If your were to assemble a vintage system ?


Let’s say you were going to put together a vintage system and your source was primarily vinyl. Your price limit is $1500. What would it be? 
Make it as musical as possible. Super detail or thunderous bass isn’t going to be very high on the list. My first thought would be a 70’s Marantz receiver (50ish wpc is more than adequate) an 80’s AR table, and any iteration of a Vandersteen 2C that didn’t bust the budget. 

Could easily also swap in a Pioneer SX750 instead of a Marantz. 
Cartridge? Not sure- might actually go with something modern/current. AT or Nagaoka 

what would you put together? 
zavato

Showing 1 response by clwinbe

I’m actually doing that right now. I’ve been a Hafler fan for years. I’ve got a mint XL-280 fresh from tuneup from ‘85. I finally found a Hafler 945 preamp that’s in transit to my home ( mom still has my SE100 preamp). I’m just completing my restore of a beautiful pair of KEF Reference 104/2 in Cherry today. I’ve replaced the internal wiring with Kimber, rebuilt the T33 tweeters, new center surrounds. I’ll put my old Denon DVD900 back in service. Speakers wired up with 10 gauge wire, PBJ interconnects. At 4 ohm, the Hafler puts out 200 watts…more than enough for playtime. 
The KEF $350 plus $75 for parts
The Hafler 945.    $250
Denon DVD-900 owned
Hafler xl-280 owned
Cables owned

Should be a lovely two channel listen.