I have two Yamaha receivers, only thing wrong with them, they are wood and brushed aluminum, so my wife doesn't want them anywhere that people can see them, (black's the rage), ones in the closet, there other I resurrected for feeding to my patio speakers, got to watch it, turn them up to loud, pisses off the neighbors. Passed up a 1250 Yamaha receiver (like I needed a third receiver) a couple of years ago, must have weighed 50-60 pounds, it was wrapped with heat sinks, can't beat a good power amp. Ask anyone using an old Marshall or Fender.
 
Tesla
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Subject: [BP] dust in your groove

In a message dated 11/29/2005 9:24:07 PM Eastern Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes:
I have one of those old "completely manual" AR (Acoustics Research) turntables (doesn't set the needle on the record or pick it up when it get to the middle) that were popular among audiophiles back in the early 70s
So, we broke our necks finding the best sound systems then, remember?  We made people who collect  Morgans look like amateurs.   But now young people just slap on an ipod, or listen to music over their (gulp!) computer speakers!!!   What happened?   Has musical quality been dumbed down, or were we wasting our time?   Christopher