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Old 02-26-2011, 02:23 AM
 
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my hobby is collecting and restoring old school stereo gear, (pre 1980).
ive had thousands of receivers amps and speakers over the years and my collection currently has 300 stereo receivers, 4oo speakers, 20 reel to reel decks and other various things. anyone else here have a intrest in vintage stereo gear? maybe i can help?
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Old 02-26-2011, 02:26 AM
 
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here are some of my stacks!


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Old 02-26-2011, 06:17 AM
 
Location: Lincoln County Road or Armageddon
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Yow, what a collection. Any McIntosh? They were always considered the best when I was growing up.
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Old 02-26-2011, 09:49 AM
 
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any Audio Research? Conrad Johnson? Mark Levinson? Revox? Studer? Linn? Goldmund?
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Old 02-26-2011, 12:54 PM
 
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mostly just mid fi stuff from the 60s and 70s. like fisher scott marantz pioneer sansui etc.
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Old 02-27-2011, 02:15 AM
 
Location: Metromess
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I still use my JVC receiver and Sony turntable from 1976. Great stuff. The JVC receiver has a 7-band equalizer built in. I hate the new stuff with 'preset' tone settings to choose from. I also have two reel-to-reels, a Sony TC630D (ca. 1970) and a Teac 3440S (about 1976). I also have late-70s Polk S10 speakers with passive radiators.
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Old 02-27-2011, 12:49 PM
 
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ur right, jvc stuff from the 70s is really decent, and very much overlooked by most audiophiles, i have the 5550u receiver from the early 70s that i love, i too have a few sony RTR decks, i have 2 tc-558s and a tc-200, i also have a teac 4300 and a a-2340r, i have the polk monitor 10s with a passive 10"radiator, and the peerless tweeters, (early model), i use those with a marantz 2230
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Old 02-27-2011, 02:48 PM
 
Location: Metromess
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You have an amazing collection/hoard!
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Old 02-27-2011, 03:07 PM
 
Location: Wheaton, Illinois
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You have an amazing collection/hoard!

It appears to be a collection of mediocre gear. If the object of the exercise is listening to music with as high a level of fidelity as possible I'd argue he's better off selling all that stuff and using the dough on a few pieces of excellent gear.
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Old 02-27-2011, 04:36 PM
 
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my hobby is collecting and restoring old school stereo gear, (pre 1980).
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It appears to be a collection of mediocre gear. If the object of the exercise is listening to music with as high a level of fidelity as possible I'd argue he's better off selling all that stuff and using the dough on a few pieces of excellent gear.
Read the OP. He's a collector with over 300 receivers, etc. If he listened to your argument "selling all that stuff ...." then he would not be a collector, would he?

Personally, I think it is very cool to see the old Pioneer receivers and RTR's.
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