Bought some `Vintage Gear`


On a whim and a hunch, I bought some old gear locally. 

Marantz 500 Amp
Marantz 3300 preamp
JBL L200B Speakers

The gear is 46 years be old!!!

It sounds WAY better than I thought. I had a blast tonight. Played it for wife and kids (who think this hobby is rediculous) and they were super impressed.

Anyone every had a similar experience? 


Maybe bc will get a reel to reel next

pawlowski6132

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I just wish vintage gear wasn't so stupidly expensive.  I blame the Millennials!

When I was in and just out of high school I worked for the old RSL.  Every dollar I made went into gear - mostly Luxman.  One of my daughters still uses some of that gear on a daily basis.

I got rid of a lot of great vintage gear before it became worth gold, but I still have a McIntosh MC225 and Luxman CL-32 preamp I use in the bedroom and a pair of Altec 14s and McIntosh ML-1C speakers that I rotate in periodically.  The mac speakers actually sound pretty good after recapping and if used with the MQ101 equalizer as God intended.