Great Vintage Amps-which one for you?



Hi, I'm 21 and I do have a passion for vintage amplifiers. There gems that are built like tanks with excellent components and the sound to die for. Too bad they don't make like this anymore. My favorite ones are most all vintage Pioneer, Nikko Alpha and NA Series (I have a Nikko NA-690 Integrated Amplifier), and Sansui AU Series. Anybody here have the passion for vintage gear?
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Thanks for the responses. Detlof, I never heard the ARC. How are they? Rar1, the other day I went to a hi-fi store and they had a Marantz power amplifier. The meters looks like the McIntosh ones. To bad he didn't have it plugged in.

Has anyone tryed to use Dynaudio, B&W, Paradigm, or any hi-end speaker with a vintage amp? If so, how does it sound? What are the advantage and disadvantage? The reason for my concern is that I can not find info on such a match. It would be pretty intresting to see a match like Sansui/Dyanudio.
BTW, has any one heard about Phase Linear and GLI amps? If so, please comment on these. Thank you for concern and happy listening.

Where can I find ARC? I tryed to look at audioreview with no luck. Thanks for the responses.

Thanks for the response Southpark. I went to ebay and they hardly have any vintage ARC. Any opinion on mixing hi-end speakers with vintage amps? Thank and happy listening. :)
Jeff, have you tryed the tube cd player from Luxman? I'm really curious about its sound.
This might sound funny but in the flea market, you could find a tons of vintage gears. Today I found a Yamaha CR-1040, Rotel RX-855, and a few Scott and Pioneer SX Series receivers. If my pocket would be bigger, I get them in a jif.

Alfredo