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The Pioneer "SPEC" Gear Thread!

Retro Stereo said:
If it were me, I'd go ahead and ship it to the master, EchoWars from Kansas City.



Retro
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I would love to do just that. After reading the shipping horror stories on AK, I am afraid to do that.

Also it may just be something simple since it did work briefly (not a fuse though) Of corse if I could get it to someone like Echowars, I would have him do a complete overhaul.

Hmmm I think I will PM Echowars, but I'll bet he is overwhelmed by people on AK.

I phoned Merrylander a few months ago and he said he was not crazy about working on Pioneer, but said we could work something out when he had bench space. I have not heard from him since. Merrylander is close to me, and if it were something simple, that would be the best (economy ) solution. If you see this Merrylander I am still interested.

Thanks for the help retro

Bryan
 
Retro Stereo said:
This thread is dedicated to all Pioneer owners of "SPEC" gear, in other words, it "has" to say "SPEC" on the front of the component.


Okay, I'll start us off, I have in my posession:

SPEC 1 (6 of them)
SPEC 2 (4 of them)
SPEC 4 (2 of them)

That's it!


What have "YOU" got?

Pictures of your set-up would be cool to see too.

Here's a picture of one of my SPEC driven systems:
akfest2009048.jpg


In the picture starting at the top:

Sony 32" Flat Panel TV
Music Hall 25.2 Tube DAC
Pioneer Elite DV 45A dedicated DVD player
Pioneer Elite PD-65 CD Player (I'm using it as a transport for the Music Hall DAC)
Pioneer SPEC 1
Pioneer SPEC 2

The speakers are Infinity RS 2.5s and most of the cables being used are Zebras


This system sounds absolutely awesome!




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Damn. You did have to show a pic of the RS 2.5s again. I was just beginning to sleep again at night. Oh, sorry I forgot it is a "SPEC" thread. :D
 
Bstable said:
I would love to do just that. After reading the shipping horror stories on AK, I am afraid to do that.

You're the one packing it. To be honest, I don't blame the shipping companies for destroying equipment, I blame the people that don't pack it good enough to survive a 10 story drop.

Hmmm I think I will PM Echowars, but I'll bet he is overwhelmed by people on AK.

You're right, he does have a waiting queue, and the quicker you get your name on it, the quicker it will get done.

Thanks for the help retro

No problem.

Bryan
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Retro
 
Retro Stereo said:
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It's all good. I am not putting the blame on the shipping companies either, I just do not trust a 60 lb unit in the mail. :no: ...and the cost :sigh:

I do not mind the cost to get it fixed right, I just want to exhaust the local routes first. Believe me if there were a way to get it to Echowars, that is what I would do.

Again Thank you :thmbsp:
 
Bstable said:
It's all good. I am not putting the blame on the shipping companies either, I just do not trust a 60 lb unit in the mail. :no: ...and the cost :sigh:

I do not mind the cost to get it fixed right, I just want to exhaust the local routes first. Believe me if there were a way to get it to Echowars, that is what I would do.

Again Thank you :thmbsp:
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Once again, no problem. I didn't mean to come off too harsh in my responce, but I have shipped a lot of stuff to EchoWars (several SPEC 2s) and if packed correctly, NOBODY can hurt them. :thmbsp:




Retro
 
mhilton777 said:
I am really enjoying the sound actually. I was thinking of doing a little AK bbq and vinyl listening party here in September.
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Looks like Bob Falk is having one up north in September:

http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=245422

doucanoe had one in June:

http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=228030

I had one last fall:

http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=174365&highlight=midwest+fest

Jaymanaa had one in the spring:

http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=139448&page=14&highlight=midwest+fest

And Jaymanaa is having another one in October that a bunch of us are going down to:

http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=242289

Just do a "midwest fest" search in the "Events & Happenings" forum and you can see all the previous ones that have been held.

Be careful though, you may end up with up to 50 people at your place!

:D




Retro
 
50 people sounds like a good time to me! My house isn't huge but as long as it is nice out, we can accommodate. I have several friends in the MN orchestra and had invited a few of them over a couple years ago and before I knew it we had about 75 people here from the orchestra.
 
Pioneer Spec 1
Pioneer Spec 2
Trying to get the tx-9500 2, can anybody help me find a website other than ebay and craigslist?
 
Kinda surprised there's only one PL-630 pictured in this thread. No love for the SPEC TT?:scratch2:
 
Here's Mine

It is amazing to see all the different setups, so much to take in
 

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Retro Stereo said:
I believe, and don't quote me on this, there was a SPEC 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5.





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I know it sez don't quote me... but SPEC 5 ?? Would that be like the M-73 power amp? It fits real good with the C-73 preamp (SPEC-3) and its speaker control and headphone/out. Just wondering... I cain't find a SPEC-3 and never even heard of the SPEC-5 till now.


What you know 'bout that?

:guitar:
 
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