Vintage Stereo Stuff

Vintage Stereo Gear
In the 1970's and 1980's I worked in stereo shops. I really enjoy looking for old gear.
Most every piece I find needs nothing more than a little cleaning of the controls
to work perfectly. There are many thrift shops in my area that you can find this stuff at
for very little money.


Yamaha T-760 / A-760 Found this 1.6.2006 for $10. It had a piece of paper taped to it that says does not work. Actually it works perfectly. Sometimes old equipment has so many controls that folks cannot figure them all out. However I could not get the phono input to work. A mystery for me to solve.	I like having this system on the kitchen counter. Very compact for a full blown stereo system. There is a pair of Advent towers one by the fridge and one at the counters end. The Sony cassette was $5 and the CD player is a newer JVC bought normally when I used to buy new at the store. Never again! The turntable is a new Audio-Technica full manual which plays 78's as well as 33's and 45's.

Sansui TU-533 / AV-D33 I got all excited when I found this set for $30 and was itching for something by Sansui. Switches were pretty dirty and kept it from playing properly. It is a nice looking set but less powerful than it looks. It will kick out if you fire up 4 Advent towers. Super tuner though and layout.	Kenwood This is one of my favorite. Found this one for $5 at the local thrift. It is really amazing what a full cleaning does for a dirty old receiver. I take the face completely off and clean all the switches with contact cleaner. This one has been a challenge to get all the controls clean so they don't fuzz when adjusting.

Mitsubishi This amp and tuner set is not too old. I actually found the tuner first. Then I got the amp. A few months later I found the matching tape deck.	Pioneer One of the big Pioneers with analog tuning and a digital display Sony Cassette Deck Pioneer Equalizer

JVC 4 Channel Amp A real oldie Superscope 8 track	Pioneer SX-737 A new find that needs some work Wollensack tape deck


JC Penny MCS The most inexpensive table I have found. Semi-automatic belt drive. Found with no dust cover and needle broken but hey what do you want for $3. It fits pefrectly in this stand, another $3 find.	Panasonic This Panasonic labeled base has a standard BSR table inside. Cool because it plays 16-33-45-78. I have a nice selection of 78's that I enjoy listening too. It matches nicely with the Kenwood receiver.

Marantz Sweet gold table. Fully automatic.	Audio Technica After buying lots of vintage turntables I decided to get a new one. This model even has 78 speed. Manual only so you can't leave a record playing and leave.

Pioneer Nice older Pioneer. When I lubed the motor I put it back together backwards.	Record Collection This rack can hold 600 albums


Advent Prodigy Towers My first set of Advents found for $30 in perfect condition. These speakers sound amazing!	Advent One of 3 sets I bought when I had the Advent bug


Zenith When I started collecting records I was offered this mint condition console with a batch of records. I really dig this 70's model.	Sony Japan Sony with German turntable by Dual. Check out all the wood. When I got this the knobs barely turned. Hours of work to get this back to mint condition fully operating.