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Default Is "Vintage" Gear Really Worth It??

On Jul 4, 11:34*am, Norman Schwartz wrote:

Yikes!, $300 for all of that "stuff"? Can you please tell us which new
$2000 speakers you have? If you are listening to a system composed of
such stuff, it can't sound any better (or worse) than the speakers
themselves. In any event a decent sounding cartridge (alone) can
easily set one back $300, so I can't fathom what's in there, unless
everything in it was offered "for use as parts" and completely busted.
Laying a little cash for capacitors isn't going to restore a "trashed"
speaker and/or turntable to new condition. I think the ribbons alone
in my speakers will set me back almost $300 to replace.


Norm:

I paid - in total - $500 for the following items in excellent-or-
better condition:

Revox A720 tuner-pre-amp
Revox A722 power amp.
Pair of Magnepan SMGa speakers
Sony 200 disc changer
Rabco ST-7 TT

At another time, only a very few years ago, $350 got me a Scott LK-150
power-amp, LT-110 Tuner and LC-??? pre-amp each with a complete set of
NIB tubes. I disposed of the tuner and pre-amp in short order (package
deal, all or nothing) covering the cost of the entire deal but I
retained the amp.

There is a LOT of stuff out there, and much of it in remarkably good
condition. All that is required is patience.

Peter Wieck
Melrose Park, PA

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