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RE: Old-school , name one ....?

For turntables:

Garrard 301
Thorens TD124
Yamaha GT-2000
Kenwood L-07
Exclusive P3
EMT
etc.

a good idler or DD from the past sounds as good as the better to best belt drivers of today. A good DD from today might be better still but the technology in the motors and control systems in the Japanese tables from the late 70s through mid-80s is still SOTA. They used all the motion control tricks that are still used in the modern arsenal of motion control (encoders, zero cogging, bi-directional servos etc.).

For amps:
None really, maybe the Altec triode amps or the WE original theater amps.
Vintage technology though with modern parts and transformers is another story...not vintage but vintage (or even antique) design concept.

For Speakers:
JBL Paragon
JBL Hartsfield
JBL DD55000

Altec VOTT (various models)
Other Altecs from the different eras
Tannoy GRF
other classic Tannoys

Quad 57 and 63

WE movie speakers (if you have a huge room)

Apogee Full Range and Scintilla (if the 80s is considered vintage)
Infinity IRS and Beta and Kappas (ditto)

Digital:

Most of the big players from the early 90s who were using true 18 and 20bit DAC chips.

Theta Gen V
Stax X-1T
Mark Levinson No. 30 and 35
Manley Reference DAC
Sonic Frontiers SFD-2 and MkII
Resolution Audio Quantum DAC

For redbook these go toe to toe with the best of today.


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