Everything you always wanted to know about VINTAGE AUDIO

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[thomasduffyjr]

Hi all, I'm 15 and I've recently fallen in love with hi-fi and look is a huge part of it for me. I like that it looks old and that I CANT just use my phone to connect up to it. It's all a part of the listening experience for me now. I just wanted to say love your page and I'm glad to be a part of the next generation to keep hifi alive!

[orwhat]

Used is when you find it at a garage sale and pay $20.00, and when you buy the same thing from a shop for $900.00, that’s vintage!

[russellperry]

I have to compliment Steve on the recording. I was listening with headphones and noticed the great recording quality. It was much better than usual YouTube videos.

[TorToroPorco]

It warms my heart to know that vintage gear isn’t all ending in landfills.

[stockbrian]

Steve just told the story I'm living - I just rebought the 1978 Marantz 1530 that was my first receiver I had when I was 14. Purely nostalgic purchase.

[NickP]

Anything with an Art Dudley story attached to it is a piece of audio and HiFi history. He will never be forgotten. Art was truly one of a kind and was one of the best writers ever.

[markushelle]

The pricetags for new highclass Hifi make me go for vintage Top-Gear. And in most cases, the results are stunning.

[jimfarrell]

I loved, loved, loved that conversation. I think there is a real hunger for this kind of content ( horrible word ). Enthusiasts, experts, enthusiasts who are also experts, enthusiperts if you will, , talking about the things they love.
I could watch and listen all day. Great job.
Okay, maybe don't call them enthusiperts..

[stillastillsfan]

Love vintage audio. Have bought, sold, traded, kept at least some components from each of the brands on the rack over last 30 years. Kept the Leben. The vintage stuff is also very visually attractive to me. This is one of the reasons I have the Marantz Esotec components, including st-8 tuner (in my mind the most beautiful tuner ever made). Beautiful knobs and switches. Oscilloscope with round window. Champagne faceplate. A lot of thought went into the design.

[jaghifi]

I love vintage. I recap many pioneer and marantz receivers from the late 70s. they are works of art.

[peterbooth]

I have Mullards tubes in my Reisong Boyuu A10 tube amplifier. My parents met in the early 1960s when they both worked in the Mullards factory in Blackburn.

[tonyhodgkinson]

To me vintage is gear that was around when I was growing up in the 60’s and 70’s and maybe a touch of the 80’s.

[Watcher]

Im vintage guy myself. I like my pioneer elite separates set. I like how it sounds but also how it looks, how knobs feel.

[charlesswift]

the vintage car example hits the nail on the head. A lot of folks who either had a nice muscle car back n the day, or wanted one but couldnt afford it at the time are now older and able to buy that dream car. When I was younger, I lived in the local stereo stores and lusted for a Marantz or a giant Pioneer or Sansui receiver. I always ended up settling for something more affordable. Now, years later I can afford those vintage pieces and find myself having a ball buying, restoring and listening to these vintage pieces. Like that old muscle car, they wont outperform the new high end equipment, but it still performs very well and the pride of ownership is something that cant be discounted! Keep up the great work Steve!

[peterzapp]

1. sweet memories
2. affordable luxury from past times
3. annoyance about every months new hifi superlatives
4. DIY repairable for ever
5. sustainable
6. gratification about great sound from old gear
7. analog user interface rather more time in front of a computer

[gaborozorai]

The word vintage comes from the world of wines meaning an exceptionally good year for wines of the given region. So let's not forget age in itself will not make something vintage, it needs to be a desirable product, the cream of the old stuff.

[scottengh]

Bought my stuff in 1978. Amplifier, tuner, turntable, speakers. All were just refurbished, shops offered me double what I paid new. Vintage? Just my stuff.

[mattsnow]

That has to be about the coolest audiophile chat I've seen on YouTube.

[bikeracersl]

Great Conversation!.. As someone who just replaced 1990’, 2000 era mission speakers, Krell pre & carver amp with NAD M33 & Dynaudio Heritage speakers I can say the sound is better but still love to old stuff. I am still using 1990’s Pioneer PD-65 CD player as transport & the combo with the new components is excellent

[robertocastro]

I have a couple of mid/late 70s integrated amps. and I really love them. There is some nostalgia involved, they are from the time when we were kids and use to go with friends from home to home to listen a new record and make cassette tapes copies. There is some history involved, about the brand, the models, etc. But mainly its their design, their quality and also their sound.
Do my vintage amps sound better than the nowadays equivalents? I bet not. But they sound the same or better than same priced modern electronics and without any doubt they have much higher quality materials and construction, way way better looking and design and feeling interaction.
Great video Steve!