I just bought a coffee shop and am in the process of making it "as comfortable as home".<BR><BR>I am putting in a vintage stereo system for looks as well as some limited use and a modern large flat ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

[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 ...

Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has also worked as a high-end audio salesman, and as a record producer. Steve reviewed audio products for CNET and worked as a freelance writer for ...

If you think it’s a crime that you’ve got to shell out top dollar to get a good sounding wireless speaker system when you’ve already got a perfectly good wired stereo, Belkin has a cheap solution. For ...