Stevescivic
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Oh man. Do have them all hooked up? What I need is a switchboard that allows me to flip from one receiver to the next. Then I can have a legit working receiver stack.
I don’t think SaturationPT is knocking or flaming Pioneer, quite the contrary. He did say he is a collector and collecting doesn’t necessarily mean listening to them. I can relate as I have some cars that I have sat on for 20+ years that barely get any road time and that the new cars knocks the performance off of my old classic yet somehow I adore and love staring at my garage queen. SatPT is likely in that same boat with Pio gear. He’s been there done that and have played with lots of gear and he’s likely inferring that a box full of transistors is saying that they’re all the same to him in that they’re receivers and what model is better than the next is hard to quantify but that they have a common sound which is solid state sounding.
So , the hi end integrateds along with most of the sx series are below par for you? And they’re really nothing but a box of transistors and metal ? I get that you’ve moved on , but to flame a company like Pioneer over much of their product line is just wrong . I have a few of what you mention and none of them fail the sound test . The 850 is no slouch either and mine is comparable to both of my 1010’s . The 850 in my house is an electrical masterpiece .
And if you don’t care and have no intention of listening to it , why look for another 1250 ?
We’re good .they make me smile walking into the room and seeing their smiling faces, knowing that they're perfect and ready for use whenever.
the Stereo shop when I was a teen, then I can use them all.
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Here a picture of part of my collection. Far left is my newly acquired SX-950, to the right of it that brown/black color box that is obscure looking is a 1976 Technics SU-8080 integrated amp, the center is my restored SX-1050 and to the right of it is my father’s minty and apparently quite rare TOTL Sony STR-7800SD receiver.
Yes , 2.
A sx 535, 636 , 737 an 828 and a 990 .
If there really wasn't much difference between the performance of these models, then there wouldn't be much difference in price.I’ve just started a new thread seeking advice on buying my first vintage Pioneer receiver (needs to be silver face and blue lighting or backlight). Of those above is there much difference sound quality wise? In the UK there is quite a price difference between the 6xx ro 8xx and 9xx series. If there isn’t a huge amount in it sound wise (and it is to be used as an occasional system with a reel to reel and for radio) I would go all the way down to 5 or 6 series...
I’ve just started a new thread seeking advice on buying my first vintage Pioneer receiver (needs to be silver face and blue lighting or backlight). Of those above is there much difference sound quality wise? In the UK there is quite a price difference between the 6xx ro 8xx and 9xx series. If there isn’t a huge amount in it sound wise (and it is to be used as an occasional system with a reel to reel and for radio) I would go all the way down to 5 or 6 series...
I’ve just started a new thread seeking advice on buying my first vintage Pioneer receiver (needs to be silver face and blue lighting or backlight)