Innovative Audio specializes in selling affordable "vintage" hi-fis. Complete systems with a receiver, turntable or CD player and speakers start around $500! Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve ...

I used to be an audiophile before I got married and had kids. Currently our "home theater system" is comprised of a 13 year old sony reciever, dual tape deck, sony cd changer and a couple of speakers ...

Q: I need a stereo receiver and there are not many around these days. What do you recommend? –D.S., Madison Wis. A: Though most of the market has gone to A/V surround sound receivers, there are still ...

The nearly 35-year-old stereo receiver sat idle on its shelf. Still connected to a vintage stereo cassette tape deck and turntable, the receiver's usefulness had long since been eclipsed by new ...

A few years ago, CNET ran a story posing the question, "How can 30-year-old receivers sound better than new ones?" Ben Carp still hears about this article all the time, and for the most part, he ...

I have a pioneer SX737 stereo receiver that has issues with fm and am. Sometimes it works fine, but sometimes it doesn't work at all. When it doesn't work, I hit the side of it a few times and it ...

Vintage audio components are in vogue, and for good reason. You can find 30-year-old speakers that pump out sound just as good as their modern counterparts. Better yet: they’ll look way cooler doing ...

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[Marklar] needed an IR receiver for a project he was working on, and his local electronics store was fresh out. He dug through his junk pile and found an old stereo receiver, so he decided to pull the ...

A stereo receiver is a simple but very necessary part of any audio system that includes a pair of passive speakers. Less complex than AV receivers (which require a TV in the loop and need to worry ...