Vintage Hi-Fi Blog

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.

Jan 18

Marantz Model 2226B receiver

The receiver (tuner/amplifier) has always divided opinion, in the UK at least. While popular in Europe and the US, the British market never embraced these units to the degree it did separate tuners and amplifiers. And this wasn't because they could not rival a two-box counterpart on performance due to any technical reason. The real issue was that...