I used to get … more. Now I feel like it’s “look at my $30 speakers” and “what is this vintage Crosley worth?” Am I alone?
that reminds me I ought to dust off my vintage crosley and post some pix of it
It’s still got its Pioneer circle jerk. But lots of I bought this and is doesn’t work any idea
There has been some pretty sweet and unique finds in the past day or so. Three different guys scored some killer speakers, a pair of gold Jensen coaxials, a pair of Altecs with horns and a pair of Whafedale dovedale lll. A guy shared his ground up resto of a Pioneer that is going to be showcased in a Nashville recording studio. There have been a few Sansui AU series integrated amps. I saw a nice vintage silver Yamaha stack with amp, tuner and equalizer. A fella scored about a box truck of NOS gear from the 60s and 70s including at least one Heathkit kit new in the box. And that is just off the top of my head. Sure not as much traffic as Audiokarma but a lot of eye and ear candy right here as well.
Thanks for the mention! I do estate sales almost every Thursday and find some good and lots of bad.
The last 2 weeks have been really good for speakers. Aside from the Jensens, I got the Altec Boleros, Frazier MK IV’s and the little Design Acoustics.
As far as electronics go, I wasn’t that lucky. The Pioneer sx-838 will be good after a service but the 1280 is ruined. I thought it was water damage but whatever fluid it was, was corrosive. Smells like brake fluid.
Tbf even AK isn’t what it used to be, a lot of the older knowledgeable guys died
That’s too bad, seems like everything from the Early era Rock and Roll is fading to black. I deleted all my social media about this time last year in a effort to just decompress from the digital tether and get back to nature. I haven’t logged in over there for over a year either. Hopefully the next generation will pick up the torch. Although I am not so sure these days. Pretty sure I am the only one left in my group of music lovers that even has a system anymore. So I try and keep half a dozen going at my place to keep the balance. Hell I have tried to give friends complete stereo systems and offer to set it up for them. They don’t seem to a have the interest anymore. If not for my wife and son I’d be going to most concerts alone as well. Kinda like Hank Jr. said, All my rowdy friends have settled down.
To give you some hope. Im in my late20’s and at one point owned almost all the monster receivers. Still have loads of high end 70’s gear along with 10k records (and growing daily) along with Nakamichi tape decks, EMT, Thorens and Linn turntables. The number of people who care about this stuff will drop but there are people like myself who are genuinely obsessed with vintage hifi
As with everything else in life, I was lucky or fortunate to have grown up in the right era. Born mid '50’s, I was there for the first wave of high end gear. I did not plan this. Tack on the fact that I was in the service, and could buy through the PX system, for a significant discount. The catalog from the PX was incredible, with page after page of 1975’s best. That this was in the midst of the rock and roll revolution was just frosting! From the middle of the Mediterranean, I ordered my dream set, of which I still have the 4 Kenwood kl555d speakers. Sweet.
Or left… the mods there are dicks.
Sometimes the audio subs now seem like a price check service for people that don’t know how to Google. :)
It’s dilution. Everyone gets a trophy :)
Eternal September is happening to all of American culture.
Agreed
The hard pill to swallow gents… The 90’s was 30 years ago. BPC is vintage.
70’s era (and earlier) gear became ebay-valuable and has disappeared from the thrift/ goodwill circuit. This previously served as the entry point for a lot of audio heads and now it’s more of a BPC show.
This sub is pretty entry level compared to some of the collectors groups on Facebook I’m in