[quote=coastrat]i started collecting antique/vintage radios/stereos as a teenager and it took on a life of its own. you get a kind of gravitational pull and next thing you know you have a house full. it runs the gammit from late 20's rca's to late 80's harmon kardins, table tops to floor models, transistors to the first boom boxes. even some 8 tracks in the mix. my favorite is the 1974 pioneer qx 8000 quadraphonic, 158 tube watts of rock and roll bliss! the new stuff sounds great too, but there is something nostalgic about those real wood cabinets buit by craftsmen, furniture quality,not particle board/plastic things cranked out in china. like old cars/guitars, it connects us to our past when things were built by hand.
when it comes to guitar amplifiers, hands down winner for me is the tube amp...for my style of music, you can't touch the tone and warmth of an old fender dual showman or fender twin. i do have the guilty pleasure of playing through the modern hartke aluminum cone speaker cabinets, which i wouldn't trade for anything. never understood why bose never got into making guitar amplifiers, seemed like it was right up there ally.[/quote]
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