This may be oranges to all of y'all's apples, but a few years ago, my wife and I scored a mid '60s Dumont console stereo. It has a Garrard turntable, and all tube electronics. The cabinet has a few scratches due to its age, but as a piece of furniture, it's beautiful. As a stereo, it is absolutely wonderful! There's nothing like hearing old Dean, Frank, Miles, Dave Brubeck, the Ventures, or Buck Owens records through those tubes. They all sound so "warm". It really takes me back to my youth. The smell of this one when I open the lid, smells just like the one my parents had when I was little.
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...and here it is in our new house:
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I still have make time to clean up the right speaker grille. Once I do that, I'll probably have to clean the left one, too, so they'll match.
Good for you. Enjoy. It really ain’t got no groove if it ain’t got tubes. I chased the high end for years. But eventually came back home to golden era tube gear some decades ago.
Almost everything I listen to passes through them. Vintage tubed stereo receivers all over the house, vintage tubed separates feeding some now classic Thiels. A 65 year old Grundig table radio in the bedroom. Some really beautiful equipment, all fully reconditioned years ago on my bench.
Music is just more alive with bottles glowing inside. Right now I am listening to Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Martin and Monro crooning though equipment and tubes made when Ike and Kennedy were President. The other night it was Gentleman Jim Reeves all evening long.
Maybe some pictures later.
The only exception is a Marantz 2230 in our garage, which is pretty decent sounding for a slightly later box of Japanese sand.