What's vintage in your system?

[jakdedert]

1st time post: Only vintage I'm listening to these days are my HPM-100s. I've got tons of it laying around, including a Technics SA5760 which needs some work. I keep threatening to go through it; but the damn thing is too big/heavy to fit on my workbench. I just recently gifted my son with a Heathkit AR-1500a which I couldn't figure out how to integrate into what I'm listening to today: a fairly new-ish Kenwood surround receiver (KR7400?), late model DVD player, 80's Hitachi TT, Technics 3-head cassette. I'm using a set of baby ARs for center channel and a pair of modified KLHs for rears. Sometimes I switch on my KLH Sixteens when I want a break from the Pioneers...much less 'up-front' sounding.

My son traded my his Realistic STA 2280 for the Heathkit. It needs recapping, as the sound deteriorates after an hour or so. I might go through that one soon....

[arrow 68]

Yamaha CR 2040 Receiver
Yamaha YP 450 Turntable
Denon DCM 777 CD Player
JBL L100A Speakers, and a pair of Tannoy System 800

Everything came from Goodwill, and was purchased in the last couple of months except the Tannoy's, and Denon. The toughest thing to find is a good CD Player.
I have circulated many different units through my system by way of thrifts.

[luddite]

Interesting to me that there are so many old electronics out there that are still working fine. I built a Dynaco 35 in '71 for $99 although I wanted the Marantz 2275 (flipping burgers on weekends would not cut it) but over the years the little woman took over the shopping and I didn't care, so we wound up with Costco crap that broke apart slowly because it was always made of plastic and then CD's showed up and then MP3's and it was all very tedious. But this year I decided to replace the stereo I had to throw out last year (because it was plastic and broke apart) and to my surprise I discovered nobody manufactures stereos anymore. The home theatre stuff confused the hell out of me, because I couldn't see any controls anywhere. The Sony stereos that looked like stereos were actually 5 to 10 watts RMS per channel but rated at 100 watts Total Power (which probably refers to the alternating current Power you must apply to the unit in order to ignite it Totally) and were clearly just toys. So, I looked up the used stereo equipment being sold locally, and, lo and behold, there was that Marantz 2275 just a-sitting there, still waiting for me after all those years. Cheap, too. And everything else was cheap... the Pioneer SG-9800 12x12 equalizer, the Marantz 5220 tape deck, the Altec Lanzing 3's, and of course the obligatory Dual turntable which a lot of us seem to wind up with, and in a nod to progress a not-so-vintage NAD 5100 CD player. It's a real stereo. Sounds like one, too. I'd forgotten how good music sounded at home with a real stereo. And, I can use knobs and dials and buttons to make it work. Not confused anymore. Now... got to see what I can do about the telephone and the stove.

[Feanor]

... So, I looked up the used stereo equipment being sold locally, and, lo and behold, there was that Marantz 2275 just a-sitting there, still waiting for me after all those years. Cheap, too. And everything else was cheap... the Pioneer SG-9800 12x12 equalizer, the Marantz 5220 tape deck, the Altec Lanzing 3's, and of course the obligatory Dual turntable which a lot of us seem to wind up with, and in a nod to progress a not-so-vintage NAD 5100 CD player. It's a real stereo. Sounds like one, too. I'd forgotten how good music sounded at home with a real stereo. And, I can use knobs and dials and buttons to make it work. Not confused anymore. Now... got to see what I can do about the telephone and the stove.

Way to go, luddite, with your new old stereo system, and enjoy it.

The fact is that really stereo still does exist though you won't find it at Costco.

By the way, back in '71 I built a Dynaco Stereo 80, a PAT-4 preamp, and FM-5. I often wonder how my hifi history would have differed it I'd gone for the Stereo 70 and PAS-3, (both tube), instead.

[02audionoob]

Good stereo equipment at reasonable prices is available every day on the online auction sites. The nice thing about the auction format is that prices are set based on supply and demand. If you don't over-pay for something people continue to want, such as the Marantz 22 series receivers, you can sell it for as much as you paid.

[runt]

Vintage..? Everything is relative, anyway here goes..
Ariston RD80SL, with Linn Basik Plus arm, A&R P77 m/m, as I only play cd for a long time now, this is for sale, a new motor from Ariston was fitted ten years ago, I have hardly used this turntable since, rich, detailed sound.
NAD 3150, wonderful integrated amp that drives my friend's 4 ohm Mission Argonauts EASILY, I will audition Naim's new Nait XS back to back with the NAD and make 'the decision'..!
Mission 770 Freedoms, STUNNING advancement over my previous Mission 737R (also now for sale!) I intend keeping the 770F forever, they are just back from Mission service and so musical, the timing, detail, I could go on!
Source at the moment is a new Cambridge Audio 640C v2, Naim CD5i likely to be the next move.. all advice gratefully received as to the way forward!

Paul/runt

[tb429be]

Hey, Pete Love the Sansui and Marantz gear. I have a Yamaha R-100 Receiver GE-30 Eq. RX-540 Cassette deck Realistic Direct Drive TT with Shure cartridge Mach One speakers all early 80's stuff. The only new piece in the system is a Sony SCD-C2000ES 5 disc SACD player that is awesome. Also I just purchased a pair of Bose 10.2 tower speakers circa late 80's that I also enjoy greatly. I have not heard any modern equipment in any price range that I would replace my system with. I would like to hear from anyone else that might own a Yamaha R-100 receiver how they rate their unit against others.

