Bringing back old school stereo.

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At the lake house there previous owners left a Bose surround system that the TV and Blue Ray player plays through. There is an older cheaper Sony receiver that powers the Bose speakers on the patio and the dock. I do not think that there is enough power to play them correctly. The Bose system works OK using the TV and Blue Ray but think that the built in changer is shot.

My plans are to keep the Bose system for the living area and just us it for TY and Blue Ray. The speakers outside have a switch downstairs to direct the sound to the dock or patio using light switches. My plan is using my old Kenwood KR-8050 (about 125 Watts RMS per channel) and I have a set of Allison II speakers that might go into the workshop. Somewhere I have an 8 disk changer that I can plug into the receive along with 2 phono inputs. I need to hook-up everything to make sure they still work. If they do, I need to get from the previous owner the wiring diagram for where the speaker wire is run and build a stand for all the equipment.
 
I was hoping we could see some 4 track players...

(wiring s/be pretty simple)
 
My plan is using my old Kenwood KR-8050 (about 125 Watts RMS per channel)
I've still go some of the parts of my Kenwood 55B rack stereo system and I have the pieces from a similar vintage model that my uncle had. I bought the 55B for about $1,250 the day before I went to high school in 1986. I have the amplifier system (it's a discrete control and power amp) wired to speakers that go to each of the downstairs rooms in the house, garage, and there is one set that went to the back deck that never got hooked up through an impedance matching device that lets the amplifier see an 8 ohm nominal load. There are volume controls in the wall near the entrance of each room. The speaker wire is two pairs of 14 ga stranded that is rated for in wall / ceiling use. I am thinking of changing out the electrolytic capacitors, especially in the power amp which is rated at 200 watts per channel, but I certainly would try to push that through it now. The power supply is a big linear one with a transformer that goes whomp when you turn it on.
 
My ancient pair of Bose 501 require more juice than advertised but 100 watts gets it done.
 
No highs?

No lows?

It must be Bose.
 
No highs?

No lows?

It must be Bose.
I said that for a long time when I was driving them with a smaller amp. When I doubled the wattage it’s like they were completely different speakers.
 
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