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3 receivers- which one would you keep?

Ninjalife27

Ninjalife27

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Hey guys, I've found myself the lucky owner of 3 great receivers, all have just been completely professionally restored. Now I'm not sure which one to keep.
The receivers are:
Pioneer sx-939
Sansui eight deluxe
Yamaha cr-1020

I was partial to the sansui but after lengthy listening sessions I'm not sure, as the all sound great and each receiver has it's unique attributes. I've compared them back to back to back, but by the time I get one uninstalled, moved and reinstall another, the sound isn't so fresh in my mind. Receivers' primary use is for vinyl listening, mated with pioneer pl-530 TT.
I'm only keeping one and selling the other 2. I really value the member's opinions on this forum- So, which receiver would you keep?
 
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I would keep all three, but if I could only keep one, it would be the Yamaha followed by the Sansui. Tough choice. Maybe it depends on what you can get for them if you have no personal preference.
 
Sansui Eight Deluxe is the best built. Second choice would be the Pioneer. The Yamaha is last because the power supply is suspect and needs updating per a service bulletin.
 
I prefer my sansui model seven to my cr-620, so I'd probably go for the sansui as far as sound goes. In the looks department I'd take the yamaha, always liked how distinctive they are. Probably do ok with all three though.
 
Wow. I just spent 45 minutes writing a fully detailed observation report on all 3 receivers and how they compare to one another, and when I hit the submit button it told me I wasn't logged in(which I was) and the entire reply is gone. I can't even begin to describe how disheartening that is :(
 
They are all completely professionally restored and you have all three of them to listen to? No one here is going to be more qualified to compare those models than you are!

If you love all of them, keep the one worth the least amount of money.
 
If you anticipate writing a very long post, do it in Word or similar, then copy and paste it in a reply window. Sometimes just going forward or backwards while having the reply window open will make the stuff you've already typed disappear. I and many others learned that the hard way. :)
 
I have no direct experience with any of those receivers so I too am interested in the observations and opinions. Nice discussion.
 
kcollins4 said:
If you anticipate writing a very long post, do it in Word or similar, then copy and paste it in a reply window. Sometimes just going forward or backwards while having the reply window open will make the stuff you've already typed disappear. I and many others learned that the hard way. :)
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Grrrrr....happened to me also. THANKS!

Ninja, if you love all three keep the one with the most resale value. My sentimental choice would be the Sansui eight deluxe......reminds me of the qualities of the Sansui 4000.
 
I'd put them each into my system and keep the one that sounds best in my environment. Personally, I've not cared for any Pioneer I've heard so probably be a choice between the Sansui and Yamaha. They are voiced differntly and it boils down to personal taste. For me, I'd probably sell all and buy another Philips and keep the change.
 
Ninjalife27 said:
Wow. I just spent 45 minutes writing a fully detailed observation report on all 3 receivers and how they compare to one another, and when I hit the submit button it told me I wasn't logged in(which I was) and the entire reply is gone. I can't even begin to describe how disheartening that is :(
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When the forum is busiest, I suspect people get logged off faster, if the technology thinks they are idle. I'm slow composing posts, and this happens to me all the time. Generally, I select and copy my posting before I hit the submit button. Then if I have to re-login, I can go to the reply box and paste what I wrote, and click submit again. If you know you're writing something involved you could use a program on you computer, like notepad, to compose the post, and then paste it in here, after verifying you're still logged in of course.
 
On your main question:

I don't know these particular receivers, but what I would do is keep my second favorite as a spare, and just sell one. What if the one you decide to keep using goes down, and you happen to be short on dough at the time. You can use the spare till you can pay for repair.
 
Okay, first the admission that I have not owned any of those models. I have, however, owned all of those brands (and still own at least one of both Pioneer and Yamaha). Given the age of the Sansui and Pioneer, I would keep the Yamaha. The levels of distortion and such are better with the Yamaha. The Pioneer is rated as the most powerful, so that might be a factor, though they are all fairly close in that regard.

http://www.thevintageknob.org/yamaha-CR-1020.html

http://www.classicaudio.com/value/pio/SX939.html

http://www.classicsansui.net/SingleDigitSeries.htm


And I will remind you of someone else's excellent post:

nickrobotron said:
They are all completely professionally restored and you have all three of them to listen to? No one here is going to be more qualified to compare those models than you are!

If you love all of them, keep the one worth the least amount of money.
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With you having them all three side by side, all recently restored, nickrobotron is absolutely right, that it is exceedingly unlikely that anyone else is going to be in a better position than you to judge their relative merits. (Now, if there is someone else here who also happens to own all three of those, recently restored, they might be able to weigh in on the matter, though to equal your position for advising you, they need to have the same speakers as you, too.) And, if you like them all equally, keeping the one worth the least amount of money is also a good idea, as you will not get much money selling it.
 
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