My big Sony's

[telemike]

STR-GX10ES and STR-GX80ES

In

 

[telemike]

80ES has toroidal transformer and larger caps. 15,000 vs 12,000. 80ES has the newer Linear A circuit and runs hotter.

I like the 10ES a tad more.

 

[bigx5murf]

That GX80ES looks so similar to my GX700ES. Mine's just missing the wood panels.Do the volume knobs also have a lit indicator, and are motorized?

 

[telemike]

 

[telemike]

That GX80ES looks so similar to my GX700ES. Mine's just missing the wood panels.Do the volume knobs also have a lit indicator, and are motorized?

Motorized and a green LED indicator in knob

 

[bigx5murf]

My gx700es has red volume indicator, I had a gx40es that had a green indicator.

 

[telemike]

Really love the GX10ES, going to put the 80ES thru it's paces and see

 

[telemike]

I wonder how many 80ES's came with wood sides? Most I see for sale don't have them

 

[frahengeo]

I wonder how many 80ES's came with wood sides? Most I see for sale don't have them

As you may already know...The woodside panels typically were reserved for the TOTL in their lineup, at least in the US. So the STR-GX90ES, for example, came with the panels. The one's in your 80ES may have been taken from a 90ES.

 

[SoCal Sam]

As you may already know...The woodside panels typically were reserved for the TOTL in their lineup, at least in the US. So the STR-GX90ES, for example, came with the panels. The one's in your 80ES may have been taken from a 90ES.

Wood panels are usually found on STR-GX9ES which is second banana to the STR-GX10ES. Not sure if the panels were standard.

 

[frahengeo]

Wood panels are usually found on STR-GX9ES which is second banana to the STR-GX10ES. Not sure if the panels were standard.

Good point. I was going by my impression more than fact. One thing I'm fairly certain of is that wood sides didn't come with the BOTL ES stuff.

 

[telemike]

Well, it looks better with the wood panels even if they are from a 90.

 

[telemike]

Listening to the 80ES now. Very nice sound. It gets much hotter than the 10ES. It's psuedo class A circuit must be changing bias on transistors. It's a tad rounder and laid back too. The 10ES is more forward and engaging. Punchier?.

Probably going to keep 80ES as backup if the 10ES goes down, though I have replaced the main filter caps.

 

[telemike]

 

[rmeade]

Sony DA 9000ES

Connections Sony DA9000ES.Stock photo

• rmeade
• Jan 23, 2018

Front Sony DA9000ES.Stock photo

• rmeade
• Jan 23, 2018

 

[telemike]

Sony DA 9000ES

Connections Sony DA9000ES.Stock photo

• rmeade
• Jan 23, 2018

Front Sony DA9000ES.Stock photo

• rmeade
• Jan 23, 2018

That's a biggie!

 

[telemike]

Man, the 10ES sounds amazing.

 

[larryderouin]

That things got more connections than the Radio Room Antenna/Radio Patch panel on most U.S. Submarines!!! I'm getting a migraine looking at that panel.

 

[telemike]

That things got more connections than the Radio Room Antenna/Radio Patch panel on most U.S. Submarines!!! I'm getting a migraine looking at that panel.

I never understood the AVR designers putting all those Composite and S-Video connections on the AVR, hardly anybody used them. S-Video was rarely used. Component, DVI and HDMI are most used in the past 10 years

 

[bigx5murf]

I never understood the AVR designers putting all those Composite and S-Video connections on the AVR, hardly anybody used them. S-Video was rarely used. Component, DVI and HDMI are most used in the past 10 years

There was a short time when S-video was the most common TV output on laptops and PCs. I'm thinking late 90s maybe?