Vintage Stereo Systems

Discussion in 'The Bench' started by gstewart, Aug 4, 2020.

  1. gstewart

    gstewart Well-Known Member

    What do u guys have & still use?
    I have a Marantz 2270 stereo receiver (1975 purchased new - but now needs repairs), a Radio Shack record player (16 2/3, 33 1/3, 45, 78 rpm), Radio Shack dual cassette recorder/player (being replaced with a Marantz), Sony 5 disc player (1990). Had a Sony 8track player/recorder (failed) & a Radio Shack 8trck player (dead).. Looking for a good 8track player to attach to the receiver. I just garbaged a Panasonic portable 8track player.
    I have a Pioneer VSX-4625 that is replacing the 2270 for until it is repaired (have to wait until the border opens).
    I have a pair of new Bose speakers (wow) and a pair of Radio Shack speakers (1990 vintage).
    I have lots of records, 8track tape, cassette tapes & cds.
     
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  2. Quick Buick

    Quick Buick Arlington Wa

    Lets see fisher X-202-B. plus a couple (2)of fisher KX-200. Dynaco St-70... List is just way to big for the speakers Ive got them stored all of the place brothers sisters friends .
     
  3. 1973gs

    1973gs Well-Known Member

    I use a Marantz 4270 from the early 70's in my living room and a Pioneer SX 450 from 1979 in my family room. Both work great. About every 10 years or so, I have to clean all of the switches and dials but other than that, they still work great. I also have 4 Pioneer HP 40 speakers. I gave my Utah speakers away 20 years ago. I wish that In still had those.
     
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    Storm1 Silver Level contributor

  5. LARRY70GS

    LARRY70GS a.k.a. "THE WIZARD" Staff Member

    I have a Denon AVR-3600 receiver I bought in the late nineties. It has a Dolby Digital Home Theater section. I have that coupled to a 6 piece Atlantic Technology 250.1 speaker system with left, right, center, surround speakers, and a 150 watt subwoofer. I can shake the entire apartment with it.:D
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  6. gs66

    gs66 Silver Level contributor

    We have and old SanSui and a Pioneer. Also an old Holiday 8 track player that works great.
     
  7. nekkidhillbilly

    nekkidhillbilly jeffreyrigged youtube channel owner

    i have a large cabinet record player and few am fm radios from the 50s.
     
  8. Mark Demko

    Mark Demko Well-Known Member

    I assembled a Dynaco amp years ago, it came as a kit (I think all did) it was 30 watts a channel IIRC, I don't recall the model number, you have a pic of yours?
    I watch Vintage Audio on You Tube quite a bit, pretty cool stuff:cool:
    I think my Dynaco was the SCA80Q
     
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  9. Quick Buick

    Quick Buick Arlington Wa

    Hi Mark my ST-70 is stashed in storage.. I'll dig it out in the near future for pics . I did not build mine, Its a modded unit runs stock just looks different... Back in the they available as both kit and factory built both put out 35WPC.

    Cool you had Dynaco SCA80Q PreAmp. Those are kinda rare. they do pop up on ebay Q - quad stereo 4 channel.
    ..https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Dy...978412&hash=item1ceff20587:g:EAAAAOSwbJtfKNOx
     
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  10. SP4SPD

    SP4SPD Slideways in the streets!

    Great thread Idea!!
    Besides vintage cars, vintage audio is another hobby I dabble in.
    Current stable includes;
    Nikko Alpha II & Alpha 220 amps, Beta II and III pre-amps, Gamma I tuners (I have one of the Nikko setups in my garage with B&W DM-330 speakers( the neighbors just love me when I crank it up!)
    Pioneer SX-1050 receiver
    Dynaco Stereo 400 amp...200+ watts per channel baby cakes! (reference to a hi-fi commercial from the 80's)
    Phillips GA-212 & AF-977 turntables
    Speakers; KEF 104/2, DCM TF600, Cerwin Vega D-7 ( Great match for the Dynaco amp!!) Plus a few other bookshelf type speakers that I rotate in.
     
  11. BYoung

    BYoung Stage me

    Here's my Magnavox. I had it completely restored and it plays as you would expect. The wife can't wait for me to move it to the Man Cave once I have a Man Cave.

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  12. pbr400

    pbr400 68GS400

    I have a GE similar to that, it dates from the early ‘60s and it has Civil Defense logos on the tuner. It’s in storage now; been banished from living quarters for years.
    Patrick
     
  13. gstewart

    gstewart Well-Known Member

    Has anyone an 8track player attached to their systems?
     
  14. pbr400

    pbr400 68GS400

    I did in the basement of the previous house.
    Patrick
     
  15. 1972Mach1

    1972Mach1 Just some M.M.O.G. guy.....

    Dunno how vintage my Pioneer stuff is, but it's running a 70s set of my Dad's old Advents. And the house I'm in has this A/M turntable combo built into it in the basement/game room with speakers hidden in the walls throughout the house. Also one on the patio so when it's on no matter where you are you've got it. House is from the 40s, I figure the people who put it in must've been big neighborhood entertainers.

    There is a good thread on old home stereos somewhere on the forum from about a year ago or so, but good to revisit the topic :)

    And sorry about everything being dusty.....

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  16. no1oldsfan

    no1oldsfan Well-Known Member

    I have too much myself. I know I have at least two reel to reels. Few tuners. Slide projectors etc.
    I am an ex car stereo installer from the mid eighties. I still have a Kenwood that was their first multi changer first remote head unit. I have a Kenwood amp even older. Din input even. Both of them will end up in my 67 if my cards fall right.
     
  17. no1oldsfan

    no1oldsfan Well-Known Member

    By the way. I feel you Lucas.
    I saw this at a Goodwill dropsite when I was 19 or so. I borrowed it way back then. Had a tube that looked non burnt to me. I plugged it in... waited for the glow... boom. Shortwave radio etc. Turntable is froze but someday. That was decades and lifetimes ago. Still hanging in there. 1943 Bendix

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  18. Mike B in SC

    Mike B in SC Well-Known Member

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  19. 1972Mach1

    1972Mach1 Just some M.M.O.G. guy.....

    Oh, that thing works perfectly. Only music station I get AM is one that plays 80s country. I like old school. I don't like baseball but I put the games on sometimes when they're live because it's a cool connection to the past. I shoot pool, have a "smoke", drink beer, and listen to the radio in a basement straight out of the '60s and 70s :)
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  20. no1oldsfan

    no1oldsfan Well-Known Member

    Nice. I am with you. With you. Paneled walls here. God Bless our Cabin...


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