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Posted on August 8, 2016 at 13:13:10
Gjim
Audiophile

Posts: 2
Joined: August 8, 2016
 I have a collection of vintage gear consisting of a pair of ESS Transtatics, a pair of Crown DC 300a amps, a OC-150 monitor, Sony TAE-77esd preamp, Stax headphones, a Sony tts 4000 turntable with Ortofon mc cart,on a Sony 16" trannscription arm and Nakamichi tape and CD players. I've had to repair the RTR Es screens twice over the years with good success however The Mylar film is getting a bit tattered on two of them. Any idea of a replacement source if they go before I do? Also is it worth wile replacing the caps in the crossover with polypropylene versions? I believe it crosses at 150 hertz and 1500 hertz so the screens are doing a lot. I'm an old geezer 70s, but hearing seems to be good so far. I'm hoping this stuff will outlive me.
Gjim

 

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RE: Vintage gear parts availability, posted on August 8, 2016 at 15:27:30
dhieber
Audiophile

Posts: 50
Location: Illinois
Joined: November 17, 2000
 Try posing your questions to the "Planars & Exotics" subforum over at diyaudio.com.

 

RE: Vintage gear parts availability (a little off topic), posted on August 14, 2016 at 11:45:58
goofytwoshoes
Audiophile

Posts: 751
Location: Ottawa
Joined: December 20, 2003
 I got a little paranoid about the cost of competent service, as well as parts availability, a couple of years ago. Most of my imported gear is gone, including Quad ESL63 speakers, Dynaco tube amps, and Paragon tube preamp, along with various Sherwood tube stuff and a Pilot 245A integrated. Replacements are all made in Canada, and include Martin Logan electrostats, Bryston amp, and Meitner preamp. Although not new, all of these can be serviced by the manufacturers, if and when required, without having to be shipped to another country. My Bryston 3BST is recently returned from a factory repair, still under warranty as it is only 18 years old and has two years left on the warranty.

The sale of my outgoing equipment more than paid for purchase of my present (used) components, and I look forward to more years of mostly trouble-free listening pleasure. I've also considered that at some point, I may have to downsize to smaller living space that may not have room for all of my 6,000+ LPs. I'm in the process of recording LPs to DSD files so that the music collection can come with me no matter what may happen in the future. New equipment purchases include headphones (both over-ear and in-ear), and a DAC with both RCA outputs and a headphone jack.

Have you considered how a forced lifestyle change might affect your ability to deal with equipment failure? Can you count on always remaining in your present residence, or might a change require a very different sound system?

 

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