About Vintage Hi-Fi Deals

A buyer’s reference for vintage hi-fi, built around one page per model number: what the unit is, the specs that matter, what to check before you buy, and, where we have reviewed the market, which current eBay listings we would pick and why.

What’s here

36 model pages covering Marantz, Pioneer, Sansui, Technics, Kenwood and Fisher: receivers and integrated amplifiers from the 1970s, a few turntables and an open-reel deck, and two Fisher receivers from the 1960s. Each page has a short history, a spec table, known versions, a pre-purchase checklist and related models. The buying guides compare the main families side by side and cover what servicing a 50-year-old receiver involves.

How we approach it

Most vintage hi-fi for sale is untested, and most of what fails on it is predictable: dirty controls, burnt-out lamps, tired capacitors, drifted adjustments, and occasionally a failed output stage. The checklists on each page are there so you can ask a seller the right questions before you pay, and price a unit by what it will need. See how we work for where the specs, price bands and buying picks come from.

Part of allbutnew

This site is one of the allbutnewsecondhand guides. If you have a vintage receiver, amp, turntable or deck to sell, the “Have one to sell?” link on every model page sends it to allbutnew for an offer by email.

Honesty

We aren’t affiliated with Marantz, Pioneer, Sansui, Technics, Kenwood or Fisher; all trademarks belong to their owners. Links to eBay and Amazon are plain links and we earn nothing from them. See the disclosure.