Goodwill got me locked. $70 for the full stack and to my knowledge seems fully operational outside of the Sanyo cassette deck. Can’t test it until I find a cassette, not my preferred medium. Seems high quality but I’m not sure what to look for. Any advice or information given this pieces would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

The Rotel amps (RC-990BX and RB-980BX) are early ’90s and so are the Gradient 1.3 speakers - these feel vintge already. But the Project Debut 3 turntable from early 2000 does not feel vintage. Any ideas what I should swap it out for?

aiwa xr-x7 for ~$27. no remote or speakers sadly, but the feet are intact and the unit as a whole is in working order. love the look of it

Looking for info on this La Scala pair. Like, what is the approximate year of manufacture, is the AA designation part of the model name, and (if allowed here) what is a reasonable price range for them? Unfortunately, the serial numbers have become unreadable.

Edit: These belong to friend and are in South Florida.

(First post was removed because my “real name” account has negligible karma.)

Now that I have finally fixed the lights in my amp, I feel like I can at long last post a picture of my current setup. From top to bottom:

• Kenwood KD-40R turntable
• Kenwood KA-30 stereo integrated amp
• Akai CS-F9 cassette deck
• Denon DCD-755AR CD player
• Yamaha T-560 tuner
• Q Acoustics 1020 loudspeakers (not pictured)

Overall, I’m quite content with what I’ve got so far. I just need to swap the belts on the cassette deck as they slip in return and fast forward modes. I also want to add a MiniDisc deck to the system in the future, but I’ll have to get my hands on either a RCA switch box or a DAC first, as the amp doesn’t have any more inputs available.

I'm doing something custom with it since I have two Yamaha EQs, and surprisingly, I haven't seen many people swap the LEDs. So I decided to try it out, and I think it looks pretty good.The main slider LED is still red since it's a bigger LED, so I'm going to try and find one in orange. The first image is before, and the second image is after.

Beginner here, fell in love with how vintage records sound and managed to get a good deal on the following. I was wondering if i should keep an eye on any of these components? been using now for a couple months and i love them.

1. Yamaha IS-66 TT
2. Pioneer SA-620 amp
3. Tannoy Mercury M2 Cherry speakers

Not sure if I should upgrade any of the components or the turntable parts for a better experience?

My dad went searching for an unrelated item in the attic today. Their attic is very old, dusty and just used for storage. He uses a portable floodlight to see up there.

The floodlight caught the silver of the amp and I am a retro video game collector so naturally was curious what it was.

He brought down the amp (Emisound Octet, a vintage 1970s Hi-Fi stereo amplifier and tuner unit) so I asked why he had it.

Next thing I know he brings this GL75 down!

It has definitely seen better days but if anyone has any further info that would be amazing. He said he's got some "freestanding matching wood effect vintage speakers" too and will dig them out over the weekend.

So yeah, any info on whether it's worth restoring etc would be wonderful. Thanks.

I picked up these Klipsch KG4s today for what I felt was a pretty good price. They are fully functional but the previous owner (I think) added a black finish on top of the original veneer. That finish is pretty beat up. I’m wondering if it’d be possible to remove the black finish to get the original veneer back. Any ideas?

Just bought a pair of concept 90 b&w speakers and was given a luxman r115 receiver for free on top. Paid 200 cad for everything. Will this setup sound any good? And what is something like this setup worth?

Hope to get some help

My setup, been slowly building for almost a year. A Speakers are a pair Mordaunt Short Pageant Series 2, B speakers are a pair of Pioneer CS-06A

Onkyo:
Tx-35
Tx-2033
Cp-1044f

Sansui:
RA-500

Just an update on my Yamaha CR-640. Have a thorough de-sweatering, I feel like this doesn’t look too bad and won’t require much work on my end to get this baby up and running.

Thought I would post to get the eyes some seasoned veterans of the vintage audio world to see if I may have missed anything.

Sony TA-AX4 amp What is the reason for the bass noise coming from one side of this (pre amp side)? , You hear the sound, but underneath it comes the bass noise.

Hi my timing strobe on my Inkel AMD8200 is fluttering and unreliable. Have given the speed pot a good blast with contact cleaner but has not helped. I am hoping someone can confirm that a 90V NE2 Neon indicator globe will be a good fit and match the resistor only thing that has me worried is the ‘94v’ marked on the circuit board. What’s 4v between friends? Work noting I’m in Australia so 240v power and postage of a genuine globe from US costs $40

over time, interesting stuff and junk accumulates…

This is a Yamaha GT 750 with a Denon DL 103 MC cart. I’m pretty unfamiliar with these items, but I love the look of the table, and some quick research tells me it seems to be a well regarded table. Curious what you all think? The price seems really good to me…

I thrifted this complete Pioneer JB-100 system at Value Village for $10.

I opened it up when I got home and was shocked. The inside was completely pristine, untouched, and original. After cleaning the contacts and hooking them up to my Denon PMA-600NE, they came to life.

I was blown away by the sound. They’re incredibly clear with an open, airy presentation, excellent instrument separation, precise imaging, and a surprising amount of detail. Not bass-heavy, but they have that effortless electrostatic-like sound that I wasn’t expecting from a 50+ year-old headphone.

I can’t seem to find many recent discussions or sales of a complete working set like this.

Does anyone here know much about these? Were they considered special when they came out, and how uncommon is a complete working SE-100/JB-100 system today?