Vintage hifi

[LP12]

Mars said:

I tested one once on an all-Linn system and I could hear the difference between the analogue outputs on the Karik 2 vs the same Karik 2 using the Numerik but it wasn't necessarily "better" for me... just different... and very subtle.

It was a 'no brainer' for me.

[Mars]

LP12 said:

Mars said:

I tested one once on an all-Linn system and I could hear the difference between the analogue outputs on the Karik 2 vs the same Karik 2 using the Numerik but it wasn't necessarily "better" for me... just different... and very subtle.

It was a 'no brainer' for me.

The same shop owner then hooked up an LP12 through the Kairn, and 4x LK-somethings with the Aktiv cards installed (don't think the Klouts were out then) into a pair of Isobariks and totally blew me away. This was when CDs were in their heyday (around 1991) and vinyl seemed so 1970s but that was something else. I never had a large record collection but I did regret selling even the few I had then.

[LP12]

I've had a Sondek since early 1984. I'm a huge Linn fan, save for their Speakers. I always found them (aside from the Briks) a tad 'shouty'.

[Simes205]

Mars said:

Simes205 said:

I’m the same as you, buying up cheap cd’s...we have over 2000.
Now scouring the ads for a Linn system. I used to walk past a linn dealer on the way to school 30 odd years ago.......

Where are you buying your CDs from? I've only (so far) managed to buy a bulk load from a colleague.

Looking at a 3rd pair of Missions and a 3rd LK100... better, or diminishing returns? I'm only looking. I think it'd be silly. But so affordable.

Hi, well I’ve collected them over 30 years but I guess the last 300 or so via Amazon many second hand.

[Mars]

Simes205 said:

Mars said:

Simes205 said:

I’m the same as you, buying up cheap cd’s...we have over 2000.
Now scouring the ads for a Linn system. I used to walk past a linn dealer on the way to school 30 odd years ago.......

Where are you buying your CDs from? I've only (so far) managed to buy a bulk load from a colleague.

Looking at a 3rd pair of Missions and a 3rd LK100... better, or diminishing returns? I'm only looking. I think it'd be silly. But so affordable.

Hi, well I’ve collected them over 30 years but I guess the last 300 or so via Amazon many second hand.

Sorry for the thread divergence but do you buy individual CDs or collections?

I'd like to grab a house clearance job-lot... Keep what I might like and sell-om those I don't.

[Simes205]

Mars said:

Simes205 said:

Mars said:

Simes205 said:

I’m the same as you, buying up cheap cd’s...we have over 2000.
Now scouring the ads for a Linn system. I used to walk past a linn dealer on the way to school 30 odd years ago.......

Where are you buying your CDs from? I've only (so far) managed to buy a bulk load from a colleague.

Looking at a 3rd pair of Missions and a 3rd LK100... better, or diminishing returns? I'm only looking. I think it'd be silly. But so affordable.

Hi, well I’ve collected them over 30 years but I guess the last 300 or so via Amazon many second hand.

Sorry for the thread divergence but do you buy individual CDs or collections?

I'd like to grab a house clearance job-lot... Keep what I might like and sell-om those I don't.

Individual.

[CeramicMX5ND2]

I still buy new CD's as they are cheaper now than they were over 30 years ago..!
On topic now - My hi-fi isn't exactly vintage though - Marantz CD6004 & PM6004 amp from 2013 and Monitor Audio Bronze 5 Floor standing loudspeakers.....!

[Simes205]

CeramicMX5ND2 said:

I still buy new CD's as they are cheaper now than they were over 30 years ago..!
On topic now - My hi-fi isn't exactly vintage though - Marantz CD6004 & PM6004 amp from 2013 and Monitor Audio Bronze 5 Floor standing loudspeakers.....!

I’ve got the 6003 both amp and cd!

[anonymous-user]

Simes205 said:

I’ve got the 6003 both amp and cd!

Me too ! Linked to Q acoustics speakers. Think 2020i.

[CeramicMX5ND2]

My first ever CD player was a Marantz CD84 in 86/87 - Think it cost nearly £500 back then... !
Paired it with a Creek CAS4040 amp and Acoustic Research AR18 speakers..
Marantz gear has always been good value for money.

[Simes205]

CeramicMX5ND2 said:

My first ever CD player was a Marantz CD84 in 86/87 - Think it cost nearly £500 back then... !
Paired it with a Creek CAS4040 amp and Acoustic Research AR18 speakers..
Marantz gear has always been good value for money.

I had a PM 50 amp bought in 1991, died in 2008.
About the same time as my Arcam cd deck

[colin_p]

Simes205 said:

CeramicMX5ND2 said:

My first ever CD player was a Marantz CD84 in 86/87 - Think it cost nearly £500 back then... !
Paired it with a Creek CAS4040 amp and Acoustic Research AR18 speakers..
Marantz gear has always been good value for money.

I had a PM 50 amp bought in 1991, died in 2008.
About the same time as my Arcam cd deck

I had some AR18 speakers as well, the foamy stuff around the woofer cones turned to dust. To the dump they went.

[edit] think they were actually AR15's... it was a long time ago...

[CeramicMX5ND2]

My AR 18's were replaced with Monitor Audio R352's like these..

[SS2.]

CeramicMX5ND2 said:

My first ever CD player was a Marantz CD84 in 86/87 - Think it cost nearly £500 back then... !
Paired it with a Creek CAS4040 amp and Acoustic Research AR18 speakers..
Marantz gear has always been good value for money.

Mine was a CD50, purchased late 80s, early 90s.

Still going strong and still sounding great.

[Mark V GTD]

CeramicMX5ND2 said:

I still buy new CD's as they are cheaper now than they were over 30 years ago..!

Me too - I do wince when I see old CD's on my shelf from the 80's that I bought new as a student - with £11.99 stickers on them...

[CeramicMX5ND2]

Mark V GTD said:

CeramicMX5ND2 said:

I still buy new CD's as they are cheaper now than they were over 30 years ago..!

Me too - I do wince when I see old CD's on my shelf from the 80's that I bought new as a student - with £11.99 stickers on them...

I have some CD's with £13.99, £14.99 stickers on them from the likes of Woolworths and Our Price Records...!

[Mark V GTD]

Yikes - £11.99 was my limit back then!

[Trustmeimadoctor]

I've got my eye in a cd player to go along with my new amp so will have to get my cd's back out of the loft

[BritishBlitz87]

If you're going second hand, old high-end DVD players are an overlooked bargain. I paid just £28 for my Sony DVP-S725 and it sounds so detailed it's almost too good for most CDs when paired with my Grado 325s. A CD player that good would cost multiples of that, but most people type in CD player and don't give a second glance to DVD or Blu-ray players that can sound just as good, if not better than standalone systems.

Of course they don't look half as cool as the 80's gear!

[Trustmeimadoctor]

I was looking at a marantz cd6000 ose ki seems to get decent reviews