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
corazon
Something else I wanted to ask about.

A gentle cleaning solution for the faceplate, It has some gum residue and what appears to be a cloudiness or haze, perhaps film better describes it,

I would like to remove it without any harm to the lettering.

Have some rust on the plates of the transformer. Want to clean it up and repaint.

Any ideas on rust removal without damaging the plates?

I was told naval jelly might do the trick.

Ideas?

Appreciate it.

Best,

Dave
Take a look at this thread, very interesting stuff.

http://audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=258899
Most of that equipment was built to last. The junk made these days, now that is a different story...