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Freekshow

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I picked up a jvc rx618v today for 25 smackers. Anyone have any experience with this tuner? How about jvc in general? Are they junk? I honestly don't think it sounds all that great, but it's rated at 100 wpc. don't know if that's rms or max. Can't find anything on it at all. Paired them up with my jbl decade l26's. seems like this speaker should sound better than this.
 
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I have a JVC RX-V816B at 80W RMS x3 and 20W rear.... has a good output stage on it... mainly use it to watch my DVDs and videos on, it sounds good for what it is, and have since added a Technics integrated SUV4X to do the rear speakers... would like to try their RX-DP20 (IIRC) copper clad inner frame three power transformers and a hefty power amp section 130W rms x7.... iirc it had some kind of updateable firmware ability...
 
Not familiar with your item.

JVC's Digifine stuff was quite nice. I owned a R-S33 receiver back in the 80s that was wonderful. If I run across one for cheap, I will pick it up.

I forgot about my QL-A5 TT & SK-303 speaks.
Very nice, indeed.

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JVC made some great equipment in the day. Their MOTL to TOTL stuff was pretty good. Most of their gear is under the radar.
 
I own an RX517V, Ive used it for over 15 years with only one malfunction
The volume pot snapped internally about 6 years ago
the volume pot is motorized so I was still able to turn it up and down with the remote control

it has decent frequency response, I have hooked it up to my new speakers as I removed and broke the volume pot to the point I cant use it anymore, im going to repair it though

its definitely a good purchase for 25 bucks :)
 
I bought a JVC Super A-X5 int. amp back in the late 70's and am still using it to this day. 75 w/ch and amazingly low THD (>.0005% I think). Sounds great (although vintage Marantz, Sansui and the like sound better). Never had a problem with it. Knock on wood. :music:
They can be picked up for peanuts these days.
 
I have a JVC KD-V6 cassette deck, a wonderful machine, and a QL5 turntable, also very nice. JVC made some very nice HT receivers in the 1990's that had gun metal gray front panels. You can pick those up dirt cheap.
 
I still have my QL-A75 turntable which I bought new in 1982 and still works fine. Also a RX-809V A/V receiver which I bought at a garage sale for $40, and just picked up a R-X500 receiver at Goodwill for $10, and just needed the 3 fuse lamps behind the front display replaced. 100 w/ch and sounds good. Also a 1980's vintage equalizer. Does anyone know of a website dedicated to their gear? Seems hard to find any info/specs about their stuff.
 
I used a JVC RX-818vbk, which would be similar to yours, for years before I realized vintage was better. It was something like 120w x 2, 100w x 5 and a pretty decent unit with a nice remote. It was evetually usurped by a Sansui 8080db and it is still in my storage room under a bunch of other unused components. Not bad for a mid 90's receiver, but pretty hollow sounding when compared to anything from the seventies.
 
Have to agree that the AX5 was one of JVC's best ever integrated amp...if I see one for sale today it will have to be mine. A company that built a lot of average stuff but when they tried hard they did it well. Some of their direct drive Turntables were Denon quality. on another subject I remember one Toshiba Turntable thou that really suprised me...it was a direct drive that originally came with an electro condensor cartridge and had its own switchable electro condensor circuitry built in to it...althou the cartridge had long gone this was one of the nicest decks from Japan I have ever sold...sounded like an early AR deck..nice bouncy and musical. no rhyme or reason for this...I would think maybe an accident of good product. Like the early AR did not have a bias compensator...
 
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