Pioneer Champagne Amp / Tuner / TT

[AstroZon]

CL @ Raleigh, NC

http://raleigh.craigslist.org/ele/3934305816.html

I think that's an A8 integrated amp. Maybe a T-7 tuner. Not sure what model turntable but it looks like a linear tracker. Nice gear. (I'm not counting grandma's end table speakers.) A tad pricey, but it looks new.

 

[janikphoto]

That stuff normally has wear marks all over the buttons. If it really does look new in person, that's a rare thing.

 

[audiojones]

Pioneer gear from that era isn't really worth all that much, for 2 bills I imagine it'll be sitting for a long time.

 

[janikphoto]

I like the fact that the ad mentions "pro style speakers", as if those end table speakers would be used for professional sound reinforcement at a concert or in a professional recording studio as monitors!

 

[AstroZon]

Pioneer gear from that era isn't really worth all that much, for 2 bills I imagine it'll be sitting for a long time.

I think the Pioneer Champagne series gear is quite the sleeper. Yea, it began the painted plastic front panel era, but internally, it's really good stuff. It still used the large non-switching power and gain transformers of the 70s, and it incorporated some Nelson Pass power stage designs too (and Pass really knew the beyond-the-specs part of audio engineering.)

The big changes, outside appearance, were the computer controlled front panel controls and digital tuners (which shared a lot of technology with Pioneer's automotive Supertuners.) Pioneer started using toroidal transformers about this time too, although mainly in the "9" series gear.

The stuff is very musical provided it works correctly.

And yea, $200 is too much, but I'd certainly pay $100 (and drop the speakers off at Goodwill on the way home.)

 

[Hifirob2]

I think the Pioneer Champagne series gear is quite the sleeper. Yea, it began the painted plastic front panel era, but internally, it's really good stuff. It still used the large non-switching power and gain transformers of the 70s, and it incorporated some Nelson Pass power stage designs too (and Pass really knew the beyond-the-specs part of audio engineering.)

The big changes, outside appearance, were the computer controlled front panel controls and digital tuners (which shared a lot of technology with Pioneer's automotive Supertuners.) Pioneer started using toroidal transformers about this time too, although mainly in the "9" series gear.

The stuff is very musical provided it works correctly.

And yea, $200 is too much, but I'd certainly pay $100 (and drop the speakers off at Goodwill on the way home.)

I agree. I have an A8, and it's nothing to look at, but man, does it sound good. Superb phono section. Offer $130 maybe?