Joel66
Super Member
Hi all. Back in November of '17 I was in the market for a receiver. After looking and reading/researching for what seemed like "forever" (I'm not real patient sometimes), I purchased an extremely clean SX-990. I may have overpaid, or maybe not. I got it for $50 less than the asking price. Honestly, I don't really care because I absolutely love it. It sounds fantastic paired with my JBL R123 speakers. Not TOTL JBLs I know but, I like them. There's one thing I didn't know until I purchased it. I am the second owner. EDIT- I got it in the original box with original packing materials.
The tuner on this thing blows me away. I can pick up stations without an antenna that I can't pick up on my Yamaha receiver with an antenna. To me, cds even sound better on this system than on either of my Yamaha systems. It seems like you're immersed in the music instead of it just coming at you (if that makes sense). It doesn't sound sterile at all. I'll put it this way, when listening to Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison.....I feel like an inmate, not a record listener.
I had a couple moments of concern a couple of weeks after buying it. Every once in while, I would hear something that sounded like wind blowing over a microphone. Not as drastic as hearing it on the other end of a phone but, still distracting (and concerning). It happened three times but never again (knock on wood).
I can't think of anything else to say about it, other than, I don't see how I couldn't be more happy with it than I am. To @HH-Bham , @Dave1384 , @parman , and everyone else that answered my questions months ago, thank you again.
The tuner on this thing blows me away. I can pick up stations without an antenna that I can't pick up on my Yamaha receiver with an antenna. To me, cds even sound better on this system than on either of my Yamaha systems. It seems like you're immersed in the music instead of it just coming at you (if that makes sense). It doesn't sound sterile at all. I'll put it this way, when listening to Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison.....I feel like an inmate, not a record listener.
I had a couple moments of concern a couple of weeks after buying it. Every once in while, I would hear something that sounded like wind blowing over a microphone. Not as drastic as hearing it on the other end of a phone but, still distracting (and concerning). It happened three times but never again (knock on wood).
I can't think of anything else to say about it, other than, I don't see how I couldn't be more happy with it than I am. To @HH-Bham , @Dave1384 , @parman , and everyone else that answered my questions months ago, thank you again.
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