Ken1951
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Looks great, but back in the 70s the receivers spent lots of time in the shop.I'll be honest, Bang & Olufson is the only gear I've ever seen that I thought really deserved to be seen.
Looks great, but back in the 70s the receivers spent lots of time in the shop.I'll be honest, Bang & Olufson is the only gear I've ever seen that I thought really deserved to be seen.
Hifi manufacturers know how to capitalize on the craving for vintage. Preferably with brushed steel. Some examples of newly made with a vintage look. JBL, Yamaha and Vincent. .
The demand for vintage is probably largely due to the fact that now middle-aged men with the right thick wallet can buy their dream they had in their teens.
If a Technics SE-A5 will appear on the used market where I live, I will buy it immediately. For nostalgic reasons and because I'm curious about how my youth's unattainable power amplifier sounds like. I think it still looks nice.
If, on the other hand, I buy new hifi, I have completely different critical glasses on. Read tests on ASR for example. Evaluates different solutions against each other etc etc. For the most part I also do not care what the stuff looks like. It's a small advantage if the speakers do not look too ugly. They are a part of the furniture in the living room, so ..
Technics SE-A5what is that last one? it says new class A on it
You're right, they can be a hassle to use and maintain, but they're a whole lot cooler looking in operation than a digital black box, like the ProTools interfaces at the bottom of one of the racks.As someone who had to work with tape machines professionally, even pictures of those things give me the willies. They were a massive drag to use, remind me of lots of fiddly back breaking work, they weren't very ergonomic, and I'm grateful to be in a fully digital work flow.
Wow - I mean - just wow! Is that a 125 Thorens/SME on top there?
Yep, Thorens TD-125 MK II and SME 3009.Wow - I mean - just wow! Is that a 125 Thorens/SME on top there?
Hi, as thewas mentioned Technics SE-A5.what is that last one? it says new class A on it
I shared a house with a guy who had the full set of these. Looked cool, but iffy reliability.