[Ron Ramirez]

PhilcoMike - you're on Audiokarma?

I've only been on there since the first of this year, shortly after I got on this receiver kick.

You raise an excellent point. The receivers of the 1970s are the ones that my generation wanted but couldn't always afford. I remember in my youth, admiring the Marantz receivers and thinking, "Never can I afford one of those..." So now I have a 2215-B. Sure, it's a low end model, but it's a Marantz and it does sound good!

Anyway...the receivers that people remember from their youth are now being purchased and repaired/restored by those same folks, now older. Excellent analogy with the muscle cars, too, and it's basically the same story; if you couldn't afford a muscle car when they were new but now have the $$$$$$ for one, you go and fulfill the wishes of your youth.

I can't really explain why I'm into vintage Fisher gear; they just appeal to me for some reason. Sort of like Philco did more than two decades ago. I avoid the Sanyo Fisher junk and generally stick with the genuine Avery Fisher stuff, although I do have a 401 from the Emerson-Fisher period (after Avery Fisher sold out to Emerson but before Emerson sold the brand to Sanyo).

I missed out, in a way. I have read that until about 10 years ago, the early Fisher SS gear was really cheap. Now it's appreciating fast. The tube-type Fishers are very expensive, and certain SS receivers, chiefly the 500-TX, are becoming so.