Comments on Profile Post by wbass

Very much mid-century interior, and it's looking great. He's been assembling a vintage-y stereo, an old Sansui amp and an old pair of Acoustic Research bookshelves. This is a neat space that would be ruined, visually, by big black boxes and a hi-fi rack.

We might poo-poo lifestyle stuff, or hipster fetishizing of vintage audio, but, fact is, most new hi-fi stuff looks indifferent to bad. There's a place for lifestyle. And if you're going for a 60s look, new stuff usually doesn't fit in.

I was looking at big old vintage speakers and they absolutely finished the cabinets to be like any other kind of furniture you would find in a typical home in that era

I’m all about lifestyle over hifi, some hifi can be ugly. Friend showed me a pair of vintage mono blocks that are so beautiful. Different era of design in all categories.

There is no reason why old kit should not sound good. It did then: why not now! I could go for a set of Quad pre and power amps! five or ten years ago, a friend had his father's set factory refurbished. It had done done duty in his dad's recording studio. That's a long working life, and still going.

Electronics aside: I'm not that fussed, as long as it isn't downright ugly...

I'd never buy a pair of speakers that wasn't good to look at, and my ideal absolutely would be beautiful woodwork. (In light or golden English Oak ;) )

https://reverb.com/item/56465074-vintage-altec-lansing-valencia-846-a-speakers-with-rare-center-console-full-restoration

I love how the back side of those speakers, like with a lot of other stuff of the era, looks like crap, and nobody cared. Today, everything has to look “good” all around even in places nobody ever sees.