Your experience in "in their day" brands/components that you remember foundly?

Krell Krell

I don't fondly remember, I stiil use.

Pure Class A (class A all the way up to full power) is a thing of the past, even at Krell.  But truth is you just can't match the sound if you're prepared to buy the watts at today's prices.

I am.  KMA200 References, upgraded for Krell dealer to 400w.  After 35 years still the best amps ever.

And KSA50.  Krell's first product from the early 80s.

@klh007   I note you like the KSA50s too.  Did you ever hear the KMA200s?

Threshold SA 2’s with 802 B&W. Stacked Advents. 

threshold 4000, original Oracle, Martin Logan CLS2 w subwoffer

While stationed in Germany between 1979 and 1987, I bought the following equipment: Teac X-10R R2R, Pioneer PL-1000 TT with Pickering cartridge, Technics SL-1200  TT with Pickering cartridge, Rodec SM 200 mixer, Pioneer SPEC-4 power amp, SoundCraftsman SP-4001 Pre/EQ, dbx 224 tape noise reduction unit, dbx 3bx range expander, and Bose 901's w/ Bose EQ.  

I kept the R2R, but gave everything except the 901s to my son in 2019.  I gave the Bose 901's and EQ to my goddaughter.

In the mid-90's, I bought a McIntosh system: MC-2600 amp, MC-31v control unit, MCD7007 CD Player, MR7083 Tuner, and JBL L100 speakers.  I sold the McIntosh system in 2021.  I gave the JBL L100 speakers to my nephew.

Both systems sounded wonderful to my ears and to everyone else who heard them at the time.  Everything that I gave away is still working fine.

Sansui model 7 receiver, Dual turntable, empire cartridge, Realistic Optimus 1 speakers, Realistic reel to reel. My first stereo!