"Why Your Dad’s 30-Year-Old Stereo System Sounds Better than Your new One"

What part of "stereo analog outputs" didn't you get?

I think this probably the case with a lot of things. I used to date a girl who loved to cook and she had this electric egg beater her mom had given her that she herself had gotten sometime in the 60's or 70's. The thing had to have weighed forty pounds because the casing was metal and (I assume) it was built from…

Might benefit from a replacement of the capacitors as they tend to die with age. About an evenings work.

AAAhem "So if you're solely interested in a receiver for music, going vintage might not be the worst idea."

If you re-read the article you will find it clearly focuses on music.

One of the points that the article makes is that manufacturers add more and more features which they have to pay royalties for. The cost is passed onto the consumers but the retail price has to stay the same. To keep prices the same, manufacturers have to cut costs by using cheaper components that don't sound as…

You could be right. And he probably needs to replace the bird on the record player.

to be fair, a 300 year old stereo is probably pretty worn out.