Who Has Vintage Pioneer Amps/Receivers?
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Shel
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I've had an SX-3700 in the bedroom for a few months and love how it looks with the lights out. I use it every night before bed, and it sounds wonderful with headphones. It's my first Pioneer and has really impressed me for such a small inexpensive 45 wpc receiver.
I just inherited a beautiful looking SX-1250 from a friend who was using it for his home theater and wants a new HDMI receiver. Sadly the right channel cuts out from time to time, even after a good cleaning of all controls with deoxit. It's going on craig's list this weekend, and I'll surprise my buddy by giving him the proceeds for a new receiver.
I just inherited a beautiful looking SX-1250 from a friend who was using it for his home theater and wants a new HDMI receiver. Sadly the right channel cuts out from time to time, even after a good cleaning of all controls with deoxit. It's going on craig's list this weekend, and I'll surprise my buddy by giving him the proceeds for a new receiver.
anthony28
Active Member
I would like to join the club!
Strait of out of it's original box is my vintage 1977 Pioneer M22 "all Class-A" power amp from their Series 20 line in Japan. It doesn't have a silver face but does have a heavy die-cast silver metal platter!:thmbsp: I have never heard a pioneer amp/power section quite like this before..... 30 watts a channel of gorious pure class-A
though it seems more like 130 watts +... I just retired my higher wattage class a/b amps & recievers after hooking this up, as it was a no brainer for me when it came to sound quality and power. Just a phenomenal HUGE sound stage like what I have heard from many higher quality tube amps, but with the added bonus of Pioneer's classic solid state tonal qualities. Such as their deep rich bass and smooth brilliant highs which I so love, just on another level. Though many preamps sound good with this, I am currently using a Pioneer SA-9500 II as a preamp(lovely pre section indeed) and a Pioneer Tx-7500 tuner which I am soon to upgrade. (I put a cd next to the amp for scale)...I would highly recommend this to any pioneer collector if you can find one of these and at a reasonable price. A real rare treat! Especially for a classic pioneer fan such as myself.. Please excuse my endless writings....as I am just super excited to have this!
Simply amazing specs! Extremely wide power bandwidth 5Hz to 100kHz, both channels driven, 0.01% THD. The frequency response is an amazing 2Hz to 150kHz, + 0dB/1 dB at 1 watt, and the signal-to-noise ratio is a high 106 dB (IHF short-circuited A network." At its full power output of 30 watts into 8 ohms, this amp had no more than 0.01% THD between 10 Hz and 30kHz!
...Oh my,....camera flash sure lets you know when it's time to dust..
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Strait of out of it's original box is my vintage 1977 Pioneer M22 "all Class-A" power amp from their Series 20 line in Japan. It doesn't have a silver face but does have a heavy die-cast silver metal platter!:thmbsp: I have never heard a pioneer amp/power section quite like this before..... 30 watts a channel of gorious pure class-A
though it seems more like 130 watts +... I just retired my higher wattage class a/b amps & recievers after hooking this up, as it was a no brainer for me when it came to sound quality and power. Just a phenomenal HUGE sound stage like what I have heard from many higher quality tube amps, but with the added bonus of Pioneer's classic solid state tonal qualities. Such as their deep rich bass and smooth brilliant highs which I so love, just on another level. Though many preamps sound good with this, I am currently using a Pioneer SA-9500 II as a preamp(lovely pre section indeed) and a Pioneer Tx-7500 tuner which I am soon to upgrade. (I put a cd next to the amp for scale)...I would highly recommend this to any pioneer collector if you can find one of these and at a reasonable price. A real rare treat! Especially for a classic pioneer fan such as myself.. Please excuse my endless writings....as I am just super excited to have this!Simply amazing specs! Extremely wide power bandwidth 5Hz to 100kHz, both channels driven, 0.01% THD. The frequency response is an amazing 2Hz to 150kHz, + 0dB/1 dB at 1 watt, and the signal-to-noise ratio is a high 106 dB (IHF short-circuited A network." At its full power output of 30 watts into 8 ohms, this amp had no more than 0.01% THD between 10 Hz and 30kHz!
...Oh my,....camera flash sure lets you know when it's time to dust..
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danj
modern primitive
Gave the 2500 to a friend but added a beautiful SX-650. Sure looks good with the room lights out.
Canon EOS 10D
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That is one sweet looking receiver from yester year. They had a classic look all their own. The SX-1980 was one beast of a receiver too. I just got a Sansui G-8000 and while not as powerful as the 1980, it is 22" wide! They definitely don't make them like that anymore.
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danj
modern primitive
Very nice. I really like the black face. Is that a European version of the SX-580?
Harvey/ Ga
Super Member
SX-3800 in the office system.
chicks
Lunatic Member
Sx-590
Not sure. It has a switch for the de-emphasis (25us/75us), but the line voltage is fixed at 120. :scratch2:
Not sure. It has a switch for the de-emphasis (25us/75us), but the line voltage is fixed at 120. :scratch2:
Jazzbolito
Active Member
Just one sx-850. Can I play too?
