To the Technics bashers...

[Tgz]

Recent find. Love that the 55W and 0.04%THD hype sticker is still there.

 

[Tgz]

Here’s another fun cheap set I found: Z25 integrated amp and tuner. Love the remnants of late 1970s styling in a compact package. I’m also surprised how well this tuner works.

 

[RVT1K]

I've only had a few Technics products, none of them top of the line, but they all held their own against similar equipment I had from the more hyped up names.

Currently I have:

SA-222, sounds decent, well built aside from the crappy fiber board bottom panel.

SA-810, excellent sound, very nice phono stage and tuner. Looks and push button volume aside, I like it.

SL-PG100, was included with some other stuff I bought, was going to donate it without really listening to it first, glad I didn't. One of the smoothest, nicest sounding CDPs I've heard (and this includes some $$$$ transports).

RS-B78, well built, reliable, I use it to transfer cassette tapes to digital.

SL-1400 Mk II, very nice DD 'table, it gets rotated into the main system often, I like it better than the SL-1200 that I also owned.

I had a brand new SA800 when I was in HS.
I still miss the LED power meters and huge flywheel for the manual tuner.

 

[Uncle Fester]

I don't have any Technics receivers, but I've got an SL-BD20D turntable and I love it.

Also have pair of Technics SB-S407 speakers I haven't used in awhile, but I remember them sounding very nice.

 

[newenglandj]

Just finished recapping an SA-5200, seems to be a decent little receiver.

Listening to an SA-225 at the moment. It's very nice sounding, much more than most entry level receivers, especially those from the 80's.

 

[raycarr00]

Very reliable equipment. A friend worked for Matsushita before NAFTA and in the Midwest. Have a Panasonic boom box in the garage that still plays and sounds good. Cassette has crapped out,though. Hasn't been serviced since new. Would really like similar tweeters that produce that magnificent stereo effect.

 

[goodolpg]

Outside of Thrusters, which other Technics products have been bashed so much this thread was created?
Can't ask the OP, he/she's been gone for years.

 

[Nat]

I've always disliked the whiny chip on the shoulder title of this thread - exactly who are the Technics bashers?

 

[sawdust]

How could anyone bash this beauty. one of are AK members was restoring a Technics SA-1000 in need of a new case If I remember the sides were just over 1" thick I made end blocks to cover the end grain this is the Picture he posted.

 

[Skywatcher]

I've always disliked the whiny chip on the shoulder title of this thread - exactly who are the Technics bashers?

Oh there are different "brand bashers" all over the place. I pay them no mind.

 

[Dutch9600]

Sure do love my SL-23 I bought new in the 70's and my most recent turntable SL-1200 MK3. Pickup an integrated amp here recently SU-V8 from the 80's with a 105 WPC, all it needed was a good cleaning, also acquired a SA-5170 receiver, had to replace bulbs and looking for a tuning knob but sounds great.

 

[Ellington727]

Kind of strange Technics does not have its own sub forum like the "better" equipment. Anyone here put a request in to the mods? Here's my beauty. A whopping 8x4 or 20x2 watts. Drives my 4 Cerwin Vegas just fine.
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I have the same one—The SA-8000X. The sonic warmth from this thing is just buttah!

 

[Ellington727]

My SA-5270 receiver I bought from new in-box about ‘81 or so—a leftover at an old record & electronics store here in NYC (Barry’s Records on E. 23rd St) and my Marantz 5220 knockoff Technics 630T cassette deck…okay, and a Sansui Reverb Amp. I like to mix the stuff up. LOL.

Most I’ve had to do is hit ‘em with DeOxit after being stored away a few years, but they keep a’ tickin!