In Reply to: Legacy Products That Out Perform Their Modern Counterparts posted by geezerrocket on September 2, 2014 at 10:45:40:
that has not been significantly improved upon by its modern counterparts.
And this applies to legacy products that I loved at the time - original
Advent speakers, the KLH fm tuner, the McIntosh MA5100 integrated amp,
to name a few I'm familiar with. Yes, some of the older gear still looks
better than newer gear - the Empire turntable comes immediately to mind,
as do some of the original Marantz pieces, but looks are not pleasing to
the ear, only the eye. Which is not to say that some of this legacy
gear was not SOTA for its time, because it certainly was. But it can't
keep up today.
I'd like to hear any combination of vintage gear which can compare
sonically to a system consisting of modern large Magnepans, VTL amps,
and a high quality TT and cartridge setup. I just don't think it's
possbile. Time and technology march relentlessly on.
Lack of skill dictates economy of style. - Joey Ramone
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Follow Ups
- I cannot think of a single legacy product - Mike K 20:40:28 09/02/14 (8)
- Marantz 10 B - unclestu 14:36:52 09/03/14 (0)
- Maybe not terribly "vintage," but I'd counter with this setup... - David S. 07:52:07 09/03/14 (6)
- RE: Maybe not terribly "vintage," but I'd counter with this setup... - BBeck 14:09:21 09/03/14 (1)
- Triplett 3444A - radiodyne 18:02:05 09/07/16 (0)
- RE: Maybe not terribly "vintage," but I'd counter with this setup... - Mike K 08:53:52 09/03/14 (3)
- RE: but I suspect it would be difficult to find a better ss amp from that era. - David S. 10:13:32 09/03/14 (1)
- I took the question quite differently - E-Stat 11:16:03 09/03/14 (0)
- RE: Maybe not terribly "vintage," but I'd counter with this setup... - Old nuff 2 no better 09:41:00 09/03/14 (0)