[Music] Hey Kevin here skylabs bringing you another video definitely going to be a fun one I thought we'd go over the most requested vintage pieces of gear uh we get a lot of requests for these year and year out this list was actually really easy to make uh I could have come up with this in my sleep and I don't think it matters if this is your first vintage stereo maybe you're a collector even a flipper this is really good information to know as if a piece is in high demand it's going to make it easier to sell and I don't think a week goes by that somebody doesn't email call or walk in the door and ask for one of these pieces of gear or to see if we have it and for anybody out there that wants to play a little game pause the video right now jot down your picks I'm going to give you seven of the most requested pieces of gear and see how close our lists are share it in the comments down below below I'd love to read through those it'd be fun and I did put these in order so number one will be the most requested and let's start with number seven and coming in at number seven we have the Sansui G Series and for this one I don't have a specific model for you um a lot of people do really just want to know if we have any of the G Series Sansui available and since the G Series does kind of cover a wide range of wattage and price maybe the most of any vintage receivers considering the g3300 is in the same group as the g3000 and you're you couldn't get any further apart with those two receivers but um usually the inquiry is I'm looking for a G Series open to anything the G Series is kind of rare when you compare it to Pioneer or morance or Yamaha even there seems to be a lot more of those out there there's not a lot of known issues with the G Series especially the earlier ones like the 3,000 5,000 7,000 9,000 I don't think there was a high failure rate which makes them rare I kind of think they maybe just didn't sell as many as Pioneer or morance and the people that have them are just hanging on to them and the early G Series is definitely my favorite series as well for Sansui especially with the receivers I like the aesthetic of them I love the sound of them I like the repairability of them I like the build quality I pretty much like everything I do have a couple trivial things that do bug me uh with the bigger units and that's the inputs and the speaker outputs are on the side but there were other manufactures that did that as well too so I see why these are in high demand I honestly think they're a little bit undervalued at least in the mid-range you know the the 3,000 5,000 the smaller units might be a little a little bit undervalued when you compare them wat toat with morance or maybe even some of the pioneers and again I don't think this is an issue whether it's your firsttime receiver you're a collector or a flipper um Sansui G Series there's a lot of people looking for those so definitely a good one to pick up for any one of those reasons and coming in at number six we've got Haron Carden mainly the 430 and 730 twin it did seem like this was more of a leaper receiver a few years ago and with the Resurgence of this hobby the audiio karma community and all the technicians out there that really do praise the 4:30 and 7:30 it makes sense that people are kind of getting Savvy to it now these are some of the best receivers from the' 70s I know the value on them is starting to creep up and I know the collectibility taken off a little bit too there's still a lot of them out there these were well built they sold a lot of them we still see them on a pretty regular basis I don't think the wells dried up yet on the Harmon cardens uh from the mid 7s especially the Twin series so and this whole list is not going to be about receivers only after this next one I do have some speakers for you as well and at number five we've got the mid to late 7s Pioneer this would be the SX 850 and above or the SX 980 or above and I really agree with the demand for these especially considering the amount of numbers they sold the quality of these pieces of equipment everything about this era of pioneer just checks all the boxes sound quality quantity sold build quality looks you name it it's all there and with this era of pioneer I really think the prices have gone up more than most the the other vintage electronics I'm shocked a lot of times when I go to Price one of these pieces of equipment because I can remember a couple years ago selling it for half the price it's so funny cuz we have people come in you know and they say must be great for you you know the price everybody's got eBay anybody can look and see what things are selling for I have to pay more for it you know it it's a wash you know it's not like the prices of vintage elonics go up and I have 10 warehouses full of vintage electronics um just waiting to go out on the floor that's not the way it works so um yeah it's great there's a big demand for this equipment it just means that I have to pay more for it uh when I buy it as well so no difference and coming in at number four for the most requested vintage electronics we hear around the shop serwin Vega we get asked about serwin Vega speakers all the time I love serwin Vegas they definitely have their place they sound great with specific styles of music I don't think they do every kind of music well you know the base on these things um it's insane the efficiency is insane and I think sirn Vega did something really well in that they filled maybe a void you know where everybody was going for flat response speakers in the upper grades of cons Tor speakers I think they realized some people just want really good loud throw you in your seat speakers and that's what they did they did an amazing job of it all the way down to the orange woofer surround I don't know anybody in the 9s that kept the grill cloths on their serwin Vegas and it's just because of that silly orange foam surround on those whiffers it just looks cool that's that's just the way it is I say orange but it was actually red when it was new it just kind of faded I think everybody remembers them as orange now what is that called um a Mandela effect and with Sirin Vega I think it really is the D the DX and the at series that are the most sought after especially if you get the Walnut finish you know these are the Quinn essential frat house rock speaker it does it better than most speakers there are a lot of people that kind of lift their nose at surn Vega it's not a refined flat laid-back speaker but sirn Vega figured out that not everybody wants that and that's what you have to remember they they they filled a void and they did it really well and I think they sold a lot of surn Vegas I bought a pair brand new in 1989 and it was a great purchase for me because at the time that was all I listened to 80s metal and hard rock that's what I listen to and certain Vegas really do seem to be on the rare side considering how many of these they sold and I do think there's a couple reasons for that one the wood finish on most of these is a vinyl wrap so they didn't take to getting dinged up or banged up very well unless they've sat in the same room for the last 40 years which most of them haven't most of them have been to college and Back Again into somebody's basement and then the Foams did rot and in the early 2000s when vintage equipment wasn't cool and you had this big huge set of surn Vegas with rotted Foams you know either they discarded the original