i would tend to agree although I would leave out the LP12......I'd define 'classic' as a component which has changed things or become something which people have come back to again and again. I would include:
Linn LP12
Thorens TD150
Rega Planar 3
Naim Nait
Pioneer PL12D
Pioneer A400
Rotel RCD965BX
Marantz CD52
Marantz CD63 KI-Signature
Denon TU260L
Mission 760
Mission 753
Rogers LS3/5A
KEF LS50
etc. etc.
You are disappointing. Not a Rotel RA 1062?The truly great Pioneer A-400.
That makes the original NAD 3020 the ultimate classic product.something that was so good for the money when first released that they sold thousands.....
I would agree although I never owned one...That makes the original NAD 3020 the ultimate classic product.
Bought by thousands, loved for its price and sound - still plenty in service today.
So it needs to steep for a few years longer. 😁I think some things will be, but just need to stand the test of time a little longer.
Yes, it's a classic....Not sure about classic, but QED 79 strand has got a lot to answer for.
The truly great Pioneer A-400.
Yep. The reviews of the A-400 at the time were positive. But there was so many good integrateds produced at the time in a similar price bracket. For me a classic needs to have a X-factor.Is it though? Whilst hailed as a 'giant killer' at the time it was never manufactured for a long time unlike things like Rogers LS3/5A or the LP12 . The A-400 is also available cheaply s/h these days. I'd put it in the same bracket as the various KI Marantz implementations. Competent at the time but not really a classic and now mostly forgotten.
probably why they produced the A400X .....Yep. The reviews of the A-400 at the time were positive. But there was so many good integrateds produced at the time in a similar price bracket. For me a classic needs to have a X-factor.
probably why they produced the A400X .....
And some suggest that the A300R was even better.......which wasn't as good
The A400 sits head an shoulders above the Kenwood KA3020SE, another high lauded amplifier of the time.