Shark Bait
Active Member
Hello, my name is Ben and I recently became addicted to vintage receivers. It all started a year ago when I was looking for a good way to play music in my store. I looked at commercial music systems with high price tags, installation technicians, and mediocre sound. Then a friend told me about a local vintage audio store. I picked up a refurbished pioneer SX434 and four new Dayton Audio bookshelf speakers. I have not been the same since.
I now have four '70s era receivers and a small pile of speakers. I am going to try and answer that most famous of rookie audio questions, "What stuff is good." The receivers are all from various thrift stores and garage sales and in various states of repair. I am going to see if I can work on them. When I come close to destroying them, I will take them down to the professionals and see if they can salvage my hack jobs.
My hope is to end up with a good working receiver from three or four of the famous brands and compare them. I am also collecting a few sets of matching speakers so that I can get a really good feel of what sounds good with what, at least to my ears.
Thanks in advance from a rookie turned addict. Hopefully, at some point I can turn into someone that provides a good answer or two instead of just asking a million questions.
I now have four '70s era receivers and a small pile of speakers. I am going to try and answer that most famous of rookie audio questions, "What stuff is good." The receivers are all from various thrift stores and garage sales and in various states of repair. I am going to see if I can work on them. When I come close to destroying them, I will take them down to the professionals and see if they can salvage my hack jobs.
My hope is to end up with a good working receiver from three or four of the famous brands and compare them. I am also collecting a few sets of matching speakers so that I can get a really good feel of what sounds good with what, at least to my ears.
Thanks in advance from a rookie turned addict. Hopefully, at some point I can turn into someone that provides a good answer or two instead of just asking a million questions.