Any vintage soild state fans here? Post pictures inside. I'll start first.

Chet_F · 08-18-2006, 08:16 PM

I've recently been interested in Vintage stereos, speakers, etc. I was fortunate enought to find a Harmon Kardon 330c circa 1976-77 in mint condition at a local flea market for $20. I was looking for another system to put in my game room. Unfortunately the finances are terrible. So I figured, what the heck, I'm only out $20 if it doesn't work. Well, I hooked it up and it had a few issues that were easily fixed with some DeOxit, etc. Now it sounds amazing. I've picked up some old EPI 100s for a deal too that I have to refoam for this setup.

Well, here are some pictures of the 330c, my neighbor threw out the stand so I got that for free:
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c8...h/IM000520.jpg

Here's a closeup of the unit:http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c8...h/IM000521.jpg

I've found a great deal on information at Audiokarma - it's a great site such as this.

Well, I just had to share.

LanceJ · 08-19-2006, 04:17 AM

Wow that's nice - very clean lines. You can tell where modern Harmons got their styling from. Do you know its wattage rating?

Check out this excellent site for more info and parts for EPI and other similar speakers (& this guy actually builds *new* drivers for certain older models).

Phil A · 08-19-2006, 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by LanceJ

Wow that's nice - very clean lines. You can tell where modern Harmons got their styling from. Do you know its wattage rating?

Check out this excellent site for more info and parts for EPI and other similar speakers (& this guy actually builds *new* drivers for certain older models).

Many moons ago, I owned EPI 70s and other stuff of that vintage (when I was 5

). While not a good deal like you got, sometimes I look at www.audioclassics.com to remember the good old days.

Arthur S · 08-19-2006, 11:30 AM

Very, very nice.

Wayne A. Pflughaupt · 08-19-2006, 10:32 PM

They don’t get any more beautiful than the mid-to-early 70s Marantz receivers!

Here some others I like. IMO the nicest looking ones were in the late 70s. They really hit their stride then!

Check out Yamaha’s variable loudness control! Looks really great at night

The old Technics were sharp looking too...
...as were the Pioneers. This one isn't sure if it's a flagship or a battleship!
This Sansui Quadraphonic thinks it’s the control panel of a rocketship!
Didn’t now Rotel had been around that long... Very understated, nice clean lines.
Sansui must be Japanese for “My knobs are bigger than yours!”
Not everything was beautiful – check this really scary–looking JVC. Yikes!
My personal favorite, this Marantz is a later flagship model - $1600 in 1978 dollars! The blue backlighting looked great at night. Check out the midrage tone control!

Regards,
Wayne A. Pflughaupt

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Arthur S · 08-20-2006, 12:59 PM

Wayne

Thanks for the links! For some reason I can't get the pic of the Marantz.

Wayne A. Pflughaupt · 08-20-2006, 05:50 PM

Thanks for the tip, Arthur – apparently classic-audio.com restricts their pics. I’ve dropped in pictures from the Oak Tree Entertainment site, so the links will work now. Unfortunately their picture of the later-model Marantz doesn’t get the full effect, as you can’t see the way-cool back lighting of the radio dial numbers, like the classicaudio .com picture did. Look up the Model 2600 pic on their Marantz Index page. It’s towards the bottom of the “Grp 3 Rec” column.

Oh yes, for you Kenwood fans, here’s a nice late-70s Kenwood receiver!

Regards,
Wayne A. Pflughaupt

LanceJ · 08-21-2006, 03:42 AM

This isn't exactly vintage, but just wanted to mention that when Technics wanted to design a nice looking piece of gear (this didn't happen often

) they could do a pretty good job. Check out this THX-certified

receiver last sold IIRC in 1998, complete with huge wattage meters: SA-TX50. I own their SA-DA8 which looks cool, but in a rather stark old-skool, & almost military way.

Philip Hamm · 08-21-2006, 09:12 AM

I'm using a circa 1974 Crown DC300A for my infinite baffle subwoofer. Works great. There's a picture here. It's right over "location 1" in my backroom rack.

chuckg · 08-21-2006, 04:21 PM

Yep, can't beat those 70s era looks! I still have the hair.

Well, enough of that. I've got an HK 630 that still does excellent service for a second music system. My HT s