Hifi separates still a thing?

1bottlerocket · Post by **1bottlerocket** » Sun Mar 06, 2022 1:21 pm

I have an old Conrad Johnson amp that I found at an estate sale back in the day. I ran it through a pair of Heybrook HB1 speakers and a (very) old-school Phillips CD100. I thought it was about the coolest HiFi system ever. Sadly everything has been sitting in storage since I moved to Switzerland. I will hopefully get the amp and speakers out here at some point.

redeyeflight · Post by **redeyeflight** » Sat Mar 26, 2022 4:34 pm

Jerms hipped me to the wonders of 60s HH scott integrated amplifiers. He has several! I scored a nice 299b on ebay a while ago and Jim did a cap job on it for me. There really isnt anything like it!! Just a lovely sound although a bit underpowered for my system if you really wanted to crank it. One of these days it’d be cool to get a McIntosh but if anyone is looking to dip thier toes into the vintage HiFi world you could do a whole hell of a lot worse than one of those HH scott systems. Was well under $500!!

jagermonster · Post by **jagermonster** » Mon Mar 28, 2022 2:35 am

Not being possessed of any musical talent, most of my disposable income goes to records and stereo equipment rather than guitar stuff. I have a very nice vinyl playback system and absolutely love it to death.

@stella_blues: the Node 2i is supposed to be a very good streaming solution, but a little spendy. I use an AudioEngine B-fi for streaming which I think costs around $200 and does the job just fine.

jerms · Post by **jerms** » Mon Mar 28, 2022 7:02 pm

i listen on an HH Scott 299B! tubes sound so good!!!

pothole · Post by **pothole** » Mon Mar 28, 2022 7:22 pm

jerms wrote: ↑Mon Mar 28, 2022 7:02 pm i listen on an HH Scott 299B! tubes sound so good!!!

How is the phono stage on those, or do you use an outboard phono preamp?

jagermonster · Post by **jagermonster** » Mon Mar 28, 2022 8:35 pm

jerms wrote: ↑Mon Mar 28, 2022 7:02 pm i listen on an HH Scott 299B! tubes sound so good!!!

The old Scott stuff is super cool.

ombudsman · Post by **ombudsman** » Tue Mar 29, 2022 1:14 am

I dig the Scott and Fisher small integrated amps. As long as you can get them serviced, they're hard to beat for the money. I have a McIntosh MAC1500 which is in the same range. I think I got it for $250. It runs a quad of 7591, unfortunately new ones don't sound like the old ones nor put out the same power.

Dr Tony Balls · Post by **Dr Tony Balls** » Wed Mar 30, 2022 3:04 pm

I keep mine outside and slightly damp

2guests · Post by **2guests** » Wed Mar 30, 2022 9:35 pm

Is that a stereo VHS player?

2guests · Post by **2guests** » Thu Mar 31, 2022 1:28 am

I still have VHS tapes

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