Early 80's - late 70's best audio products

Sony str-v5 and v7 receivers, best sounding receiver from the 70's and 80's! These receivers will still be working another 20 or more years too and they can hold their own with the gear made today too! They sure don't make them anymore like they use to!

For the money, Polk monitor 10's. They were the first descent speakers I owned. I drove them with another nice piece, a Yamaha CA-1000 intergated amp.

I nominate the Advent 300 receiver. What a great piece of kit! Small in size, modest in power (15w/ch), sensible in features, and big on performance.

It has an excellent phono stage designed by Holman and a FM tuner section which stressed noise rejection over sensitivity. Styling is retro-cool.
A properly operating Advent 300 sounds musical. We all fantasise about what we want but Henry Kloss and Advent Corp. knew what we needed.

advent and jbl loudspeakers. different, but both helped an entire generation to rock and roll affordably. also, pretty much all classic rock of the era was mixed using the jbl's.

Yamaha CR series of receivers, Yamaha MX1000U + MX10000U amps, Yamaha CX1000U + CX10000U preamps, some of the McIntosh amps + preamps -- the late 70's equipment, a lot of the Marantz products, a lot of the JBL speakers.