Hi Fi or Not?

I had a full Yamaha system in the early 80’s with Infinity tower speakers. It was very unmusical and hard sounding.  However, a good friend of mine loved it and I sold it to him at 1/2 of what I paid. He still uses it to this day and it still sounds very unmusical to me. 
Marantz in the 70’s was bought by Superscope and was decent, but I always thought the Kenwood that we sold was much better. 

@stereo5 I sold Kenwood also, but regardless of how it sounded, people just didn’t like the looks of their stuff and they didn’t advertise like Marantz and others did. Always sat on the shelf. Hitachi had some great sounding Class G stuff, but they couldn’t compete. Thanks for reminding me it was Superscope. 

i fondly remember the kenwood kd500 concrete plinth tt... mine had a lovely infinity black widow arm, and a sonus blue cart... what a sweet front end

also i had the L07C pre and L07M mono blocks... lovely gear that sound so clean and precise - had ohm f's back then ... quite a system, spectacular sound stages

@jjss49,

I had the exact same system. I got it through the Kenwood rep (he used to sell me 420) at half off retail. I also had the tuner too. I was using Rectilinear 7 speakers.


@deadhead1000,

You are right. Everyone thought Marantz was richer looking but they always sounded muffled to me. 

@stereo5 

the kenwood gear or the 420 at half of retail???  lmao

i am sure he is a friend for life!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