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Vintage systems have charm, despite the flaws.

Thanks Paul for your wonderful review.

Although one can understand your frustration at such a large and expensive system that seems to ignore all good audio engineering practice, you have to realize that systems like this evolved over many, many years. You may be surprised to know that they have roots in pre industrial Europe!

Though certainly not up to today's demanding standards, these old "Analog Orchestral Systems" still have many fans. Fans who find that the empirical research and evolution of of these systems has lent them a certain "Musicality", "Rhythm" or "Life" if you will. Yes, they suffer from a shocking lack of time alignment, damping, power bandwidth. The wow and flutter is awful, background noise often very distracting - but - they do have a wonderful "live" feel to them, despite all the faults.

Many of us old timers who grow up in an age before digital sources, MP3s, optical discs, computer design and other such modern marvels, have a real soft spot in our hearts for these creaky, unwieldy, ancient systems. As limited and poorly designed as they may be by today's standards, they still have so much charm. Don't you think?

Are fans of the grand old "Analog Orchestral Systems" simply living in a rose tinted halcyon past? Are we deceiving ourselves? Perhaps. But the old often has qualities not found in the new. Good qualities. So these systems will live on in our hearts and pocket books, cost and science be damned!

Of course, YMMV....

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