is this worth it?

[jgilley]

http://bham.craigslist.org/ele/906269584.html

 

[bolly]

I'd pass jgilley!

 

[Sir.Byrd]

Yes, it looks nice and has been gone over (although there is more fine tuning that could be done, what he did is probably good enough.)

Now the reason question. Do you need it?

 

[jgilley]

no but im looking to buy my first vintage receiver

 

[Sir.Byrd]

no but im looking to buy my first vintage receiver

Haggle him down on the price and perhaps its a nice place to start!
Now start looking at Goodwill...

Its a slippery slope, make sure you want to do this!

 

[jgilley]

http://bham.craigslist.org/ele/906273290.html


why is this stuff so expensive?

 

[Sir.Byrd]

http://bham.craigslist.org/ele/906273290.html


why is this stuff so expensive?

:drool:


Its not a bad price if its in as good of condition as I think it is...

 

[tentoze]

Moved to the only forum where c/l links are allowed at audiokarma.

 

[jgilley]

but isnt it obsolete?

 

[mashaffer]

I am not familiar with their stuff but one thing I notice on the specs indicates to me that it MIGHT be pretty decent. The THD does not start with .0 and this is a good thing in my opinion as it indicates that they were not at this time involved in the THD wars which lead to excessive GNF and silly numbers (like 0.001%).

In my experience amps with THD figures of .1 to .3 or so sound better than the ultra low THD models.

 

[Sir.Byrd]

but isnt it obsolete?

No. Well, you can't go out to your local big box music store and buy Reel To Reel tape, but people still use it as it is very Hi-Fi. So yes and no.

 

[jgilley]

kind of how records sound better than cd? well, in my opinion at least

 

[Sir.Byrd]

kind of how records sound better than cd? well, in my opinion at least

Yes, like that.
It would take some real nice equipment though to appreciate that tape deck.

 

[vinyldavid]

but isnt it obsolete?

You kiddin me?

I took these yesterday...at my school. I'm 16!:

R2R is mine, sound board might be mine soon, mics are my school's.....

 

[DENNYDOG]

I would pass on that receiver since it has preamp issues. There is bound to be another better one to come up in the not too distant future. Keep your eyes open.

That is a decent price for a RT-909 if it is in good working condition. They typically bring more if all the original reels and hub adaptors are there and is in good shape.

 

[DENNYDOG]

If you want a nice starter receiver that you don't have to worry about check out this nice Yamaha CR-450 in the classified section.

http://www.audiokarma.org/ads/showproduct.php/product/4413/cat/2

I'm sure Shrinkboy would pack it good for you and you can't go wrong since Merrylander has gone through it. He is the Yamaha tech King around here. Don't buy something that you will have to fix unless you know how to do the work yourself.

Nice price too imho.

 

[Sir.Byrd]

Woops, missed the pre-amp issues.