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Dynaco Tuner

The value of the components to me is always more than the resale value. I always expect to repair anything that is broken (hey, I'm a guy).

I recently discarded ny original receiver which I purchased in 1968. A Fisher 200-T, when they were just switching over to transistor units. I really cleaned house. Along with it went a Benjamin Miracord and an ARX turntable.

Carver M-400a

NAD 5240 cd player - one of their first...

I have a 1960 Scott amplifier that my Dad owned. I can't seem to part with it even though I use a new Yamaha 5.1 system at home

I kept a 1975 Pioneer SX450 receiver in our den for years. Maybe 20Wpc on a good day. I then bought some KLH low-end speakers on sale and put them with the Technics cd player that was in the den and gave it to my 11 year old daughter. It didn't take at first. She now is a 13 year old ballet and jazz dancer. She can't believe how much better her system sounds compared to all of her friends boom box all in one stereos. Imagine that. Oh, by the way, she lives upstairs on the second floor and cranks it up just like dad does. I even like some of her music. Moby anyone?

Eico FM tuner with tubes. This was a kit I built in 67 when I was 14.

Sansui G-5000. I bought it at Pacific Stereo's Midnight madness sale in 1977. It's still kicking. I have since fallen victim to the audiophile sickness but the Sansui still belts out the tunes in the garage while in the backyard.

Marantz Model 15 Power Amp purchased in 1968 and still supposedly meets original factory specs. Brushed gold front and green power indicator lights epitomize the classic Saul Marantz look.

Let it go, Bob. Give it to Goodwill or the Salvation Army. Let someone else enjoy it. Skip the tax deduction, if that makes you feel better.

Although I have parted with some of my gear I have the habit of buying it back out of some great sence of loss weather I use it or not. I have enough for 7 or 8 complete systems although only one is set up. It's an ilness, AUDIOHOLISM.

A KLH TNE (Transient Noise Eliminator), old NAD integrated amp and matching power amp. Also a Pioneer belt drice turntable. I recently delivered a Carver C-9, DBX 3BX, SAE 5000 and a B&O turntable to my audio dealer to sell on consignment. Still have a Carver TX11a, recently replaced with a Magnum Dynalab MD 90. Over the years, one tends to accumulate audio stuff when it's your hobby. I even have a Harmond reciever that can put AM in one channela dn FM in the other..cool, huh ?

I wouldnt say that I have things for purely nostalgiac reasons, all of the stuff I have lurking in the background is in active use. Looming over the dust bunnies in the bedroom is a marantz 2238b circa 197?. In my main system I have a grip of dynaco geer that has all been or is now being rebuilt. (long live the tube!!!!!) But most noteable is the acoustats in my main system obstructing the view to my infinity preludes. cao.

Yes, I keep the old ReVoX A series, from 70's. It comprises the receiver A730, the first digital tuner with dixies tubes display on the world, a must even by now standard, the reel to reel A700, a real beauty, and the A722 power amp, alas the weakest link. Matched with a Thorens TD 124MkII, it is really a great venerable system, and mine was revised to new like conditions. I alas do not listen to it as often as I would, since it is my third audio system, but the all stuff is always plugged and ready to play some tune...

Quad 33, Quad 303 and a Quad FM 3. Build in 1974. They all playing excellent !

McIntosh Tuner MR80, Revox PR99

Marantz 5000 receiver

A pair of JBL 4311 Studio Monitors to remind me of audio before we all got so concerned about the molecular structure of the copper in our cables. Loud, punchy, and beautifully flawed.

Marantz 2230 receiver. Sound is just okay, but it takes me back to the 70's. Nice blue lighting to boot.

Twelve years ago I rebuilt a Dynaco PAS-3, which I bought in 1976 for $25, with a Audio by Van Alstine kit. I then rebuilt a Stereo 70. I've thought about selling them but since I did the work myself I can't bear to let them go.

I purchased a Pioneer SX 828 back in 1973 and still have it. I have upgrade my components back in the 1990's but for some reason I can't let this one go. I have since decommissioned it to my daughters bedroom.

My brother does that for my father and I, getting by quite nicely on our hand-me-downs.

I have an old Electrophonic system complete with a turntable and eight track. It has been in the closet for many years collecting dust. I have thought about having a nostalgic party with a note saying food and beverages supplied but bring your own eight track tapes.

I had quite a few items but thanks to Ebay I have sold most them. I can't believe how much people paid for stereo brochures from the 60s and 70s. Think of the stuff I threw away!

An Eico 3070 amp, a Fisher KT-60 FM tuner, AR-4ax speakers, and Sheila Carson in my bedroom were teenage bliss! I still have the gear. Wish I still had Sheila.

I have a Kenwood KA-70 (a little newer than Robs)the outputs went a few months ago, and id like to replace them. they dont make amps that simple for a reasonable price anymore. and a Marantz 2238B it takes a nice amp to compete w/ looks like that!

Sansui 7070 reciever...using it as a sub amp

Stax SR-5 headphones. They still sound better than my HD-600!

I have a first generation Naim integrated amp—15watt stereo. It was the first time I was blown away by a stereo sounding like real music! Back then I thought that my Kenwood 150 watt duel mono integrated amp was the way to go, then I heard the Naim, and traded in my Kenwood on the spot.