Oh I'm completely serious, I am a pretty decent rock guitarist to be honest, and this is so because I practice!!Are you guys crazy or being sarcastic?
Kevin that's the Pioneer virus acting, let me help you. Please send that unit to me ASAP, I'll take care of it properlySo I guess, yeah I'm crazy!!
Hahahahaha you Muppet!!Kevin that's the Pioneer virus acting, let me help you. Please send that unit to me ASAP, I'll take care of it properly
Hahahahaha you Muppet!!
Yes it seems to be just before clipping they do this.....not actually clipping, but running at almost full power...
Apart from that, smooth as a smooth thing can be........
Out of curiosity, what speakers were you driving?
Good info thanks kevzep, you must be making some serious noise across the ditch with your 1010 .
JBL L7's, really nice speakers, they work really well on the SX1010, although I have to say at high volumes, the Sansui G9000 does a better job, smoother top end, but the SX1010 has the "punch" in the bass department which is not as apparent on the Sansui, I have to turn the bass eq up a bit on the Sansui to get the same punch as the SX1010...
Only when I am playing the guitar with the backing tracks, I don't often "crank" it, but sometimes, when I am getting right into it, the volume creeps up...
And fair comment on the regulated supply board, a lot of receivers of this generation are the same, Sansui G9000 has a very extensive regulated board undeneath with a lot more going on than the 1010, and they have survived well...sometimes a little scorched. May not have been the engineers that put them in that position though.Getting to the question as to whether the Pioneer SX-1010 is Pioneers best engineered receiver I want bring up the problems many SX-1010 receivers experience with over heating of the power supply regulator boards.
The engineers mounted the P/S regulator board upside down allowing heat to be trapped under the circuit board and they did not install adequate heat sink or a cooling means to cool the board. It is common for these circuit boards to become discolored and eventually fail. This is poor engineering.
My SX-1010 did not fail but was very dark brown indicating overheating. It was purchased in 2007. I added additional heat sink and installed a cooling fan to suck the hot air out and allow cool ambient to replace it. A very low money cost and a little time.
The link below gives details of this fix in post 7.
My SX-1010 has worked without issues with the P/S regulator board for 11 years since the modification.
http://audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/sx-1010-mods.111648/#post-10703370
Charlie
After thinking about it for a bit, it would have to be a small fan, and where would it be blowing the air to?I like the heatsink additions but the fan, not so sure.
After thinking about it for a bit, it would have to be a small fan, and where would it be blowing the air to?
This is my concern with the fan too, I am in the Pro Audio business and work on a lot of pro amps which all obviously have fans in them, and the dust is most definitely a problem, they all sport filters, but the dust still gets in there....accumulation of dust that is drawn into the receiver.