Announcing /r/VintageAudio's "Top 5 Components" Weekly Voting Thread (each Friday)

A post from yesterday reminded me of something the other mods and I have been talking about doing for some time now, a community sourced “Top 5 Vintage [Blank]” for various audio components to serve as the community’s official recommendations in each category.

Each Friday, beginning this Friday with turntables (one of our most popular requests), the r/VintageAudio community will be given 7 days to vote on what make/model make the cut for a given category. At the end of the 7 days the Top 5 results will be added to the community side bar, and a new Top 5 survey will begin. Today we present what those components/categories are (note, categories where tube vs solid state gang rivalries may occur will be split into two separate voting threads):

Top 5 Turntables

• Budget: $0 - $150
• Entry Level: $150 - $500
• Mid-Range: $500 - $1,000
• Upper Range: $1,000 - $2,000
• Romney: $2,000+

Top 5 Receivers (Tube and Solid State)

• Budget: $0 - $150
• Entry Level: $150 - $500
• Mid-Range: $500 - $1,000
• Upper Range: $1,000 - $2,000
• Romney: $2,000+

Top 5 Amps (Tube and Solid State)

• Budget: $0 - $150
• Entry Level: $150 - $500
• Mid-Range: $500 - $1,000
• Upper Range: $1,000 - $2,000
• Romney: $2,000+

Top 5 Pre-Amps (Tube and Solid State)

• Budget: $0 - $150
• Entry Level: $150 - $500
• Mid-Range: $500 - $1,000
• Upper Range: $1,000 - $2,000
• Romney: $2,000+

Top 5 Speakers

• Budget: $0 - $150
• Entry Level: $150 - $500
• Mid-Range: $500 - $1,000
• Upper Range: $1,000 - $2,000
• Romney: $2,000+

Top 5 Reel-to-Reel Players

• Budget: $0 - $150
• Entry Level: $150 - $500
• Mid-Range: $500 - $1,000
• Upper Range: $1,000 - $2,000
• Romney: $2,000+

Top 5 Restoration Projects

• Beginner
• Novice
• Experienced
• Advanced

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A few rules (which are more like guidelines):

• (1) Community members may make as many suggestions as they like
• (2) Please provide some sort of reasoning/review with your chosen component(s)
• (3) Community members may offer dissenting reviews, but please respect each other’s opinions

As always, please feel free to provide suggestions on how we can improve the community.