Vintage Hi Fi anyone?

[Ned664]

I was recently gifted an old Luxman Turntable, which was from late 70's. After giving it a clean I fitted a Benz micro cartridge and hooked it up to the rest of my system. I must say i was very pleasantly surprised - ok its not the last word in detail and refinement but musical and sooooo pretty, not so far away from my existing TT. Got me thinking about other vintage components so am awaiting a delivery of on old pioneer amp. and will be very interested to hear the results.

Anyone else ventured into the realms of vintage equipment woud be interested in hearing your experiences.

[tommy6206]

Hi Nick
All my gear is vintage even me lol.Choose carefully and all should be fine.

[istari_knight]

I've tried loads of "vintage" bits, far too many to list !

IMHO, if it was good then it'll still be good now... If it wasn't good then It'll be awful now. Some people get carried away thinking if its old its good when quite often its just old junk.

I don't think the high end of hifi has come on leaps & bounds since the early 70's [some would say the late 50's!] but the low end stuff has, the margin between good & bad has been significantly narrowed on modern gear.

[The Barbarian]

Id really love to lace into this thread but i'll control misen..

[technobear]

Vintage hifi rocks! My Rogers LS4a's are rocking right now and sounding bloody fine doing it too.

The Topping TP20 mkII is really getting some surprising sound from these. The bass is very tuneful and surprisingly deep too. Midrange is clean and clear. Treble is just right, not too obvious. Fabulous!

OK so I'm using an expensive source (Audiolab 8200CDQ) but the amp and speakers were for pocket money and aren't holding it back.

[The Barbarian]

Vintage Hi-Fi more than Rocks

[Ali Tait]

Loving my 401, especially in it's slate plinth.

[The Barbarian]

People are easy to lose touch with reality regarding Hi-Fi you will learn in the end people {posted from the wise old progmeister secret lab}

Oval Egg is the clue

[Ali Tait]

Wooden sleeve Sugden A21 is a reality check for me too, it's great to use as a benchmark for other stuff.

[The Barbarian]

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