Reply #13: I thrift-dive and go garage sale-ing for 70's hi-fi gear [View All]

[B3Nut]

and tinker with it in the basement. A lot of classic gear was made then, and an awful lot of the older amps and receivers, after a good service, completely mop the floor with the plastic-fantastic Best Buy crap. No modern conveniences like remotes or surround (which is IMHO a rehash of quad in the digital age), but the stuff just looks and sounds better. Lot of folks collect and enjoy 70's solid state as well as 50's and 60's tube gear...that was the golden age. I've rescued speakers, a receiver, even a 1967 Hammond M-100 organ from the curb. Amazing what people toss out...someone on Audiokarma nabbed a classic Marantz receiver from the curb!

Todd in Beerbratistan