In Reply to: Early solid state receivers posted by Satxhifi on April 6, 2014 at 21:23:50:
Obviousl there is very little more I can add to the postings below. However what I found was that the first generatation SS stereos had a unique sound. A grainy-ish, not very refined sound. Todays stereos, or even the later 70's polished up the sound. For lack of a better description!Also, and this was already mentioned, the engineers were still "learning" how to work with SS production and design. You have to remember these engineers learned on tubes, then went into the new field of SS.
But one thing is the first generation stereos were built like TANKS!!!! They were built in the old tube stereo style. Many point to point wiring, Big parts, thick chassis, over speced parts, etc....
These units are great to collect if you understand what's involved. Some of them really are works of vintage audio art. And always an eye pleaser in any collection. However, understand what you are getting into. Many people just have them to look at and not use or to complete a collection.
charles
Edits: 04/07/14
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