pieced this system together over the past couple years. don't really have that much invested but it really sounds great. someday i will upgrade the whole thing but i really like the quality of the old gear and don't feel that the new updated stuff would last nearly as long or just fall apart on the shelf. have wanted to try a modern day tube amp but im sure there are well made ones but your going to have to pay for them. the chinese tube amps i see for 500 to 1000 i just don't feel like rolling the dice on those. have been advised to try the single ended set amps but i just don't see that it could sound that good especially coming out of china....
Picked this turntable up actually as my first belt drive. had been using a direct and wow what a difference.
Yamaha older natural sound cd player 1990
really have not been listening to this unit much lots of records so i have not had the need to upgrade this part.
Sumiko Pearl
nice starter cartridge for me really got me to love records.
Fisher X-202b
picked this up at a gargage sale for 20 bucks. had it gone over and brought back to spec for about 130.00 then had new volume switch. 60.00 then solid state upgrade for caps. 130.00 ..
Pioneer solid state tuner
picked up at good will for 5.00 sound s decent.
mogami wire and cable not sure
just your typical 3 foot and six foot rca interconnects.
black beauty 8 foot speaker cables black beauty
had these made up for me at shop called "play it again sams" in lakewwod ohio. payed about 120.00 for the set made while i waited. took about 1 hour. but nice cables scary how you can impact the sound so much by just speaker wires.
Dynaco A-25 Classic
don't know if they are classified as "classics" but i picked these up at a garage sales for 10.00. they had sat for years took a good week to break in. sound nice and smooth
telefunken 12ax7's
have few tele's and a few mullards. really sounds great.
i was thinking of builting a system around a scott or even an entire scott system. happy to hear such gleaming reports. strangely enough i was hoping to find someone with a SET system i have heard it was an aquired taste but i am interested in different things. i have a budget conscious system posted and i am in cleveland
Ray, I mostly listen to classic rock, folk, jazz and blues. I have really been on a female vocal, acoustic kick lately.
Jazz is kind of new to me, and I find some of it enjoyable and some is just too far out for me to understand and appreciate. I recently bought some new vinyl, White Stripes and Uncle Tupelo. I like them well enough to think they might grow on me. I have enjoyed Neil Young for a long time, along with CSN&Y. I also try to listen find and listen to the more obscure 60's band that never got airplay when I was growing up. Trying to see what I missed I guess.
I listen to very little country or classical. But even those I sometimes get in the mood for, but it doesn't last long.
Hello Steve,Thanks for the kind words!Having a great sounding stereo has been a dream of mine for as long as i can remember ,,i truely love how music sounds on my system !Man,,you sure got some great deals,,esp. your speakers!Whats some of the music you enjoy?Ray
I too went the vintage route with audio, as it was alot more within my budget. I am very pleased with it, as I am sure you are. Big money is not a requirement for extremely enjoyable audio. Congrats on putting together a system that brings music and joy to your life.
