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Pioneer/Realistic Stuff

Rush2112

Rush2112

It's a Pioneer...Dude
I have a SX-3700, an CT-F550 Tape Deck, Two CS-703 speakers, and a pair of Mach One speakers. Is any of it worth anything? Does Realistic equipment have any sort of following? I really like realistic stuff but havent heard people talk about them alot. I have a big reciever and a pair of optimus-50 speakers with a 12 inch woofer, a tape deck, and a turntable. Is realistic as good as Pioneer and other big brands? I know the machs are at least... I paid 90 some dollars to have those machs rebuilt and I hope they are worth something. My Pioneer CS-703's are nice except for the cabs.
 
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Thats kinda lame. 30 bucks... Still, I like it. I wish it was an 3900 with 120 watts instead of 45. Wow, I never thought about how unpowerfull that reciever is. The Realistic I got from my grandma has more power than that, 65 watts. Im preatty curious about the tape deck still though. I like how you dont really have to push the buttons, you just have to touch them.
 
Well, there's 45 and there's 45. I don't know much about the SX-3700 in particular, but even a decent 20wpc receiver can make some good noise, much less 45wpc. My SX-828 gets more than loud enough for a lot of rooms at a modest-sound 60wpc with decent speakers.

Obviously not a powerhouse, but I bet it still has some decent kick.
 
To toss in my $0.02 .... the stuff has whatever value you assign to it. If you like it, then keep it and be happy. And a note on power.... I am forced to listen at work (only) thru headphones all day. So basically 1 watt is 1 watt. But I can tell you that most of the receiver's I've gone thru in my psychotic change-out fits [an HK 330c (20wpc), SX-680 (30 wpc), SX-780 (45wpc) and finally a KR-5600 (30 wpc)] all sound a little different, mostly in the low bass and definition of highs. Usually, the more power the better the bass, even at low powers such as headphone listening. So that's the only neason here that you'd need to worry about how much power the reciever has. With efficient speakers, there are also some really good low powered receivers out there.

Find what you like. I think asthetics has a lot to do with it also (yea, we all get captivated by pretty lights and bouncing meters).
 
mswer said:
Well, there's 45 and there's 45. I don't know much about the SX-3700 in particular, but even a decent 20wpc receiver can make some good noise, much less 45wpc. My SX-828 gets more than loud enough for a lot of rooms at a modest-sound 60wpc with decent speakers.

Obviously not a powerhouse, but I bet it still has some decent kick.
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I agree. For example, I owned an NAD 2140 power amp. It was rated at 40w/ch but it would kick ass. It was quite efficient and handled music peaks wonderfully even when pushed to high levels. It was one of those amps that would fool many people into believing it had more power than it actually did. :yes:

Paul
 
How did that KR-5600 perform? I have one sitting in my basement right now. It's my test reciever. One thing I love about my 3700 is the blue meters. I think I would like more power though becuase the CS-703's I have them hooked up to want like 100 watts.
 
Don't forget speaker efficency(SPL Db/w rating)..

We have been through this before...but just because someone has some "big speakers"(say 15" 4way's or such) and a "big amp" (200+ w/ch) does NOT necessairly mean that it will outdo a lower powered amp/speaker setup.

In fact(experts feel free to add to/correct this if I am wrong), but in MANY cases-- that 200 watt setup could be BEATEN by another setup with a 50 watt/ch amp. it ALL depends on how efficent the SPEAKERS are!!

A speakers sensitivity is measured in Db/w at 1Meter. (I THINK) this means that , with 1 watt of input, a given speaker will produce a certian level of sound power, when measured a 1 meter(3 foot) from the center of the speaker, measured with an SPL meter.

So, say one speaker has an 85 DB/w rating, but another one has a 95 Db/ w rating. It would take TEN TIMES the amount of power to get the SAME amount of sound from the 85Db speaker as it would from the 95 Db speaker!! IOW-- (all else being equal), a 25 watt amp could produce AS MUCH sound from the more efficent speaker as a 250 w. amp would from the less efficent one!!

So--it is not "just about watts". A good number of people around here have systems that only produce 10 watts or les of VERY pure power, fed to some 100 Db/w speakers or even MORE efficent..and those could BEAT a LOT of 200 watt systems!! (Myself, I have a 60w/ch mosfet ssytem, feeding 4 -94 Db/w. speakers, and it can REALLY pound, when I need it to!!)
 
It's all about...

...that 1st watt....with 104 db/w/m, 5 WPC of good clean power is smokin', let alone 30 or 40....:music::music:
 
Well its not too big I thougt it was decently big. Its a STA-860, I think its rated at like 65 watts. I know its not like its massive or anything... But 65 is a preatty good number to throw around four speakers. I like it better than the 3700.
 
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