood amplifier I am running with 4 kenwood 3 way tower speakers and they sound amazing! The sansui and marantz I have hooked up to cerwin vega! Nothing special but not enough space in the room!

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If you like them that is all that counts......

mission cyrus 2+PSX with linn sondek for listening to serious music
Yamaha A-320 amp with marantz cd 65 for listening to pop

I have a marantz cd54 somewhere in the loft...those "cast-iron" marantz players of the 80's jst refuse to lie down

Marantz 2240 ... see my profile pics to see it .. love that thing haha

Realistic STA-2080
Realistic STA-2100
Realistic LAB-395
Realistic Mach Ones (4029)
Realistic Mach Twos (4032/a)
Realistic 12 Band EQ

A true realistic fan.

BallinWithNash - I have Marantz 2250B and those are really great receivers.

Cu-Melter - I had some realistic units and I still have the Realistic 31-2020A Equalizer

O i know dakata I love mine ... it will only play at loud volumes though ... cuts in and out if it is low but I don't mind i'll just crank it haha

I just added to my system Kenwood GE-1100 Equalizer in mint condition. Big improvement and I can fell it a lot.

http://i43.tinypic.com/23vyz53.jpg

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I just added to my system Kenwood GE-1100 Equalizer in mint condition. Big improvement and I can fell it a lot.

http://i43.tinypic.com/23vyz53.jpg

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Nice pick-up! It should work well with your other Kenwood gear.

I used to have the next one down from that one. The wife liked the "light box" that changed colors and moved with the beat.

I thhnk you had GE-1000. I was thinking of getting that one but I am like no, I will get the GE-1100. I like the blue display with the echo but to start moving I have to have the volume up a lot.

hey guys what happened to this thread? No posts for almost a year!

No more vintage love here or the thread got lost?

Time to bring it back at the top!

I posted my last acquisition in the new finds thread. http://forums.audioreview.com/showpo...&postcount=510

Since then, I've upgraded the binding posts to WBTs and replaced the stock power inlet with a Furutech gold.

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-...7/DR-10_13.jpg

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-...7/DR-10_15.jpg

Here's my mint 35 year old Luxman G-11 EQ.

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-...57/G-11_01.jpg

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-...57/G-11_02.jpg

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-...57/G-11_03.jpg

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-...57/G-11_07.jpg

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-...57/G-11_08.jpg

In the main listening room I have a vintage Teac X1000R R2R and a Dokorder 1120, both of which I use on a regular basis. I also have a JVC KD-85 cassette deck on the bottom shelf. It spends most of its time not connected only because the Jolida doesn't have enough inputs for it.

In the bedroom I have a vintage Marantz 2240B.

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Originally Posted by Fred70433

In the main listening room I have a vintage Teac X1000R R2R and a Dokorder 1120, both of which I use on a regular basis. I also have a JVC KD-85 cassette deck on the bottom shelf. It spends most of its time not connected only because the Jolida doesn't have enough inputs for it.

In the bedroom I have a vintage Marantz 2226B.

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You gotta love the vintage Marantz 22XX series with their cool blue lights.

in my main rig, only the speakers could qualify as vintage. i do have several vintage pieces waiting to be put into service in a secondary rig;

Yamaha CR-2020 receiver
Hafler DH-110 pre (w/Musical Concepts mod)
Yamaha C-2x pre
Yamaha M-2 amp
Yamaha B-2x amp
AR91 speakers
ADS L-710 speakers

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Originally Posted by thekid

You gotta love the vintage Marantz 22XX series with their cool blue lights.

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True. The amp has an amazing bottom end.

BTW, my bad, it's the 2240B. Can't figure why I was so quick to screw myself out of those extra watts. :eek6:

Well, I quess the speakers in both my audio systems are 'vintage'. In my living room I have the Quad ESL 57' and in my studio I have the Spendor 100S's. The only reason I haven't gotten newer speakers is because they sound so good I don't feel the need for new speakers.

I have Thorens 126 MKIIIC in the original double box that I purchased direct from ELPA Marketing (the US importer of Thorens products in the 70's). I have 2 arms and all the original paperwork. Adcom crosscoil cartridge and other stuff. I was a salesman at Tech Hifi then. We didn't sell Thorens at the time but they took care of me anyway. I was wondering if anyone could give me an Idea what it would be worth today. It's been in storage for over 15 years.