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More and more people are discovering the outstanding sound, build quality and reliability of vintage hi-fi. Their popularity has risen steadily over the last decade and some are now priced far above their modern counterparts. With this blog, we want to give space to the excellent instruments of yesteryear. In these posts, we'll showcase the outstanding hi-fi, audiophile and high fidelity equipment of the 60s, 70s and 80s, equipment that still makes their owners proud today.
When a Turntable Becomes More Than a Component
There is something truly special about the moment a reel-to-reel tape recorder comes to life. The two reels begin to turn slowly, the tape gently stretches across the heads, and the warm orange glow of the VU meters seems to breathe along with the music. This is no longer simple music listening. This is a ritual.
The Golden Age of Hi-Fi in the 1970s
Jun 01
Pink Triangle Integral
Like many, I thought Pink Triangle was long gone. This company, after all, wallows in the glory of being a part of the 'cottage industry', a brand unlikely ever to reach an annual turnover of nine figures, employees in the thousands and its own hall at the Internationalen Funkausstellung. Indeed, with hand on heart, I'm genuinely amazed that Pink...
Founded in 1926 by Guy R. Fountain in London as the Tulsemere Manufacturing Company, Tannoy—a portmanteau (footnote 1) of "tantalum" and "alloy," after a tantalum-lead alloy used in rectifiers—took on its current commercial identity in 1928. Through the war years and beyond, the company specialized in public-address (PA) systems. Indeed, today,...
The Fisher 400 tube receiver may not be the easiest vintage amplifier to find, but it is well worth the effort to have it restored.
Aug 27
Philips AH585 loudspeaker
The Philips Motional Feedback (MFB) loudspeaker has been mentioned a number of times in these pages over recent years. The company achieved considerable success with both its first- and second-generation models, including the 22RH544, but in the UK at least, the third generation is less commonly encountered. The AH585 seen here is the smallest of...
As unusual as it is beautiful: The JBL Paragon came onto the market in 1957 and, although its appearance corresponded to the usual ideas of music furniture at the time, it was technically and, above all, in terms of efficiency and maximum sound pressure, galaxies above what else was standing around in the living room.
Jan 14
B&O Beomaster 2000
Bang & Olufsen's first move into the world of serious hi-fi came in 1967 with the introduction of the Beolab 5000 amplifier and Beomaster 5000 tuner. These defined the European state of the art at the time and were as successful as their high prices allowed. The company then distilled these two units into the Beomaster 3000, which offered similar...