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Modern or Vintage?

Modern or Vintage?

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Grenadeslio said:
Another example of something you won't find in your typical AVR, caps the size of soda cans, and transformers that weigh as much as your car's battery lol.

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I love my vintage gear,,, But i got hooked to B&K Components. I have the avr 707 and the avr 507. those Caps on those avrs are huge and i love the sound of them. Also have one of the last big boys sony ever made str da 9000 es.
 
DavidZak said:
The Home Theater is definitely a Big plus. But I do like to watch those old meters bounce.:bowdown:
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Same here, on most accounts.

No meters, just the ana sound for listening.

Way too many HDMI hooks ups only with the TV (new) set up (another room) to go with the vint power.

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The choices are not applicable to me and mine.

I have stuff from before the begining of my search to about now.

So, yeah, I would have to click both boxes.
 
Modern for sure. My modern Yamaha setup is all medium high end modern black- panel gear I got in the early 1990s. I have no interest in vintage audio other than a Bell vacuum tube integrated I have as a novelty.
 
Vintage 70's Pioneer mostly, it wasn't vintage when I bought it so I think I just got lucky buying good quality back then.
 
if i HAD to choose, i would keep my 7.2 system. it doesn't do music as good as any of my vintage gear but it gets more use than any single vintage system that i own.
 
painttoad said:
if i HAD to choose, i would keep my 7.2 system. it doesn't do music as good as any of my vintage gear but it gets more use than any single vintage system that i own.
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I tend to agree with some similar higher than I would prefer % of what I want compared to how it goes.
I sneak streaming music into my movie rig, though, despite the fact that I may not be listening closely, but hey, it's music instead of Netflix, Apple or Amazon ads.
Go ahead and run the sweeper. I'll turn it up if I need. Life is love, if you're clever.
 
I fish for any "modern" I can catch, obviously some gets thrown back.
But my boat is full of Vintage jumping to please.
Nothing left out here. I want it all. My nets are still running.
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My HT system is “modern,” but the speakers are a mish-mush of speakers to include vintage. However, my primary and secondary systems are vintage with modern turntables.
 
My oldest electronic gear is a 1984 Pioneer receiver, but only because it still works. I prefer my other equipment to be newer than 1990 because I do not want to have to service it any time soon. My digital equipment is very new, typically within the past 5 years.

Speakers, on the other hand, my newest ones are 20+ years old. Most are from the late '60s to the '80s.
 
Though the majority of my audio equipment is analog, it's really both and in the same proportions as the poll results. Will there be a day when it's 100% digital ? Hope not.
 
DavidZak said:
I actually was referring to the fact that if the recording was done well you can get by with a set of decent speakers and amp. it will sound great. but a bad recording wont make the most expensive system sound good.
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Exactly. It's the opposite that's true. I'm a headphone addict and when it comes to listening to lossy formats or so-so quality recordings I don't turn to Focal reference-class cans, instead I grab mid-fi yet decent sets like ATH-M50x or Senn Momentum because they are far more forgiving with regards to source material. It's the other way around when I listen to high-quality productions.
 
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