"59vovo":
If you could find a Sansui 8080 or 9090 in excellent shape and at a good price, I would probably favor a vintage Sansui, Marantz or Pioneer over a new Panasonic XR Receiver, as those receivers from yesteryear are better built and probably sound better than a brand new Panasonic XR does today.
A higher-end Technics model from that era would probably be a good bet as well.
But again..... the trick would be to try to find one that is still in good shape and that you can get at a good price. Any old receiver that you have to put any money in to get it back into decent shape???? If the repair/refurb bill is more than two-thirds of the price of a comparable new receiver (unless it is an older high-end model), it would make better sense to just get a newer receiver.
Good Luck with hunting down your vintage receiver.
--Charles--
If you could find a Sansui 8080 or 9090 in excellent shape and at a good price, I would probably favor a vintage Sansui, Marantz or Pioneer over a new Panasonic XR Receiver, as those receivers from yesteryear are better built and probably sound better than a brand new Panasonic XR does today.
A higher-end Technics model from that era would probably be a good bet as well.
But again..... the trick would be to try to find one that is still in good shape and that you can get at a good price. Any old receiver that you have to put any money in to get it back into decent shape???? If the repair/refurb bill is more than two-thirds of the price of a comparable new receiver (unless it is an older high-end model), it would make better sense to just get a newer receiver.
Good Luck with hunting down your vintage receiver.
--Charles--