Sleeper Vintage Receivers, AMps, Tuners, TTs,etc..

Sanyo Plus series : p55,T55,C55. I have to be careful what I say about them because the price will shoot up, they are simply too good to not or barely be mentioned on Audiogon. Let just say that the pre is graveyard silent turn all the way up, built like a tank, nice phono out, good filters great solid state pre on the cheap,, the amp is dual mono, liquid cooled, low dist, 100wpc rms old school, thick vintage power that resembles a certain pricey Hitachi in the neud, have yet to get the tuner but from what I have read it follows suit. Prone for probs with power switches on amp and pre. This preamp/amp combo has sent many famous brands home to mama in my head to head a/b's. Just kidding, they suck and all your audiophile friends will mock you to scorn for bring home gear with Sanyo written on it(:

Sanyo as above, Nikko as well.

I thought it was an analog thread?

The Nikki beta I,II,III and IV preamps have excellent phono stages

People need to remember this is HIEND not your midfi of the 70's and 80's

with that said I find that there are a few really really good sounding receivers most will get poo poo'd because your audiophile friend says so ...LOL

if we did some head to head comparisons with vintage receiver/amplifiers..I would bet the house that the vintage would almost always win...

more of my thoughts.... the problem is not knowledge or knowing how to build something better....the problem is finding good sounding components(capacitors,resistors,diodes,transistors etc) most of these made in the hayday 70's-80's were very hi quality and more importantly much better sounding (like music) this IMO is a problem

Lawrence
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