Vintage Hi Fi anyone?

Still looking for a mint Armstrong '421'/'424'/'425'

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Originally Posted by The Barbarian

Aye great amps those.. I picked up the original Richard Allen amp a bit back, it needs rebuilding maybe over crimbo

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Very nice mate, not heard one of those.

Hi Ali it's the pre Sugden 'A21'.. heres some bumf. they are rare hence the reason i bought it.. you don't want to know how much :nono:

http://www.audiomisc.co.uk/JES/RA/RAamps.html

Interesting thread - it makes me wonder "what is vintage?"

I own three items in my main system that are currently available - the Gyro, Angle Audio phono stage and the Koetsu Black......but the Gyro is 22 years old!
My CD player and SUT about 6 or 7 years old, so really not old at all.
The Zeta arm, preamp and Mark Levinson power amps, I'd call classic (1980's)
The speakers and LFD phono stage (1990's) - I don't know what I'd call them.
The Radford, tape decks, tuners, G99, Decca arm & cartridge....well, they're what I'd call vintage.

So a mix of old, old-ish & new-ish. They all work together very nicely, thank you. And they sound fan-bluddy-tastic!
Pick the good stuff from the not so good then choose good combinations. In truth, there is very little really bad hi-fi gear, just poor combinations.

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Originally Posted by The Barbarian

Hi Ali it's the pre Sugden 'A21'.. heres some bumf. they are rare hence the reason i bought it.. you don't want to know how much :nono:

http://www.audiomisc.co.uk/JES/RA/RAamps.html

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Aye, I know about them, nearly bought one a few years ago. How does it sound compared to the A21?

My 401 is three years younger than me. :D

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Originally Posted by Ali Tait

Aye, I know about them, nearly bought one a few years ago. How does it sound compared to the A21?

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Dunno Ali it's not working.. no be long before wonder boy re creates life into the owd codger :eyebrows:

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Originally Posted by The Grand Wazoo

Interesting thread - it makes me wonder "what is vintage?"

I own three items in my main system that are currently available - the Gyro, Angle Audio phono stage and the Koetsu Black......but the Gyro is 22 years old!
My CD player and SUT about 6 or 7 years old, so really not old at all.
The Zeta arm, preamp and Mark Levinson power amps, I'd call classic (1980's)
The speakers and LFD phono stage (1990's) - I don't know what I'd call them.
The Radford, tape decks, tuners, G99, Decca arm & cartridge....well, they're what I'd call vintage.

So a mix of old, old-ish & new-ish. They all work together very nicely, thank you. And they sound fan-bluddy-tastic!
Pick the good stuff from the not so good then choose good combinations. In truth, there is very little really bad hi-fi gear, just poor combinations.

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You just know whats real vintage if you know what i mean.. from your listipoo the Radford, G99 & Decca + cart..

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Originally Posted by The Barbarian

Dunno Ali it's not working.. no be long before wonder boy re creates life into the owd codger :eyebrows:

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Cool, bet it sounds great. Let me know.

I've certainly got equipment that qualifies as 'vintage', but I would not buy anything because of that. I just use the Hi-Fi that sounds best for my system regardless of age. I have items the best part of 50 years old and other stuff nearly new. 'Mix & Match', that's what it's all about! Works for me.