woofer and put a Radio Shack woofer in it which we see a lot or they just threw the whole speaker away because you know they grew up and now they wanted a smaller speaker for their home theater stereo or their new lifestyle living room it happens to all of us and coming in at number three definitely one of the most requested Brands we get this is clip mainly heresies but we do get asked about corn walls quite a bit as well and the nice thing about these speakers are they were really wellmade you know we get a lot of early clips from the early 7s that are in really good shape they used really good components the woofers didn't rot Clips just made a speaker that would stand the test of time and they have there's very few issues with these if you do have issues the other Beauty with Clips is they still make those diaphragms for those tweeters and mid-ranges you can buy aftermarket crossover Network repairing a set of Clips almost anybody with a simple set of tools can handle that and I think that's why there's so many of them out there they're just working you know whether or not you're a fan of Clips I'm not the biggest fan I'm just not that big of a fan of horns we've talked about about this before I prefer the corn walls out of all the clip speakers I've heard I do like the kg series as well from the'80s or maybe it's the 9s I'm not sure the heresies I'm not the biggest fan of but they have a massive cult following there's absolutely no way there could be that much demand for a speaker that people don't like so it is purely just a taste preference there's not a lot of companies that have the longevity that Clips does by no means am I throwing in shade on that brand that that is a solid brand right there again one of the best reasons for buying a set of heresies or corn walls are really almost any Clips you can buy it try it live with it for a while there's enough demand for these that you won't have trouble selling them no problem and coming in at number two I think most of you can probably predict the last two spots this is the JBL L100 if if you've been in this hobby you know this speaker everybody wants this speaker or has owned this speaker I think this mid 70s era of JBL is absolutely outstanding from the smallest speaker to the largest speaker they just made some very very good sounding and looking sets of speakers there were a lot of Unique Designs whether it was just in the grill cloth the grill cloth color um they just put a little twist on a lot of Standards including the sound you know there there's a JBL sound out there I'm definitely a fan of JBL I like the smaller speakers from this series more than the L1 100s you know like the l16s or the L 26s the little two-ways and while these are definitely more rare they they sold a lot of L1 100s because there's still quite a bit of them out there and I think some of this Had To Do With a Little Help From Another another manufacturer Max L and with Max L putting out maybe the most iconic stereo advertisement campaign that's ever happened with the Blown Away poster I think it might have done more good for JBL than it did Max L A lot of people come in they all remember that image but a lot of people struggle with figuring out the brand behind the image I think JBL was the winner of that ad even though I don't think it ever said JBL on it and I am the proud owner of an original Max L Blown Away poster I think you might be able to see it there and people ask if it's for sale quite a bit and no it's not obviously but I'm glad to own it display it and let people see it because it is such an iconic piece of vintage stereo and advertising and like the clips heresies at the number three position um the JBL 100s are still being made today that's how much demand there is for these speakers whether they're vintage or brand new that is a cool thing about both of these sets of speakers they're not going to go down in value because they're still being marketed the JBL 100 and the clips heresy name is still being advertised today so classic speakers never going to lose value and before I talk about the number one spot there are no turntables on this list and I did think about this we just don't have a specific model that gets you know requested a lot if I were to try and guess at maybe a few that we get asked about a lot it would be like a PL 530 Pioneer Thorns TD 160 and a techniques 1200 and in the number one spot we have our last receiver maybe the most iconic receiver at least from the 70s and that is the morance 2270 and the morance 2270 really has everything going for it you know uh mid 70s morance quality looks repairability the quantity sold so there's a lot of parts there's a lot of good working units out there it just again this one checks all those boxes especially for somebody that's shopping for a vintage iconic piece you know you've got a perfect amount of Watts it's not Overkill where they're so expensive they're just Out Of Reach but there's still enough power to really power most speakers out there every time we get one of these you know I get on eBay to look at comps just to see you know what the Market's doing you know I'm I'm usually shocked considering this is a a 70 wat per Channel receiver that does not seem to be rare you know it gets the prices like it's got 125 watts per Channel when there's a product out there that is kind of legendary or maybe a Holy Grail in a sense not not in Rarity but in stature you're going to have high demand and you're going to have a high retail price and that's what it is with the morance 2270 they sound great they look great great build quality lots of them out there maybe more aftermarket parts than most receivers there's a lot of wins with the morance 2270 you won't have trouble selling it and I just don't see it going down in value ever and I really doubt at any point in the near future I'll be doing a part two to this this list I could have made this list three or four years ago and it would be exactly the same the only one is the Harmon Card and it's kind of slipping in there a little bit but besides that one these have kind of been the in demand items ever since I've been open a lot of times as a store owner you know you have to think about floor space and your floor space is worth money because it's rare you only have so much floor space so a lot of times what I will do I can leave them in the back and maybe put a not so known piece um out on the floor so that somebody can see something they might not know they want and since 99% of the time when a piece of equipment comes in you know it takes us maybe a couple months to go through get it all tuned up verify everything's okay very very very rarely does something come in the back door and go straight on the floor so a lot of times while we're waiting to service something or get it ready for the floor somebody will ask and I'll say well you know we've got one in the back I can call you when it's done for that reason a lot of times they never even end up out on the floor sometimes I actually wait a couple days and I'll put it on the floor so we can test it make sure everything's good with it before they come and pick it up cuz I don't want to just take it from the bench and hand it to the new owner you have to run them for a couple days to see if something else is going to pop up and in good news there are a lot of you out there that live outside the United States that have been 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