Classic Audio Equipment Icons of Our Era!

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@DalstonVinyl Ай бұрын

How about the Marantz CD67 mk2 Ken Ishiwata edition cd player? True budget excellence, I used to love how natural mine sounded.

@1Hiprascal Ай бұрын

I have the CD67SE, bought new. Still works.

@audibleeleganceinc Ай бұрын

An interesting addition. Never got to play with one but I sure others have.

@vincentpedalino618 Ай бұрын

Magnum Dynalab made some great tuners as well. Another NAD integrated was the 304. It was built out of paper and glue, but sounded anazing until it burned up. Oh the memories!

@audibleeleganceinc Ай бұрын

Ah the FT101. Yes, the awakened the tuner market with it appeared.

@edwardgonczy3170 Ай бұрын

The Smaller Advent. Still available and still affordable and the reason I like the Smaller, I'm getting old and don't like lugging around big speakers. Moreover, I know a tech who is really good at restoring them. NAD 3020 although I have to admit, I never met one that didn't have a problem (I own one and it's been on the tech's bench more than it's been in my system).

@patientdog1651 Ай бұрын

NAD 3020, Linn LP12, Quad 22/Quad II, Thorens TD124/SME3009 or 3012 - all classic legends popular back in the mid seventies or before

@audibleeleganceinc Ай бұрын

Quite a good list here. As you can see, there are a lot of magical products. I can also think of some of the Hafler products bringing back the DIY part of the industry as well.

@patientdog1651 Ай бұрын

@@audibleeleganceinc We've all forgotten the Shure V15 Mk II / III which was the cartridge everyone aspired to. And It was affordable at a pinch, unlike today's moving coil exotics which cost thousands. In the UK it was the Thorens TD125/SME3009/Shure V15 MK II housed in a SME Concept 2000 plinth. The Sanded/Grace combo later dethroned it.

@jimholloway9949 Ай бұрын

Don't forget Dynaco! The ST-70 and the PAS 3x come to mind.

@audibleeleganceinc Ай бұрын

Indeed. Many fledgling audio enthusiasts started right there!

@mrpmj00 Ай бұрын

In the late 1970s, I love my dad's SONY integrated stereo, with a volume knob that was so solid and when I let go of the knob after spinning that it would keep on going...no component today can match that quality. I also grew up in the 1980s with Pioneer, Fisher, Sansui, Sanyo. I never auditioned the JBL L100, but in 2023 I did audition the JBL L52 classic and I loved them at their price. However, in 2023 I got into highend 2-channel stereo but SONY and the brands I grew up with were no longer on my shopping list because they don't sound that great compared to what I bought. i bought new technologies: - lossless streaming: Apple Music - speakers: GoldenEar BRX (AMT tweeters), PS Audio FR5 (planar tweeter) - streaming/music server/cd ripping/native Apple Music: eversolo DMP-a6 - ddc with I2S output: Denafrips Iris - R2R dac with 3d sound: denafrips Pontus II 12th-1 - preamp with automatic home theater bypass, treble/bass tone controls, L/R balance: parasound 2100 - amplifier: NAD c298 (class D), Parasound 2125v2, Parasound Zonemaster 2 (class D) - ribbon speakers: PS Audio FR5, GoldenEar BRX - sealed subwoofers with bass radiators by Definitive Technology - Cardas audio cables - iFi Supanova active noise cancellation power cable - IsoAcoustics pucks for speakers and components - Bose noise cancelling in headphones and car audio in my corvette and cadillac - Sennheiser openback wireless headphones - Apple Airpods - Aiyima A07 Pro (amp, bluetooth,tone controls) for the outdoor speakers

@audibleeleganceinc Ай бұрын

I think that's also why a lot of people loved the tuning dial on Marantz receivers. I can remember in the 70s people coming in and spinning the tuning dial to see how far it would go. The further it went the more it was deemed higher quality. That's why they started to mount these huge fly-wheel weights on the dial behind the panel.

@flyingjeff1984 Ай бұрын

The Sony CDP101 was my first real HiFi purchase. Home run. I still have the manual if anyone needs it. The machine got sketchy years ago.

@audibleeleganceinc Ай бұрын

The one we have appears to be mechanically frozen up. Transport is not moving and it's likely a matter of old lubrication. We shall see.

@bobk3840 Ай бұрын

As far as introducing young people to the audiophile hobby Henry Kloss and KLH or the Original Large Advent speaker.

@audibleeleganceinc Ай бұрын

Who could forget the double stacked Large Advents! Yes, another fine choice.

