Another thing I wanna do is get my old setup going. Since you are the smarted mother fvcker on the planet when it comes to this, but what should I do with my old marantz receiver/changer, and Paradigm speakers? I was going to give them away to maybe
@FlickShagwell, anyway Hawkeye Audio was going to go thru all of it for 50 bucks. Thought was a cheap price. Anyway brother I know how smart you are with this so any advice would be appreciated.
Here's what I'd need to form an initial opinion (meaning, what might be needed for each piece, etc). Just post it here.
For every piece of equipment...
Make
Model Number
Physical condition (anything visually broken/bad shape on them?)
When is the last time you actually plugged them in and used them, and is there something you know that doesn't work on them?
There's a grey area years-wise where some items simply cannot be fixed - usually around 1985ish for receivers/amps. CD players/changers are iffy...if it's just belts, most times those can be had but not all are the same difficulty-wise. Speakers sometimes can need new woofer surrounds, but replacing drivers can be difficult as far as using OEM parts.
It's when they have circuit boards that use a lot of proprietary chips where they're unfixable because if a chip dies or the board is trash, practically none of them are made any more. That's why most places don't even bother to work on them.
A 1960's/1970's piece though, those are mostly fixable - and that's why the majority of everything I own is from that era.
I know "what I know" about vintage gear. It's a bit of a sickness, collecting gear. Leaving in a couple hours to pick up yet another piece for the collection, something from the early 1960's. My latest obsession is old Zenith radios, hoping to pick one up this morning.
