4 little guys with a couple of questions

[Gravelyguy]

Hi Guys,

I picked up a few low powered receivers Realistic STA 52, STA 65, Kenwood KR 3130, and an Allied 395. They are all cosmetically in good shape, a couple with some very nice wood. Most, I think, just need a good cleaning and deoxit and should be good to go.

I do have a couple of questions. Was the STA 52 a quad? I am trying to figure out the different speaker connections and selector switch and I am not quite getting it. Also what is the difference between "mag" phono in puts and "cer" phono in puts?

Thanks,

Dave

 

[mhardy6647]

STA52 isn't quad; check http://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/catalogs/1977/ page 12
It does have "Quatravox", though - artificial 4-channel (probably essentially the Hafler "Dynaquad" trick). Speakers should be straightforward. One passed through here some years back; don't remember anything tricky about it, speaker-hookup-wise.

"mag" is a standard phono input for a moving magnet (MM or "magnetic" cartridge), with a sensitivity of a couple of millivolts and an RIAA equalizer built in to the amp. The "cer" is an input for an older-style ceramic (piezoelectric) cartridge. These were commonly found on record changers in the 1950s and 1960s (e.g., many, but not all, BSR, Garrard, Collaro, and VM changers) and have a "self-equalizing" output of about 1 volt (i.e., very similar to a normal line-level component like a tuner, tape deck, or CD player).

Allied 395's not a little guy, at 50-ish (continuous) wpc. It is the same receiver as a Pioneer SX-1500T.

 

[mhardy6647]

STA-65 (original, unsuffixed version) on page 16 of http://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/catalogs/1969/
STA-65B on page 32 of http://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/catalogs/1970/
STA-65C on page 30 of http://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/catalogs/1971-c/

 

[Gravelyguy]

Thanks Mhardy for all the great info. The 395 is very heavy, I just assumed because the other three were low watts that it must be too. It has a beautiful walnut cabinet that really cleaned up nicely.

Dave

 

[HTHMAN]

I had a STA-65C which was the black faced version. Seemed to be a quite well built receiver and some said made by Hitachi. I had a bad channel in it that distorted until it warmed up for about 10-15 minutes. When it worked, it sounded quite good. I gave it away because I did not want to invest in it.