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Originally Posted by Schumi
Those are the business.
I am not a fan of newer JBL stuff, but they made some nice higher-end stuff in the 90's.
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Man, you should have seen the look on my wife's face this evening. I warned her of the size before I went to get em and I reiterated that when I got out of the Jeep on my return. She just said Damn! She loves me!!
I love vintage Jubes and ALs too but, I keep coming back to heritage stuff. Horns and the sensitivity....My first pair were 86 LaScalas while I was in the Nav. To friggin big to haul around so I sold em. I started getting back into the swing 3 years ago with the Walnut Heresys on the ends. I'm happy now.
Luckily my house is not big enough for Cornerhorns, HAH! The nice thing about the vintage is that they are all 76-80 and huge bang for the buck. THe big Cornwalls were $600/pair. The Heresys were $400/pair since they are the veneered walnut.
I'm simplified right now. I've got a Yammy HT receiver and a BluRay that I use for my CD transport. Next up will be a vintage cassette deck. I have about 700 that have been stored for about the last 15 years. No vinyl for years and years but, may get back into that. My daughter loves it though. She goes to the flea market and brings a couple home every other weekend it seems. I gave her my 70s Kenwood receiver and turntable. I mounted a couple of small Klipsch bookshelf 1.2s up in the corners of her room.
The Rotels are great too. I'm thinking of separating my mains and center with a three channel amp so I can switch between HT and music easier. It'll also give my HT a boost.
Though, I'm feeling the rush of nostalgia. I might end up going all vintage Sansui. They damn near ruled in the early 70s. Gave HK a run for the money for sure. I don't think I'll ever go tubes. I've listened to a couple of all tube pre/amp systems and they are phenomenal but, I'll never have a second system devoted to two channel. Well, that and the money involved
I get enough stink eye already for the Porsche hobby!