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Pioneer Amps, which one?

pecata35

pecata35

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Hello all Pioneers :D

I want a new(old) amp. The amps which I can find near me at reasonable price are:

A 7
A 70 (but one tone control seems to be broken so I think I'll skip it)
A 88x
SA 706
SA 708
SA 7800

I will be listening them to HPM 700
I wanna know what are your opinions on these amps? is one better than the other sound wise? which is more musical etc etc?
 
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The only one that I have personal experience with is the SA-7800. I bought one new in 1981 and it served me well for 12 years driving HPM-100 and Klipsch Heresy II speakers. It's a nice looking amp that performs very well.
 
jayvis said:
The only one that I have personal experience with is the SA-7800. I bought one new in 1981 and it served me well for 12 years driving HPM-100 and Klipsch Heresy II speakers. It's a nice looking amp that performs very well.
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Thanks, I like how this amp look. I hope I can hear it soon.
 
From mentioned ones I can vouch for SA-706. Suuuper powerful nice little Amp.! I sold it many years ago but I still do own it's little brother, SA-506. Basic model, nothing special but also extraordinary sounding Amp. for it's size and specs. All these Pioneers from that 1970's/80's era have fine sounding phono stage. Actually they sound fine all over! From the bigger models I can additionally tell you that SA-6500II, 7500II and 8500II (thre's also 9500II model but I don't have one so I can't say anything but it is superb as well, no doubt, as it is the biggest model from x500 series) are also worth considering buying. At the moment I have connected 8500II. Two little brothers are all cleaned up and stored for occasional swapping and enjoyment. IMHO those blue fluo-displays (in 708 and 7800) are nice but I am more of a VU display or no display kind of person! Hopefully you'll pick one you like best, have it overhauled and restored completely and enjoy for the next decades to come! ;-)
 
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Krešo said:
From mentioned ones I can vouch for SA-706. Suuuper powerful nice little Amp.! I sold it many years ago but I still do own it's little brother, SA-506. Basic model, nothing special but also extraordinary sounding Amp. for it's size and specs. All these Pioneers from that 1970's/80's era have fine sounding phono stage. Actually they sound fine all over! From the bigger models I can additionally tell you that SA-6500II, 7500II and 8500II (thre's also 9500II model but I don't have one so I can't say anything but it is superb as well, no doubt, as it is the biggest model from x500 series) are also worth considering buying. At the moment I have connected 8500II. Two little brothers are all cleaned up and stored for occasional swapping and enjoyment. IMHO those blue fluo-displays (in 708 and 7800) are nice but I am more of a VU display or no display kind of person! Hopefully you'll pick one you like best, have it overhauled and restored completely and enjoy for the next decades to come! ;-)
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If I can find a 8500II at reasonable price I would pick it up too but for now I can find only the mentioned above and nor the A-88x because the guy sold it
 
I would go with A88X. Too bad it is gone.
Was comparing A88X with a Luxman R117, Sansui AU-G99X powering Magnepan MGIIIa, found A88X to be my best. Got 2nd one lately but only paid 1/4 of price comparing to the first one. The only thing wrong with the 2nd one is line direct light bulb is out. So either I paid too much for the first one or good deal on 2nd one. Very funny.
also have 2 SA8100, nice as well, but a little brighter to me.
 
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