Originally posted by 88SVT:
Originally posted by dnewma04:
I forgot to ask, are you looking for surround sound? If not, older silver faced receivers from the late 70s and early 80s make great investments in terms of quality and you won't lose a dime on them like buying today's electronics.

BINGO! I was going to ask why a person who wanted to listen to music would want a home theater system? Two channel is where it's at for music! I also would recommend a '70s or early '80s Marantz or Kenwood receiver and real wood enclosure speakers - not MDF nonsense. I use Pioneer CS-99a and CS-88a pairs in my living room powered by a Marantz 2285B receiver. Room shaking sound with no distortion. Look to ebay for these babies.
Karl



Most of the real wood enclosures were MDF/Particle Board/plywood with real wood veneer. MDF and high quality void free plywoods are simply better materials to make an enclosure out of. You can make real wood work, but it's a design nightmare trying to pull it off.

The CS-88s and CS-99s are nice, but were upstaged by the later HPM series. To be honest, the vintage speakers I have heard can be nice, but technology has come a long way with regards to speakers. I have a pair of 40 year old Bozaks that I love the sound of, but modern speakers are better. I will admit that many vintage speakers like the JBL L100T, HPM100s, Genesis, EPI, Epicure, etc speakers out there can be excellent values.

BTW, I do believe that multi-channel surround is still going to be the way to go for music, but only a few recordings have shown it.

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