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Five year plan: downsizing

OK, I know I need to sort out decades of collecting and keep only the best.  Which would you use?   Dynaco Mk 3 w preamp, Fisher 400, or Fisher x 101B. Note these all have premium tube mostly OEM and are 110%

Tuner: keep the Richard Modifierri rebuilt Fisher 1000 or the Radio X built Sansui TU X1 ?     I will keep the Merrill Heirloom table. No reason to have any of my tape units. I  have a good streamer. Oh, wyred4sound dac or the Parasound 2000.

Speakers: we must go with AR 1 and AR 3 ST supertweeters. 
So which amplifier set up with which tuner and what dac?   

Thanks for your review.

jgmoun
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dbphd
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I have no answers, but it seems like an interesting enterprise. I’d like to set up my Marantz 18 receiver and AR 3a speakers if I had the space. You might like an Ayre QB-9 DSD or QB-9 Twenty DAC from the used market.  I have two setups that use Ayre gear, and I really like the sound.

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russ69
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I hate being the guy that is contrary. You have collected some nice vintage gear but pick what YOU want to keep, sell the rest, and buy a modern tube integrated and a very good pair of loudspeakers and really move up a couple of steps. 

jgmoun OP
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Hhhmm . Derail my thought train. Just because I'm vintage doesn't mean my audioware has to be old too. I do love the AR 1 but a modern tube unit would go well with it.  I know my AR 9 can't go with me...Yes, thanks for the contrarian in you and now I'm out of the box.  Happy 2022

 

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I do love the AR 1 but a modern tube unit would go well with it.

I'm guessing you are not talking about the 1954 AR-1?

ghdprentice
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I don’t understand how we could be of any help. It is your ears and values in sound.  I would get rid of it all and get contemporary equipment. If retiring, a Audio Research VSI75 integrated amp and speakers dependent on the target room. 

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