In Reply to: RE: Vintage Receivers- what to look for posted by Story on May 5, 2021 at 14:53:25:
Well Story, I assume you are talking about me:( I'm trying to be pragmatic. Please look at the attached pic of a Onkyo TX-4500 guts that the original poster referenced, this thing is very complicated. This 40 something year old Receiver has "how many" 40 year old parts in the; tuner stage, phono stage, preamp stage, and amp stage. These old Receivers are not simple units. And how many fragile circuit board traces and component connections are there if you take it apart. And if you buy such on the likes of ebay, certainly UPS/FedEx are going to handle it like a carton of fragile eggs - NOT! If you get such given to you or acquire locally for a very marginal amount of money, great! I just question if there are better options - is that wrong? My intent is to suggest that the OP thinks this through. Because once you have spent X-hundred on such, it is yours. I've been down the Vintage path and learned some lessons.
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- too bad that you've gotten a few snarky, helpless comments - Charlie8521 05/5/2117:13:46 05/5/21 (4)
- keep assuming - Story 18:39:30 05/5/21 (0)
- RE: too bad that you've gotten a few snarky, helpless comments - rivervalley817 18:22:31 05/5/21 (2)
- RE: too bad that you've gotten a few snarky, helpless comments - sony6060 21:15:56 05/6/21 (1)
- RE: too bad that you've gotten a few snarky, helpless comments - rivervalley817 22:05:52 05/6/21 (0)