What's up with the price of Vintage equipment?

Generalization do no good...

my Sansui Alpha being mid-fi at best is not even wrong nor right ...It is a mischaracterization ...

What is a Schiit amplifier then ? Low-Fi certainly compared to its design and functions and quality and durability ? 😊

What is Hi-Fi for me is not price tag but acoustic concrete experience of each balanced factors in a room ... This is a real fact not based on price tags ...

I listened 100,000 bucks system which i considered low audiophile experience because of the unbalanced acoustics factors implied ... (acoustics with an (s) is not mere room acoustic without an (s) by the way )😁

My Sansui alpha is not mid- fi and not even my vintage unique AKG K340 who trounce any headphones save very few and the costlier on the market... It is the only one Hybrid well working in history ,...."out of the head" speaker-like soundstage and natural timbre with deep clear bass i felt with my toes (bone resonance, and Kennerton because i asked for one said to me that it will be too costly in research for way less profit to make one today they tried )

Mid-fi ?

😊

Stop evaluating gear by price tags and study acoustics concepts...

The beginners audiophiles is programmed by these false distinction rooted in price tag ...

these distinctions between low-fi,mid-fi, and high-fi, are not even wrong they are BESIDE the main point : audiophile experience rooted in acoustics parameters balance . ( not  mere room acoustic , i said acoustics concepts)

1970s-80s Japanese transistor gear with lots of switches and silver fronts are mid-fi at best.

@mahgister I can still hear the grainy transistor sound of those "stereos!"
My comment had nothing to do with price, and everything to do with construction. Often, the sound passed through so many potentiometers and tone shaping cheap capacitors that later manufacturers removed tone controls and extraneous functions in an effort to improve sound. Obviously, not all failed and not all succeeded. My own gear is notably on the inexpensive side but high on the construction and attention to detail side. Apologies if feelings were hurt, or my remarks were interpreted as generalized. I’m sure there are many exceptions, your Sansui included. ;-)

You are completely right... I even buy some and sold them back...

@mahgister I can still hear the grainy transistor sound of those "stereos!"
My comment had nothing to do with price, and everything to do with construction. Often, the sound passed through so many potentiometers and tone shaping cheap capacitors that later manufacturers removed or defeated tine controls and extraneous functions in an effort to improve sound.

Here thats my point ...

Obviously, not all failed and not all succeeded. My own gear is notably on the inexpensive side but high on the construction and attention to detail side. Apologies if feelings were hurt, or my remarks were interpreted as generalized. I’m sure there are many exceptions, your Sansui included. ;-)

No need to any apology i only want to precise that generalization are always only that : generalization...

we understand better now each other and thats was my point ...

I apologize to seems rude in a way ...

but between friend we can understand each other ...

I thank you for your understanding ...

my best from the heart ...

Please do cite one example where a respected member of this audio community has stated there is a linear relationship between $ and sound quality…..

@noromance

1994 not vintage? Tell that to my 12 year old neice! She has a hard time comprehending why people would type directly onto paper and telephones with cords? How about CRT TV's with 19 inch screens, oh and with cords too! I remember showing her a dial telephone in an antique store, she could not figure out how to use it and when I showed her she looked at me like I had three eyes.

30 years is a long time. See you in 2054....