SX-450 gets a facelift :)

[B3Nut]

I happened upon a faceplate and dial glass for my SX-450 while crusing eBay, got it for $9.99 + shipping...guess I didn't do too badly. I put before and after pics up here:

http://www.afterburnerpro.com/pioneer.html

Sure is nice to have it looking nice again...now just to find nicer end-pieces for it... (and the $$ to score a nice 950 or 1050...drool...)

TP

 

[EchoWars]

Lol! I like the 'action shot' of the 707 in rewind mode.

Cute little amp. I understand the attachment to the older gear...still have several amps I bought when in HS, 'course, they are tweaked to a gnat's ass nowadays, but I could never sell 'em.

 

[bully]

It warms my heart to see such care taken with a baby receiver. I remember when my brother got an SX-424 in 70 or 71. Hey, I have ONE of the speakers he had with that set. Oh, wait, I left it behind in my move. Oh, well.
Gosh, I also left behind the parts SX-1050. Just too much stuff.
I did bring the little cat with me.

 

[B3Nut]

Hehehe...that little receiver deserves it. It's always fired up and played whenever asked, even though spending lots of time in my basement of the old house on a shelf for months or over a year. I'd need an amp for something, and I'd fetch it, and wire it up, and away it went. It spent several years with grandparents providing music, then I got it back and it did more years doing second-system duty. And here recently when my Denon receiver crapped it stepped up to the plate yet again. And since I had accidentally broken the glass I figured it deserved to be repaired.

Sticking with 70's Rx's here on out...nothing else like 'em I'd sooner just stick with my loyal old 450 than buy one of those black plastic mass-market blobs (which would be all I could afford)...much rather have 30 watts of honey than 200 watts of manure.

BTW, the 707 was actually in play...the digicam picked a very slow shutter speed since I was avoiding the flash.

TP