Forgot all about this thread! I've found several vintage amps and receivers since I've been away. Picked up this beaut for $20 (Scott 480A), was filthy when I found it but cleaned up fairly nicely (don't know what they got on the knobs but it did not want to come off). Sorry for the super crop job, so much mess everywhere else in the pic lol
You don't even want to know what I paid for this one, but here's the pic (Sansui 1000A). Had a blown fuse, still want to recap and bring it up with a variac but is otherwise intact with all tubes.
Picked up this guy for $35 (Onkyo TX-4500), I'd put a pic of mine up but the glass is cracked and I have it off right now - trying to get a new piece cut for it.
Another one you don't wanna know what I paid for it (Scott 370R). It has some wonky issues with one meter not moving, and the input selector knob kind of acts up sometimes (Like it gets stuck between two inputs - stupid me getting deoxit in the mechanism
). Not a picture of mine as I have it all apart now trying to get the meter working and with little success, trying to fix that darned input knob
Both the Scott 370R and the Onkyo TX-4500 are part of that fad of "Our receiver is bigger than yours". I can't directly recall which is wider at the moment, but both of them are simply ridiculously big for their wattage.
Last one is this little Luxman LV-112, not as fancy as the others but it was $10 and is like someone just took it out of the box. I have such a soft spot for Luxman (I miss my old Luxman L-480, which I was dumb and young when I found and sold like a fool
)
I'm trying to compare the Scott 480A to my trusty Harman/Kardon PM655 for using as a headphone amp (with my HD595's, nothing crazy), I was trying out the LV-112 but it has some serious volume pot imbalances at the levels I'm listening (fine for speakers though). Not figuring on much help, but anyone care to weigh in? The H/K has more adjustable tone controls to fine tune the sound and bass contour seems more pleasant than the loudness on the Scott, although the Scott sounds lovely completely flat with no loudness or tone at all. Not that the H/K doesn't mind you. I A/B'ed the two and they're both very close. I like the meters on the Scott and the flat sound, but the H/K has more adjustability with its free flowing volume knob and tone controls (should I choose to use them).