@danieldeary9344 Ай бұрын

ESS AMT Monitor speakers with the heil air motion transformer. Still use and they are wonderful.

@audibleeleganceinc Ай бұрын

Excellent addition. Yes, I have played with a few of them. The Heils were seriously way ahead of their time in resolution thus revealing the poorer qualities in front of them. "Too Revealing" was a common quip about them when, in fact, crap in front of them was the real issue. (Thiel speakers would later suffer the same claim). You could only really get a sense of how things advanced by taking their original price and cranking that through inflation.

@robertdubard7959 Ай бұрын

There have to be some Magnepans on any iconic list....

@audibleeleganceinc Ай бұрын

Good point. Hmmm.....Tympani? or MG IIs? I personally owned MG IIs and, as I said, there were so many products to remember or choose from. A welcomed addition.

@roadmovies Ай бұрын

Nakamichi Dragon Cassette Deck (long production run) & Sony XDR-F1HD Digital Tuner (short production run)

@audibleeleganceinc Ай бұрын

Oh, yes, along side the Nakamichi 600 which keeping it running was the trick. Never had the fun to play with the Sony Tuner but that reminds me of a great Onkyo one as well. For looks, how about the Kenwood 600T?

@roadmovies Ай бұрын

@ Kenwood’s classic looks are keeping prices high. You’re making me miss all the great FM stations which made tuners a bargain.

@audibleeleganceinc Ай бұрын

@@roadmovies Well, if you are an NPR listener or have a good radio station that hasn't been trashed, they can be enjoyable. I had both the Marantz 125 and 150 tuners as well. The scope was fun but rather useless. I'll take the TU-717 any day of the week over them. Sansui had a great design team on tuners.

@michaelhughes1504 Ай бұрын

Vandersteen Model 2 speakers. Introduced in 1977 and still made today!

@audibleeleganceinc Ай бұрын

Yes, Richard delivered a home run here. He continues to update them and the speakers today will crush what he made them. Good company and solid all around guy.

@michaelhughes1504 Ай бұрын

@@audibleeleganceinc bring those Quad electrostatics into the store once you have them back, would love to hear that classic speaker 👍

@audibleeleganceinc Ай бұрын

@@michaelhughes1504 first I have to see them!

@thinkIndependent2024 Ай бұрын

Lou your list is GREAT but U R right too many to Name! Wright Patterson AFB and other locations around the 48 allowed a collection from those that traveled abroad so I've come across everything from Infinity IRSVand any other top Amp or speaker but avoiding Tube Amps . I can't pick favorite after owning 100s of Speakers and 2 pallets of Audio in a storage unit.

@audibleeleganceinc Ай бұрын

It's like having your own candy shop, isn't it. And with each one are good memories.

@jimdalto6254 Ай бұрын

My vote is for the Shahinian Acoustics Obelisk.

@audibleeleganceinc Ай бұрын

I never had a set of these come across my path. I'll keep my eyes and ears open for them.

@keithjones7810 Ай бұрын

In the UK the NAD 2030 integrated amp was considered a classic cheap amp. Dont know about the US.

@danieldeary9344 Ай бұрын

NAD 3020? I bought mine in 1984 outside of Detroit Michigan. Still use it too!

@audibleeleganceinc Ай бұрын

Well, we just took in a 3020A. If it was not used as an integrated, it sure was used as a phono stage.

@keithjones7810 Ай бұрын

Thanks for the replies. Ive still got the 2030 i. I think it came out about 10 years after the original but its still got a similar tonality.

@charlesf2804 Ай бұрын

I wouldn't say it's a classic, but it is venerable, I think: the SME 309 tonearm. I got one in 1992 as a package deal with a VPI turntable. The VPI is gone, but the 309 lives on mounted on my current turntable. It remains a poplular arm, despite not being sold separately anymore (SME doesn't do that now, as far as I know). I'd never seen the Sony CD player you showed; it's interesting to see it. To me it looks clunky compared to some of today's sleeker models, but it's an original so "clunky" is irrelevant. Nice video. I also hear a lot about the McIntosh 78 tuner; I'd agree it's classic.

@audibleeleganceinc Ай бұрын

Along with the SME arm, let's add the Grace 707 made even more popular with the beginnings of the Linn LP12.

@junglecat7263 Ай бұрын

JBL L100 speakers, Adcom 555 amp

@audibleeleganceinc Ай бұрын

Yes, the L100s for sure. I forgot to mention the JBL Paragon as another. Adcom 555 was the most popular but the royal jem was actually the 535. Many pieces of the Adcom line were manufactured by Rotel but engineered by Adcom to their specifications.