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Post by André on Mar 31, 2024 12:53:45 GMT
One thing i wish people would do is separate their negative views from Vintage gear if your an Audiophile because it always comes back to comparisons, little bit like Record Vs CD.
You cannot compare the two, they are worlds apart. exactly the same as a vintage car & a new fangles car. imho Vintage Equipment is all about Nostalgia not ultimate SQ, its how it makes you feel & whats good for you, not 'well that no good cos this modern thing does this & that better' bull shite. Vintage gear does what it does in the way it does it end of.
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Post by dsjr on Mar 31, 2024 16:54:17 GMT
I think a lot of gear actually got a lot worse in the subjectivist 80's as 'designers' could get away with blue murder technically and all about a 'nice sound' with nobody to pull 'em up short and by the wake-up calls in the 90's and beyond, it was too late for much of it...
Some of the stuff recommended here in the 70s and 80s 'Choice books is actually pretty dire in my opinion and looks/price tag had a hell of a lot to do with the recommendations, that and the reviewer privately acting as a 'consultant' to many electronics and speaker systems which he later owned up to I believe..
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Post by André on Mar 31, 2024 17:47:36 GMT
Im not sure what any of that has to do with the opening post! in fact it does not
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Post by Westie on Mar 31, 2024 17:55:40 GMT
Would you see “vintage” as 1950s, 60s and 70s? I guess I would. Somehow 1980s never seems to feel vintage to me, even though it’s 40 years or so ago.
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Post by dsjr on Mar 31, 2024 18:21:08 GMT
Im not sure what any of that has to do with the opening post! in fact it does not I don't understand - vintage gear can fetch huge amounts on the used market and it's what helped kill the middle priced *new* market apart from AV as there was so much good older gear around.
I'd say 70s gear is now 'vintage' and actually, a lot of 80s stuff as well (early CD players for example)
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Post by André on Mar 31, 2024 20:06:00 GMT
Im not sure what any of that has to do with the opening post! in fact it does not I don't understand - vintage gear can fetch huge amounts on the used market and it's what helped kill the middle priced *new* market apart from AV as there was so much good older gear around.
I'd say 70s gear is now 'vintage' and actually, a lot of 80s stuff as well (early CD players for example)
Uh! the post is about Audiophiles comparing Vintage with present on performance grounds & the fact Vintage is not about ultimate sound
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Post by dsjr on Mar 31, 2024 21:36:04 GMT
It was at the time when that gear was new - but it don't matter any more.
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