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Your feelings on vintage audio.

Harkening back to the days of my youth.....my neighbor owned a console with a Scott fm tuner, Fisher amp and a TT. I loved playing with and listening to music through it.

And with the resurgence of interest in older equipment in the market, its' impression of quality sound reproduction and build, perhaps nostalgic feelings and wanting to dabble in tubes on my part, I've gone ahead and purchased a Scott 350B tuner.

I'm also looking at another 350 and Scott intergrated.
I know they'll need some work. But for the price it seems like a fun way to step into tubes, satisfy this urge and you gotta admit some of that gear is absolutely stunning looking!

So...What do you guys and gals think? Worth the admission price plus repairs? Waste of time and cash? Could do better DIY or newer used equipment?

Sound Quality? From reading sounds like I might be getting mids but poor highs and poor bass!
Build Quality?

How does CD sound through the gear? Are there difficulties using CD with this older gear?

Maybe some speaker recommendations. Sat/Sub (problems with subs?), monitor, full range or single driver? The integrateds I'm looking at run anywhere from 15 to 30 watts RMS.

Thought this might be a fun pastime; I look forward to your input.

Best
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kennythekey
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If you're intereted in acquiring vintage gear that has been restored and/or transformed then check out these links:

http://www.samsaudiolabs.com/index.html
http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=64318.0

I am one of Sam's customers, so no affiliation.
isochronism
2,893 posts
 
Great stuff! I would send the Scotts out to be made "healthy", while retaining the original sound, no extra mods. Magnum Dynalab ST2 antenna w/ adapter from coax to antenna terminals. Get an inexpensive cd player, (alot of good choices) that matches the Scott faceplate color. Next choose speakers from the same era, many greats to choose from. Then just enjoy! I just got a Fisher 500 mono receiver, (blond cab) Fisher's first. Then, an EV Centurion, (big, blond) speaker cab. Fisher is going out for service, and I'm filling the EV w/ their top 3-way stuff of the day. Then we'll have a contest who enjoys who's system the most.... we'll both win it! Again, enjoy!!
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yogiboy
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Years ago Audiogon had a vintage section,maybe they will go back to that.
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bombaywalla
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Vintage audio gear is fantastic from my (limited) personal experience. I believe that "they" do not make such type of audio gear anymore. One DOES have to be careful with which speakers one connects to the amps 'cuz most of the integrated amps cannot drive very hard loads (I suppose that hard load speakers were NOT the norm in the 1970s, 1980s).
Buy whatever suits your fancy or/& your budget &/or your nostalgia. There are some excellent brands out there (besides the Scott that you favour) - Marantz, Yamaha, Pioneer, Accuphase, Kenwood, Sansui, Rotel, Sony.....

Yes, Audiogon used to have a Vintage audio forum but it looks like they did not get much enthusiasm for it??

Some good places for info is www.thevintageknob.com & www.classicaudio.com. Also, like someone already wrote, there are several people discussing vimtage audio on www.audiokarma.org.
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