looking to build best vintage solid state system

email me. I have some great suggestions. I.E., Hafler XL-600 amplifier, etc. Jim

Thanks for the feedback thus far. budget of $2,000 and will upgrade over time. The 7 year is a random year. nothing special about it.

I'm not sure 7 years old qualifies as vintage. IMHO you need to go back to the 80's for that. I've picked up some great deals on early 90's amplifiers . B&K M200 Sonota monoblocks are hard to beat for the $'s. I have Bedini 100.100 (late 80's, but updated by Bedini 3 years ago) and it's fantastic. Early 90's Conrad Johnson amps are also great. There are some great preamps available the too - as long as you don't want remote control. I would stick to new for digital sources though - or at least 2000+.

How about Marantz Ma-5 monoblock? Sweet, punchy & musical!

Great feedback all! I havent bought anything yet and am still using my old Denon dra 345r as a received with Infinity sm-32. I am somewhat stagnant since I am not sure whether to buy the amp first, or the speakers. The porblem is that I heard the sonus faber cremona with primare components and for the first time understood the meaning "speakers disappeared" Anyway, prior to that i was leaning toward the B&W speakers with sunfire components. The bottom line is that all of this is way out of my budget and that somewhat describes my frusteration. Anyway, keep the feedback coming....thanks all!!!