Any other audio / vintage HiFi enthusiasts on here?

[doug]

I've really been enjoying the sound of BoC vinyl through some vintage Klipsch speakers and vacuum tube gear I recently acquired. Anyone else fallen down the audio rabbit hole and care to geek out and share your system? Here is what I'm running:

Technics SL 1700 Mk2 turntable
VTA PH-16 tube phono preamp
Dynaco ST-70 power amp
1975 Klipsch Klipschorn speakers (ALK universal crossovers)
Planning on adding a nice DAC of some sort to hook up my computer, but until then vinyl is keeping me happy.

[Aerial Boundaries]

A pair of shit 90's Bose speakers with inbuilt amp. At least until I have more than a few hundred quid spare.

EDIT: Oh and my trusty Project Debut Carbon, and Cambridge Audio 551 preamp.

[drillkicker]

I have a fancy vintage analogue stereo system, not because I'm into it but because my father used to be, back when he was more productive than he is at the moment, and he gave me a lot of cool stereo shit that he pretty much got for free, because he would buy entire stereo systems, sell one or two parts of them for more than he payed for the whole thing, and then keep the other parts. My amplifier is solid state, though. The tube amps that my father got ahold of were always too fancy for my stereo.

[doug]

Ya the serious hifi thing seems to have been all the rage back in the 70's when many of our parents might have been in to it. I personally came of age back in the late 90's during the dawn of the MP3 age. So much of the music I acquired back then sounds horrific now even through decent computer speakers, let alone through a legit home listening setup. I'm spending a lot of time and money now re-ripping CDs and purchasing stuff I originally only had pirated copies of from my college days.

With all the technological capabilities we have now, it is funny how people are willing to listen to music through cell phone speakers (which sounds inarguably awful) and high quality audio reproduction is a super small niche market.

[jcnporter]

With all the technological capabilities we have now, it is funny how people are willing to listen to music through cell phone speakers (which sounds inarguably awful) and high quality audio reproduction is a super small niche market.

Indeed, it seems like nothing we produce has any worth to anyone anymore. There's plenty written about the subject, (loads of it basically saying 'yeah everything's free, great, stop moaning, just get used to it') - absolute drivel, in my opinion), little of which seems to address what this says about us as a society.

But anyway, back on topic, I'm still a fan of a proper researched-to-the-point-of-nerdy-fetishism separates system - I've also been lucky that my Dad is a product of the 70s hi-fi boom, remains an enthusiast and I get all his old stuff. I used to love reading the pile of 'What Hi-Fi' magazines in the house as a kid.