Hi,
I don’t want to take you away from building a Vintage system because there is a lot of stuff you can do with this gear, that produce great systems, but it has a some challenges.
All componentes degrade on the power amp and line stage , so stuff like DC on the outputs, squash of the frequency response and dinâmics should be reviewed. Consider the possibility of placing new caps, new fuses, new power transistors, new diode with no ripple effect etc... etc...
mall this has a cost that need to be factored on top of the purchase price unit.
In my experience, every componente that you by should be serviced and improved. So the idea is to by at a low price to then be able to service it properly.
You will also need to find a good technician that is familiar with the models/brand you are buying, has he will help/avise you in improving the unit without major increases in cost.
Has vintage system I would go for a pre-power combo. Has a pre amplifier I would probably use a Marantz from series 21xx. For power I would get one or a pair of Rega Maia.
Speakers might be a challenge has you wont be able to audition them, so probably would go for a Monitor Audio R-352.
Hope this helps
Filipe
I don’t want to take you away from building a Vintage system because there is a lot of stuff you can do with this gear, that produce great systems, but it has a some challenges.
All componentes degrade on the power amp and line stage , so stuff like DC on the outputs, squash of the frequency response and dinâmics should be reviewed. Consider the possibility of placing new caps, new fuses, new power transistors, new diode with no ripple effect etc... etc...
mall this has a cost that need to be factored on top of the purchase price unit.
In my experience, every componente that you by should be serviced and improved. So the idea is to by at a low price to then be able to service it properly.
You will also need to find a good technician that is familiar with the models/brand you are buying, has he will help/avise you in improving the unit without major increases in cost.
Has vintage system I would go for a pre-power combo. Has a pre amplifier I would probably use a Marantz from series 21xx. For power I would get one or a pair of Rega Maia.
Speakers might be a challenge has you wont be able to audition them, so probably would go for a Monitor Audio R-352.
Hope this helps
Filipe