New acquisition!!!

[santnai]

Today I added kenwood KR-660 and Scott S176 to my vintage collection. Got a pretty good deal for the combo. Receiver is in very good shape. Played for few hours Sound is very warm, I am loving it.

Regards,
Santosh

 

[santnai]

Few more pictures.

 

[techiecal]

Few more pictures.

Wow! The system looks awesome. Must be sounding awesome too.

 

[santnai]

Scott S176 is pairing well with kenwood KR-660. It sounds as beautiful as it looks. It has a good tuner and excellent phono.

 

[kuruvilajacob]

There is nothing like a good vintage combination. If you get it right, you can feel the richness in the reproduction many new system combinations are unable to deliver. Congrats

 

[Fantastic]

There is nothing like a good vintage combination. If you get it right, you can feel the richness in the reproduction many new system combinations are unable to deliver. Congrats

True. Good vintage stuff sounds very good. However there is a lot of vintage equipment that sounds poorer than what we are used to ! You need to search out for what was considered good. Inevitably their resale prices would also have escalated !
Unfortunately our environment takes a heavy toll on the exterior finish. Well kept equipment abroad looks brand new even after 20 years ! Here the metal gets corroded or the paint has pin head deterioration or worse.
However some people do have very well kept equipment. I have a friend whose equipment shines even after 20 years ! It's always covered with TWO thick multi layers of cloth cover . EVERYTHING is fully covered. It's exposed only when it is being listened to. It does take a while to start listening and takes time to cover them all again after listening. Price you pay to keep your system sparkling for years !

 

[reubensm]

Vintage equipment may sound different when compared to their original avataars if:

The electrolytic caps are leaky or on the way out
OEM components have been replaced with local Indian/Chinese spares (especially true for semiconductors and caps)
Original Power transformer is replaced
Modification to the original circuitry for accommodating substitute components
Alignment of bias, etc is not done properly

 

[alok_student2000]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeeUbF70dOY

 

[Srinath_seshadri]

I've heard that replacing power transistors in the vintage units with modern equivalents sometimes gets you up to 30% more power, and it makes less heat to boot.
Understandable - but in some cases new is worse too. May be more but may be poorer quality.
Cool.
Srinath.

 

[greenhorn]

I recall reading a story about how an old output transistor was replaced with a modern equivalent with a much higher frequency response, and the thing kept overheating and dying. It eventually turned out that the amp was oscillating at some very high ultrasonic frequency, and this caused it to overheat and eventually die - this issue would not have been there for the device that was there in the amp originally!