[MARINLAW]

ive got my
technics Su-v650 su-700
technics Sh-8010 thats 70s

[hifitommy]

that would be me

;^)

[atsf359]

Hello,
I have a Sansui AU-717 Integrated Amp / Kenwood KT-400 Analog Tuner / Teac EQA-5 Dual Ten band EQ / Onkyo TA-R-22 Auto Reverse Tape Deck / Sansui D-77-R Auto Reverse Tape Deck / pair of Techniques SB-7000 Floor Monitors / pair of KLH 6000 Studio Monitors...and a CD player from Target but i cant remember the model..Who cares..It isnt vintage but sounds great on the system....I have to find myself a nice Reel to Reel deck to finish the system...Real nice full, precise sound!!!!....Shake the dead from the grave if i wish....LOL....

[vincedog3]

Hi all nice thread, I have a Teac A-2000r and a Teac A-3300s and Tascam 52, all reel to reels from the 70s' and the 80s, and all function great, and sound great too. I have an old Teac 4010 I may restore too. We'll see on that one.

[orts22]

Some i use Some in the closet Some 4 sale Akai 747 reel Techinics SL1400 Shure V15 MR SAE T102 SAE P102 SAE A202 Bose 601 II Sansui CA 3000 [Pioneer CLD1030 Laser disc player] Harman Karden EQ8

[MLAS]

Just acquired another "vintage" amp: Krell KRS-2
Had to replace twenty or more German ERO caps that dried out, two of the switches and the wirewound Spectrol pot withe a plastic conductive type.
There's also another box attached - not visible - that contains four torodials that feed the kprs-2 powersupply beneath the KRS-2 main unit.
Stereophile tested it in 1987 (Vol 11, No. 4)

[JEarl]

I have a pair of old Criterion 4X speakers that I just yanked out of storage. I wanted to hook these up to hear how they still sound. I can not find the old manual. I noticed that there is a red dot above one of the speaker connections. Is this for the + connection from the amp or the negative? I sure don't remember. Perhaps it is not important. However, the Technics amp manual did mention not to cross the leads to avoid damage to the circuitry. I am new to this forum.

[02audionoob]

Cross the leads would be having them touch each other. Connecting them to a speaker with them reversed still presents an acceptable load for the amp and doesn't harm it. Red is sort of universal language for + in my experience.

[Worf101]

I've started getting gear together to put in a dedicated 2 channel system in the basement. The components thus far:

Carver C-4000 Pre Amp

Carver C-500 2 Channel Amp

A/D/S - L1290 Speakers or Ohm Walsh F Ver. 2

Music Hall 2 Turntable.

I'd a had this done by now but the basement's full of crap and the Carver Pre doesn't seem to want to work. I'll be taking it in to the shope sometime this month.

Da Worfster

[thekid]

I've started getting gear together to put in a dedicated 2 channel system in the basement. The components thus far:

Carver C-4000 Pre Amp

Carver C-500 2 Channel Amp

A/D/S - L1290 Speakers or Ohm Walsh F Ver. 2

Music Hall 2 Turntable.

I'd a had this done by now but the basement's full of crap and the Carver Pre doesn't seem to want to work. I'll be taking it in to the shope sometime this month.

Da Worfster

Worf

Nice-set-up.
Any chance for some pics??????

[thekid]

Well I thought I'd post a very long inventory of what is currently in use..........

Living Room
Marantz 2245
Luxman 1050-R
Sansui AU 505/TU 555
Nakamichi 480
KLH-17
KLH-5
Large Advents

Recording set-up
Kenwood Basic M1D
Kenwood Basic C2
Realistic Optimus 27

Bedroom
Nikko NR 819
Denon DCD-1800
Dynaco A 25

Garage
Kenwood Basic M1
Kenwood C1
Denon DCD-1500
Genesis 10
Genesis 1
Optimus 5

[Glen B]

If something is from 1990, it is vintage?

25 years or older is usually considered vintage.

[theebadone]

Pretty much all of my equiptment is vintage except the luxman cd player, mcintosh mc-2505 mcintosh mc-250 mcintosh mx-115 JBL L-100 SEEBURGS DDS1

[TheTvricky]

I have KEF 105 In great shape. Need to Know how to maintain them. I would also like to know how to hook them up to The Amplifiers I just got which are the

TOA A-912MK2 Series

Thank you

[MikeyBC]

If something is from 1990, it is vintage?

To me vintage audio is anything in the pre-CD era. and should always be. just like the golden age of radio and tv will never change...eg Miami Vice will never be considered golden age 200 years from now.

[TheTvricky]

Okay I am knew to this forum. No need to be mean.
I have KEF 105 Original Reference
Marantz 2238B Receiver
How do I rewire my Kefs? And is the Marantz powerful enough for these speakers?

Thank you for your patience!

[TheTvricky]

KEF 105 Originals with matching Serial Numbers

Akai GX-400D Original Owner Aretha Franklin only 200 made.

Marantz 2238B this baby cranks.

Pioneer SX-990 waiting for it to arrive[/FONT]

[Feanor]

KEF 105 Originals with matching Serial Numbers

Akai GX-400D Original Owner Aretha Franklin only 200 made.

Marantz 2238B this baby cranks.

Pioneer SX-990 waiting for it to arrive[/font]

Welcome to AR Forums, TheTvricky, (and thank you for your patience).

The KEF 105 is a famous speaker, though perhaps the later version, (105A?), is better known. Ckeck out Audiokarma where there are many vintage owners some of whoum might give you the best advice about the KEF's.

Personally I've always admired the Marantz receivers of that vintage; I owned a 2252B for a while. If you have convincing evidence of ownership of the Akai by Aretha, (that is, a "provenance"), it could be worth some money.