Vintage versus new

[David696969]

We have heard that the old saying is the vintage audio sounds better and has better quality than the newer digital format electronics I have to agree.
It doesn't matter how much you pay for a power amp or a receiver as long as it gives you the quality and longevity for the price.
Vintage equipment has been known to last for generations upon generations many of them are still here today 50 and 60 years later with the same parts and still working maybe not as new but just the same still working.
I have purchased some new equipment that was digital and supposed to be high wattage and I found it to be garbage for the price that I paid I did not enjoy the sound and it did not live long when pressed to put out high watts and volume for a long period of time most of the time the receiver or amplifier simply gave out others blew up with flames and smoke this is the digital equipment they are making today.
It is said to think you paid up to $5000 on a good amplifier or AM-FM and receiver with this new digital technology to have it blow up in less than 30 days if you really turn up the volume for long periods of time I really don't care what brand you get if you really crank it up high and leave it on long and it gets warm or hot it will explode or fail.
Not all but most that said why pay the cost of new equipment when you can purchase a good receiver or amplifier off of eBay for maybe $200 or less that will last you many many years and the sound quality if it's vintage would be outstanding when compared to new.
Let look inside the new audio equipment for today you'll find that the case is extremely light if you open it up you'll find hardly anything inside and that's for a reason because everything inside the new audio is miniature in size transistors filter capacitors transformers are all small when compared to vintage equipment therefore you cannot expect them to sound as good as the vintage equipment.
The vintage Cerwin Vega power Amps have massive transformers and massive Coke can capacitors with massive transistors and heat sinks weighing up to 50 lb or more.
We can't say you get what you pay for because if you buy new today you're getting garbage compared to the vintage of years ago where people cared about electronics they took pride the equipment that they made and sold but not today today is just for profit filled with lies and deception they produce equipment that is made not to last and to fail when stressed.
This is so you can continue to purchase new equipment every two or three years to keep these companies in business where the vintage equipment you can purchase it and if you get a good one it will last you up to 50 years you do the math what will you prefer test for yourself and save yourself a lot of money buy vintage and leave the new stuff alone...

 

[lovinthehd]

Again?

 

[David696969]

I just wanted to know how did you feel about the old for this versus the new in the era of audio such as vintage power amplifiers and receivers how do you feel about it do you like the new or the all better that's what I was asking you.

 

[fmw]

All I can say is that what matters is speakers and room acoustics. Everything else is trivial whether analog or digital, vintage or current.

 

[lovinthehd]

Old is old, some may actually be "vintage" among the old, some aren't. I prefer the newer stuff for usefulness, but still have some gear that's approaching 40 years old... ..altho I tend not to use it very much these days compared to newer gear/media. The only Sherwood receiver I ever wanted was the one with the Trinnov room eq setup....the Sherwood Newcastle R972.