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First Vintage Purchase

PHC1

PHC1

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Cost me $2. Seems to be in pretty good shape. Panasonic model RE-7671 says "FET Solid State" on the left. Cabinet could use a little TLC. I don't collect vintage gear but this was hard to pass on for $2. Now I need to find a pair of 16ohm speakers so I can test it out. Who knows, maybe this will lead to a new obsession, like I need another one...
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Well in the vintage world that is kind of a trainer bike but if it gets you started then it's done it's job. :thmbsp:

Lefty
 
Never purchase a receiver or amp that uses RCA jacks as speaker outputs.

Let me add to that...

And don't buy anything that has fiberboard on the back, especially speakers.
 
Illigitimae non carborundum, PHC1, I just sank $5.00 in a 'monteverdi H330' receiver (imported by Lloyds) just to see how cheap 'cheap' is and bedamned if the thing isn't put together pretty well. Even the masonite bits are thick masonite! And thanks for the pictures, some here could take a lesson from that! :D
 
PHC1 said:
Umm, Ok, I get the point, this thing is :puke:
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Well, to be quite honest...............................................................

But, you've got about $2.00 worth of Masonite there!!!!

Here's what I'd do: Get an Advent 300, which has about the same form factor, and enclose it with what you've got. Then when people hear it, you'll see the jaws drop. :D

-- Chris
 
My father had that receiver in the mid 60's as I remember. It came with a small pair of
compact speakers, and a "compact" turntable. From what I remember of it, it's worth what you paid.
 
What's the lesson? That $2 can buy you a certified piece of ****?

Your 3rd post is right on the money PHC1. Nobody's trying to "grind you down". You stick around and you'll learn enough to pass stuff like that up for free.
 
I would have bought that in a heartbeat. It's a cool lookin retro piece, though more of a radio than serious audio gear. I have a house full of that kind of stuff. Very nice as a kitchen radio or a bedside radio, perfect for talk radio or news. Use it, enjoy it, shine it up, it's a piece of history for 2 bucks.
 
"Use it, enjoy it, shine it up, it's a piece of history for 2 bucks"

("You could say that about just about anything at a thrift store")

Does that include the gal in the footwear isle that gives you her phone number?
 
Not ALL masonite stuff is totally worthless...

Not EVERYTHING with masonite is automatically total rubbish, at least if the masonite is on the bottom, instead of the back. The Marantz 4025, a weird concoction that it seems no one wants any more combines a receiver with a cassette deck in one case, and has a thick masonite bottom.... It isn't exactly Marantz's best creation, by a good margin, but nevertheless this neglected unit has that same rich, classic Marantz sound that the other "golden era" Marantz units had. I'd say the sound is comparable to any of the lower half of the Marantz 22XX series: the 4025 definitely beats a 2216B I have for sound quality, in spite of it's crappier particleboard case and fiberboard bottom, vs. the all-steel of the 2216B. Marantz cut some cost corners with the combined unit in areas like the case, but not on the sound. It's one of the best sound-quality-per-dollar bargains out there, IMHO.

Good enough sound. in fact, that I'm investing time to custom-make a nice new plywood case for mine, which I'll probably finish in black piano lacquer, and I've bought a second unit for parts reserve... in spite of the masonite bottom!

Of course, there is one more reason for fixing one up: the 4025 is nearly two feet wide and 16 inches deep...with all its shiny knobs and switches, and given a new shiny black case to complement that all-silver front, anyone walking into a room with one will be impressed no end by it, way beyond whatever it sounds like. I'll get a grin on my face each time I see it, whether I listen to it much or not! :D If you stack three of these, you'll have a credible space-ship control panel!
 
i quite like the look of that little panasonic..if it was working for $2 i would have carted it home too...
 
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