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Pioneer SA-9800

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Was this even the US version? It appears to have a voltage selector on the back.

But it is mint condition with wood case, manual and box. That's got to add something to the value. OTOH hasn't been used in 10 years.
 
Probably not but these amps are fairly scarce and you never see them with the original box and documents. And to a major collector who wants their gear as original as possible, that is a BIG deal. I prefer to buy my gear with at least the original manuals and the original box is always a great bonus, but would never have gone this high on this one. I suspect the buyer is thrilled with their purchase, albeit a little (a lot) lighter in the wallet.
 
I noticed that the outer Original packing box is brown just like my SG-9500 box is. I always wondered what the significance of the "Brown" box was over the standard white with Blue printing on it was. I've felt that it might've been a "Military Store" Version as they generally had the full world voltage selectability feature for obvious reasons.

As stated above a unit in really great cosmetic condition with all books, sales brochures and original packaging is always going to fetch TOP DOLLARS as this is the closest thing to the buying NEW experience which many of us just love.

PS. The photos in that auction listing are just deplorable I might add and could hide a multitude of sins which could be an unpleasant surprise for the eventual purchaser.
 
The SA-9800 is supposed to be 100 watts Rms into 8 Ohms.

Yes the 9900 was Pioneers highest power Integrated amp coming in at 110 watts Rms Ohms.

I will say though that the 9800 was without a doubt Pioneers classiest looking Integrated unit.
 
cnyel1967 said:
Probably not but these amps are fairly scarce and you never see them with the original box and documents. And to a major collector who wants their gear as original as possible, that is a BIG deal. I prefer to buy my gear with at least the original manuals and the original box is always a great bonus, but would never have gone this high on this one. I suspect the buyer is thrilled with their purchase, albeit a little (a lot) lighter in the wallet.
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"the buyer is thrilled with their purchase"... I'll bet the seller is even more thrilled.I can't say I ever heard one but they sure are a very nice looking amp.One of the 70s best but no I would never pay that kind of money for that amp.
 
I picked up a Pioneer SA-6800 at a garage sale for $5 in 1995. I used it as my bedroom system in a house I shared with three others during my middle life adolescence.

Fun times!

I was in a relationship at 21 and later married her, so I never got to really enjoy the 80s as a single young man.
 
The 800 series of Amps came out in the late 1970's if I recall correctly, the blue Fluroscan stuff started to come out around 1976~77 onwards and went through to about 1981, when they started bringing out their ugly Champagne gold plastic crap.
 
BilboBaggins said:
I picked up a Pioneer SA-6800 at a garage sale for $5 in 1995. I used it as my bedroom system in a house I shared with three others during my middle life adolescence.

Fun times!

I was in a relationship at 21 and later married her, so I never got to really enjoy the 80s as a single young man.
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I had a 9800 a while back, picked it up for $20 at a flea mall. Had a number of issues but sounded pleasant when it would work. Wound up selling it for parts for $900 and havent looked back since.
 
Gorgeous units for sure, but the amplifier section of the one I owned was absolutely blown away by my SX-1250. Surprisingly, the 1250 owned it in every way, clarity, separation, as well as overall output, which was no great surprise given their ratings.
 
Must admit I bought one back in around 1987 for $100 from a HiFi retailer and found when I hooked it up at home one side didn't sound right. I opened it up only to find this one had at some stage caught fire and cooked itself. From there it went straight back into it's box and back to where it came from for a full refund. Don't ever know what happened to it after that, but I can assure you that it would've been palmed off to some other unsuspecting bunny.
 
IMF_Pioneer said:
I bought one back in around 1987 for $100 from a HiFi retailer...this one had at some stage caught fire and cooked itself...it went straight back...for a full refund. I can assure you that it would've been palmed off to some other unsuspecting bunny.
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That is a quality HiFi retailer for sure.
 
That photo of the box stack will make most Pioneer owners salivate all day and night. As suggested above you should've mugged the seller. The only thing missing is "The Rack", but oh well.

Wouldn't it be good if we had a crystal ball and could tell the future and what things were going to be worth opposed to merely guessing or speculating. I suppose most of us buy for ourselves and if the price goes up ?..........then that's a bonus.

Gonna pinch that photo and keep it in my Pioneer file as you won't see another like that anytime soon. Something special about these Blue / White Pioneer boxes. It was always exciting opening one up when they were new and pulling out what was inside. I recall the shop I used to buy all my Pioneer gear from back in the late 1970's had stacks and stacks of these boxes out the back in their stock room all housing their beauties inside and everytime I bought something I was allowed out into the stock room. It was like a being a crack addict in a crack house.
 
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