Would you consider a Yamaha RX-396 Stereo receiver from 1999 "vintage"?
Squishman Audioholic General Today at 12:16 PM #1 Would you consider a Yamaha RX-396 Stereo receiver from 1999 "vintage"?
BoredSysAdmin Audioholic Slumlord Today at 12:18 PM #2 Squishman said: Would you consider a Yamaha RX-396 Stereo receiver from 1999 "vintage"? Click to expand... The Vintage Seeker | Editorial: How do we define vintage? How vintage is defined www.thevintageseeker.ca TL;DR: 1999 is 25 years now and could be considered "vintage" by some, while others say 40 years plus is needed to be called vintage. YMMV
Squishman said: Would you consider a Yamaha RX-396 Stereo receiver from 1999 "vintage"? Click to expand... The Vintage Seeker | Editorial: How do we define vintage? How vintage is defined www.thevintageseeker.ca TL;DR: 1999 is 25 years now and could be considered "vintage" by some, while others say 40 years plus is needed to be called vintage. YMMV
Squishman Audioholic General Today at 12:20 PM #3 It doesn't look the part, having a more modern black look. It sure sounds good. 50 wpc.
BoredSysAdmin Audioholic Slumlord Today at 12:23 PM #4 Squishman said: It doesn't look the part, having a more modern black look. It sure sounds good. 50 wpc. Click to expand... Agree. Something like circa 1984, the Yamaha R-100 is definitely vintage: https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/8f4AAOSwmHNmvPmx/s-l1600.webp
Squishman said: It doesn't look the part, having a more modern black look. It sure sounds good. 50 wpc. Click to expand... Agree. Something like circa 1984, the Yamaha R-100 is definitely vintage: https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/8f4AAOSwmHNmvPmx/s-l1600.webp
Squishman Audioholic General Today at 12:31 PM #6 Does anyone remember the Circuit City commercial? "50 watts per channel, baby cakes".
ski2xblack Audioholic Samurai Today at 4:00 PM #7 Borderline vintage, sure. Squishman said: It sure sounds good. Click to expand... Seems like a really good choice to use with your 'Scalas. Is that what you're using it with? Last edited: Today at 4:15 PM
Borderline vintage, sure. Squishman said: It sure sounds good. Click to expand... Seems like a really good choice to use with your 'Scalas. Is that what you're using it with?
Squishman Audioholic General 35 minutes ago #8 ski2xblack said: Borderline vintage, sure. Seems like a really good choice to use with your 'Scalas. Is that what you're using it with? Click to expand... No, actually as giddy as I was with the Marantz that I acquired last Winter, I wanted to try the Yamaha with the speakers that @TLS Guy gave me about 10 days ago. So it's in the den. And I'll leave it hooked up. The Marantz is 50 years old. This Yamaha is no spring chicken, but it sounds better and has remote control. It also has 120 v switched plugs on the back, which I sort of need for my sub and bt rcvr. The Marantz has that too though. Last edited: 23 minutes ago
ski2xblack said: Borderline vintage, sure. Seems like a really good choice to use with your 'Scalas. Is that what you're using it with? Click to expand... No, actually as giddy as I was with the Marantz that I acquired last Winter, I wanted to try the Yamaha with the speakers that @TLS Guy gave me about 10 days ago. So it's in the den. And I'll leave it hooked up. The Marantz is 50 years old. This Yamaha is no spring chicken, but it sounds better and has remote control. It also has 120 v switched plugs on the back, which I sort of need for my sub and bt rcvr. The Marantz has that too though.
