I have had a number of them, best sounding was a Sansui G7700. Wish I'd not sold it now. Hindsight fairly accurate most of the time. Any "vintage" should be but doesn't have to be refurbed with new caps, cleaning and adjustments at min. I do have an HK330C om a 3rd system, all original, keeps chugging away and sounding good as evidence.
2nd system thoughts on vintage receivers
I have a decent main system and am thinking about a bit of a "vintage" system for my bedroom. Mainly thinking about some items, I have had in the past. I have been leaning towards these models:
A Nakamichi Stasis receiver, likely the SR-3a or 4a, but open to others. The Magnum Dynalab receivers are great, but more that I care to spend on this system.
Small bookshelf speakers, perhaps Quad, but open to other thoughts,
A CD player and being a bedroom and lazy, perhaps a changer with a separate DAC
I would likely use older Wireworld Eclipse and Gold Eclipse speaker wires and interconnects that I have.
Being a 2nd/bedroom system not likely to use a turntable. For what it’s worth, I listen mostly to classic Jazz from the 50s through the early 80s and very much female singers of Jazz and Standards, Ella, Dinah Washington, Diana Krall and several others. In the evening while relaxing and preparing for sleep I do tune into a local college FM station that is mainly my type of music. (I love how young college age students respond to Jazz. I have two sons that have played brass, percussion and guitar and seem to be going down the Jazz/Female vocal route as well. Any thoughts are appreciated. A prejudice I have is for separate transistors and the like over chips/integrated circuits. I have and have owned great tube gear from ARC, CJ and the like...but not in the bedroom, unless I end up needing the heat. For what it’s worth, I am not interested in compressed or processed sources.
Thanks for any input/experience you can share.