From: utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!ucsfcgl!randvax!sdcarl!lin Newsgroups: net.music Title: Audio equipment Article-I.D.: sdcarl.512 Posted: Fri Aug 6 17:33:20 1982 Received: Tue Aug 10 01:09:08 1982 I would suggest buying used equipment if you have cash. I still like the old Thorens turntables and MacIntosh tube amplifiers. For speakers - B&W. Jim Boyk, who teaches audio at Caltech, replaaced the resistors in a tube amp with metal film resistors and obtained greatly improved quality. rabbit!jj makes some nice loudspeakers.