How big is your biggest Receiver? (watts)
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dly66
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With the receivers my largest claimed power is 63 wpc. Have a couple of others in the 60 wpc range so considering FTC standardization in 1974 and some manufacturers being more conservative in claims not sure which is really most powerful.
Kenwood KR-7400, Sherwood S-8900A, Onkyo TX-4500 Mk II, and Sony STR-7065. In my workroom and living room environment even my 30-35 wpc guys don't seem to be working too hard at normal listening levels. Sherwood was Ebay fix and repair (weak output) rest regional acquisitions with some issues. Sony recent acquisition for $50 needs to taken outside and blasted clean - really dirty inside and sounds like its controls are too. Only have inside pics of the Sherwood and Sony.
Kenwood KR-7400, Sherwood S-8900A, Onkyo TX-4500 Mk II, and Sony STR-7065. In my workroom and living room environment even my 30-35 wpc guys don't seem to be working too hard at normal listening levels. Sherwood was Ebay fix and repair (weak output) rest regional acquisitions with some issues. Sony recent acquisition for $50 needs to taken outside and blasted clean - really dirty inside and sounds like its controls are too. Only have inside pics of the Sherwood and Sony.
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Gotcha
Sorry, should have been more clear. The "STX 1260" one is mislabeled and looks like a typo.
Old HiFi Guy
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I have two little Sony STR-7055's. I use them as tuner/preamps for my 150wpc power amps. They have pre-outs that allow this, For some reason Sony didn't do that on my more powerful STR-V4 which is 55wpc vs the STR-7055 35wpc.
If I didn't know better, I would swear I was looking at a piece of Pioneer Elite gear.
Markoneswift
Quartz locked n ready to rock
Hmm - don't have any receivers - so my biggest amp is 20 watts I think. I have a Leak Delta 30 and a NAD 3020 - both small in numbers, but big in sounds 
Just noticed in my signature - NAD T 753. I'm not including that, because it's probably been given to someone else soon.
Just noticed in my signature - NAD T 753. I'm not including that, because it's probably been given to someone else soon.
Harvestor
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Where were those sold ?
And that must be Rare...?
They were Sold in the US and Europe.
I try to remain humble about it, but usually fail. I’ve come to find that the 1989 Fisher RS Z1 is a very very rare piece. It was Sanyo/Fisher’s last MONSTER receiver. I have never seen another working model for sale in the US, but I’ve seen a couple working models in Europe.
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Yes, they shared similar looking wooden side panels and black faceplate. That was a popular color combination for early nineties hi-end monster receivers. Sony, Pioneer, Kenwood, Denon and Technics also used wooden side panels. This was the transitional time from silver face receivers. The black and wooden receivers were now remote controlled and usually had digital inputs for the introduction of compacts disc.
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Here is an enlightening article I found about the history of vintage high powered receivers.
https://www.audioholics.com/audio-a...ivers-of-all-time/those-high-powered-pioneers
https://www.audioholics.com/audio-a...ivers-of-all-time/those-high-powered-pioneers
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tater415
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Hi harvester, I never had my tech test my Technics sa-1000. Next time I drag it down to my Tech I will have him put it on the dyno
