Did you ever find a nice vintage integrated/receiver? Mentioned the Rogue Cronus before, I think. Cronus Never heard it, but the E-Zine reviews are favorable. Being able to self bias each power tube is a nice feature as you won't have to worry about closely matched pairs (big savings in the long run). Cheap/good SS would be a Magnum IA-170SE (one just sold here for $399), but they don't show up very often. It has a MM phono and a mono switch. The English Magnum company is out of business, as far as I know, though the SE versions were most likely manufactured this century and should be reliable for some time to come. Kind of a mystery (never seen an online review) is the inexpensive Norh SE 18, which is $795 delivered per the website. SE 18 My favorite guilty pleasure is an early/mid 80's Carver MXR-130 receiver. The phono section didn't sound right @ first, but it came around with a few months use. Dawned on me that the phono section had never been used when I picked it up 4-5 years ago (it had been installed in a clothing store with two Nakamichi 700ZXE cassete decks). Picked up one of the decks as well, but ended up selling it after transferring a few tapes to CD. |
Hey david, I did get a vintage accuphase but the guy who sold it to me as mint failed to mention that it needs a lot of work. Last time I was looking I had all kinds of requirements like a headphone jack, the ability to drive 3 sets of speakers, etc. I've loosened the reins now. I'm looking to upgrade anyway. I'll check out the recommendations so far. |
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