Does anyone have vintage receivers, speakers, phono

dobielvr said:
I have 3' Sony speakers but the rest of the set has been tossed. It was a graduation present from high school.
We also had a Marantz rec'vr at one time.
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In the mid to late 70's one of my friends had a Pioneer reciever, don't remember what model, a turntable and 2 big speakers, like 3' tall 2' wide and around 16" deep. They must have been all top of the line pieces because it sounded like you were listening to live music, they were awesome. I never did get around to getting the whole shebang for myself. I got into and my money went towards dirt bikes and and and I can't remember.
 

DougEmu said:
In the mid to late 70's one of my friends had a Pioneer reciever, don't remember what model, a turntable and 2 big speakers, like 3' tall 2' wide and around 16" deep. They must have been all top of the line pieces because it sounded like you were listening to live music, they were awesome. I never did get around to getting the whole shebang for myself. I got into and my money went towards dirt bikes and and and I can't remember.
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Anyhow I've been thinking about getting the whole shebang now.
 
I started out in 1986 with a component stereo system. Cd player, turntable, cassette deck, receiver, and a pair of 3 ft tall speakers.
What survives of that are the speakers.

I've since replaced the receiver, cd player (which stopped working a few years ago).
No more turntable or cassette deck. They died awhile ago.
I've connected a DVD player and of course a TV.

I'm happy with those speakers. They were $250.00 for the pair.

(I don't know if this is THE most boring story I've posted but it certainly ranks in the top 5 most uninteresting.)

Would you like to know if I replaced my mattress since my wife died? What a story that would make.

Okay. Here it is. Yes, I've replaced the queen sized mattress we used to have with a $200.00 twin mattress and a bedframe from Wayfair. The mattress came compressed in a plastic wrap and had to decompress over 4 days in order to become usable.
 
I have a pair of great vintage Kenwood speakers and also a Tuner. We used to have a Turntable, but we sold it years ago. Now we are thinking about getting a new Turntable so we can play our old albums...now I am glad we kept them!
 
I have Pioneer speakers and Sony equipment in the basement along with tv for playing tapes.
Don't use em anymore. Listen to Dell stereo on the Puter now. The Visio smart tv has a
sound bar and Base speaker in the large sunroom for entertainment.

The guitar uses a fender amp.
 
I still have my Marantz receiver and a pair of Infinity speakers I bought in '79. Had I known I'd still have those speakers all these years later-- I'd have spent more at the time and gotten the ones with the Watkins woofers.
 
OldFeller said:
I started out in 1986 with a component stereo system. Cd player, turntable, cassette deck, receiver, and a pair of 3 ft tall speakers.
What survives of that are the speakers.

I've since replaced the receiver, cd player (which stopped working a few years ago).
No more turntable or cassette deck. They died awhile ago.
I've connected a DVD player and of course a TV.

I'm happy with those speakers. They were $250.00 for the pair.

(I don't know if this is THE most boring story I've posted but it certainly ranks in the top 5 most uninteresting.)

Would you like to know if I replaced my mattress since my wife died? What a story that would make.

Okay. Here it is. Yes, I've replaced the queen sized mattress we used to have with a $200.00 twin mattress and a bedframe from Wayfair. The mattress came compressed in a plastic wrap and had to decompress over 4 days in order to become usable.
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I didn't think I owned anything made by Pioneer. I don't remember the brand of my original receiver.
But just now I took a closer look at my $250.00 speakers and they are Pioneer!!
What a plot twist in my story!
 
Sansui receiver from the late 70's. The digital receivers can't even come close to sound this one puts out. All other equipment has been replaced with Bose and Yamaha. I had to trash my old turntable and really should replace it.
 
Have an old Scott receiver, Sony PTS-215 turntable and RSL 12ā€ 3-way speakers,all still work. Regrettably, the old Marantz 1152DC stereo amp died (that thing really pumped out music/watts!).
 
DougEmu said:
Wow that's kinda beautiful. But mercy on you if the thing every goes haywire. Good luck finding parts and someone that's able knowledge wise to work on it.
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It's not as difficult as you might imagine. My 1947 MG car was a lesson learned, make sure that there is a specialist who knows how to both source spares and to fit and repair when necessary. The jukebox has few working parts to go wrong, but sourcing light bulbs, what a pain that's proved to be.
 
I have a Technics receiver / stereo amp, Technics CD drive, a Sony direct drive turntable, all from the 70,s. I use a pair of Bowers and Wilkins floor standing speakers which are about 25 years old. I could do with replacing the Shure cartridge with something a bit 'brighter' - maybe a Goldring.
 
I had a nice really Marantz receiver with a walnut cabinet that I bought around 1973. About 20 years ago one channel quit working and I replaced it with a cheap Sony but kept the Marantz planning to get it repaired. That never happened and about a year ago I took it to the dump. šŸ˜¢ I still have my nice Pioneer direct drive turntable which works like new.

When I was younger I used to constantly have music playing, but for the past ten years or so I almost never do. Don't know why. :unsure:
 

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