What vintage components should i use in my first stero setup?

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nick3757

Audiophyte
Hi everyone. I'm new here and I was recently given a lot of vintage equipment. I got a Hafler dh-101 preamp, 2 hafler dh-200 amps, a nad 4020a radio tuner, a pioneer pd-6010 cd player, a teac a-510 tape deck, 2 infinity rsa (that was the only writing on the speakers so i'm guessing that this is the part number), and 2 big polk audio speakers with what looks like a crossover on top of them. All of the stuff was supposed to have been used in a doctors house but I don't know how it was hooked up.
My first question is are these parts quality items? I'm only 18 and i'm pretty new to home audio stuff. Are any of these rare or worth anything? I don't plan on selling them I was just wondering if I should keep my friends away from them. Also, does anyone have any tips on wiring all of this? The only thing that is throwing me off if the note on the amps that says they are bridged. It says to use the two red connectors but i'm not sure which is positive and negative.

Photobucket album
http://s160.photobucket.com/albums/t170/78rm125/Vintage%20audio/

Hafler dh-101 pre amp
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Hafler dh-200 amp
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Pioneer pd-6010 cd player
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NAD 4020a radio tuner
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Teac a-150 tape deck
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Infinity speakers
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Polk speakers
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t170/78rm125/Vintage%20audio/105_4458.jpg
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Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Nick.
 
TLS Guy

TLS Guy

Seriously, I have no life.
Mixed bag

Well Nick, you have a mixed bag there.

The best of it is the Haffler gear. That is comparable to current gear.

The NAD tuner is a good one. It will need a good antenna, preferably a roof antenna.

The cassette deck was a middle of the road unit. Cassette tape is really a dead medium. Do you plan to use it?

The CD player will sound fine, but it is of a generation that will not play CD R or CD RW.

The speakers are the most problematic. Since the Hafflers were bridged, I think they must have been driving the Polks, which I think were four ohm, but I can't remember for certain. The cover that goes over the tweeter and crossover is missing.

The infinity speakers I think will be inferior to the Polk speakers, but you might want to give both a listen. The Polk is one of their first offerings, if not the first offering from Polk. The Peerless tweeter is time aligned. There are two mass/mids and an ABR. (Passive radiator)

Now the speakers will be considerably inferior to modern offerings.

So to hook up.

The tuner in the US and Canada should have the switch set to 75 micro sec.

Connect the antenna to the appropriate input. Coax to the coax connector. If is flat cable to the 300 ohm. Connect the left and right outputs to the preamp tuner input.

If you plan to use the cassette deck connect tape out to tape in on the preamp and tape in to tape out on the preamp. Use the tape 1 inputs and outputs

Connect the CD outputs to AUX input on the preamp.

Now connect the pre amp outputs to the input of the amps, one for each channel.

Now the speakers. The amps are bridged, so connect NOTHING to the black negative terminals. If you do you will blow it instantly.

One red is positive and the other red negative. It does not matter which, and I can't tell you. Just make sure you connect the same terminal on each amp to a positive on a speaker and the same terminal on each amp to a negative on a speaker.

Check all connections. If everything is OK, plug in, switch on and see what happens.
 
Seth=L

Seth=L

Audioholic Overlord
Those Polks are very cool, but be careful with them. Be sure you don't wire this stuff up incorrectly, as it may be the end for the speakers or amplifiers.

Regarding the CD player, it may be old enough (and more than likely is) that will read CD-Rs. My mid-80's Magnavox CD players have no problems with CD-Rs, I haven't tried CD-RWs so I can't comment on that. I knew someone that had a Pioneer similar to that one that also played CD-Rs, but it stopped working from abuse (the owner was very hard on it, I saved one of the Magnavox from them).
 
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nick3757

Audiophyte
Thanks for the information guys. I don't plan on using the tape deck because i don't have any tapes. I do have the cover for the speakers but i just didn't have them on for the pictures.

Ok I understand how to hook up the speakers to the amp but how do i connect the preamp to the amp? Do i run both left and right coax cables to each amp or just one for the left side and one for the right side?
 
TLS Guy

TLS Guy

Seriously, I have no life.
Thanks for the information guys. I don't plan on using the tape deck because i don't have any tapes. I do have the cover for the speakers but i just didn't have them on for the pictures.

Ok I understand how to hook up the speakers to the amp but how do i connect the preamp to the amp? Do i run both left and right coax cables to each amp or just one for the left side and one for the right side?
One from left out to one amp and the right to the other amp. You do however need to make sure both inputs of each amp are connected. In other words the left channel needs to be connected to both channels of amp one, and the right to both channels of amp 2.
 
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nick3757

Audiophyte
One from left out to one amp and the right to the other amp. You do however need to make sure both inputs of each amp are connected. In other words the left channel needs to be connected to both channels of amp one, and the right to both channels of amp 2.
Ok thats what i thought i just wasn't sure. Thanks for the help. I'll get this hoked up and let you know how it sounds.
 
TLS Guy

TLS Guy

Seriously, I have no life.
Ok thats what i thought i just wasn't sure. Thanks for the help. I'll get this hoked up and let you know how it sounds.
I'm sorry I did not make that part of the hookup clear in my original post. By the way, it may well be the inputs are already connected by the individual who bridged the amp. If you have a test meter you can check. Likely the left and right inputs on each amp are already connected, but obviously I can not be certain.
 

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