I have listened to “Vintage” and newer equipment and there are a bunch of caveats. A lot of older kit sounded great in the day, but compared to today’s stuff might not sound as good. Not because it’s not good, but because capacitors dry up or contacts become dirty or corroded or in the case of a couple of my amplifier’s, the heat from the output tubes damaged some caps and resistors! So that Sansui or pioneer receiver you bought in the 80s, might need hundreds of dollars to bring it back to spec and in the worse case the parts aren’t made any more. I just read of someone who was trying to figure out what he should do with some Audio Research amps. The part he needs isn’t made anymore and now he has a door stop.
Has anyone truly compared Vintage vs. Modern?
Hi all,
I'm super curious with all the love for vintage gear, has anyone squared off say a vintage Mac, Luxman, Accuphase against their modern counterparts? Heck i'm intrigued if anyone has tried a Pioneer SX-1250 or a Marantz 2285 vs a modern integrated, for example. Just looking for real world feedback.
Thanks,
EW