What are the other '70's little guys (receivers)?

little fellas

It's the first few watts that matter. I'll throw in for the 1000x- warm but clean. I love the smaller guys- I got an hk330i- (not as nice as the earlier 330s but still good) a Pioneer 580, an Onkyo tx20, a Yammie cr420 ( neutral and balanced) and a Marantz 1060 I've loved for about 30 years.
 
BOTL Receivers

My first receiver was a Pioneer SX-450 (15 wpc) hooked to Zenith Allegro speakers and I have nothing but fond memories of that unit. In a standard sized room it was plenty loud with very little distortion and was very solidly built to boot...
 
herbd2 said:
Lafayette LR-3500, LR-2200

Blue dials, tuners that suck signal in like a dyson and have the "sounds like tubes though I never heard tubes" sound

They are fantastic. (yes I have a 330C and 730 also. Very sweet)

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TRUTH.... I have the same two models. Wish I could confirm the OEM. Seems to be some varied opinions.
 
SpeakerLabFan said:
The Pioneer SX-424 is a sharp looking and nice sounding little receiver.

I think the Sansui 5050 is the nicest BOTL receiver I've owned and it hangs in there well with the rest of the x0x0 line. Here's a picture of my Sansui x0x0 stack with the Sansui 5050 on the top:

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I remember this stack from years ago.Am I safe in assuming you have moved on from this Sansui stack?
 
superdog said:
I remember this stack from years ago.Am I safe in assuming you have moved on from this Sansui stack?
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Ha ha, a BLAST from the past Superdog!~ We used to stumble over gear like that every weekend at random garage sales here, those were the days. I still have those terrific Sansui receivers including a mint 9090DB - packed away in the original box with the plastic sticker still on the faceplate. I rotate in and listen to Sansui gear in a basement system including an AU 20000 I used today as a preamp with a Crown amplifier, driving a pair of Carver Amazings but the main listening is on the gear in my signature.
 
SpeakerLabFan said:
Ha ha, a BLAST from the past Superdog!~ We used to stumble over gear like that every weekend at random garage sales here, those were the days. I still have those terrific Sansui receivers including a mint 9090DB - packed away in the original box with the plastic sticker still on the faceplate. I rotate in and listen to Sansui gear in a basement system including an AU 20000 I used today as a preamp with a Crown amplifier, driving a pair of Carver Amazings but the main listening is on the gear in my signature.
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Yeah those were the days.I too would find something every other week and coming here to AK to report and get info was a blast back then.Quite different now.I would have thought you moved those Sansui out as you gravitate to newer gear.Cool that you kept them.I'm partial to Sansui but have only kept my 890db out of about five Sansui I had.Just too much gear and not enough room for it all.Never heard a Sansui I didn't like.Cheers.
 
Late to the party I too second the Lafayette LR 3500. Pushing two sets of stacked epi 100's all day. Built like a tank but classy looking with real wood. Also have heard that these were outsourced by another company.
 
I couldn't be happier with my Sansui 661 receiver. Early 70s and a mere 27 watts per channel. Beautiful warm sound that I can listen too all day long.IMG_1515.JPG
 
longo said:
Late to the party I too second the Lafayette LR 3500. Pushing two sets of stacked epi 100's all day. Built like a tank but classy looking with real wood. Also have heard that these were outsourced by another company.
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Pics?
 
I just picked up my first Pioneer, a SX 680 at 30 wpc. I really like that a lower end unit has the meters. Sounds very similar to my Realistic STA 85 and Kenwood KR 4600, all around 30-35 watts. I have a modern Sony HT receiver in the living room for movies etc but for music I use the vintage 2 channel systems.

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Kenwood KR-2120
11Wpc 8Ohm, two Phono inputs, 1FET, 3 gang, 1 IC, 2,3uV FM sensibility

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On it's way to his new house, coupled with a Braun L500/1 speakers.

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I had a Realistic STA-430 that I really liked, 10 wpc.
Really strong sounding at low volume levels.

I currently have a Sherwood S7100-A (18W/ch with 2 speakers) in my bedroom that sounds really nice.
Very well constructed. The walnut veneer and cast/machined aluminum knobs give it a feel of quality.
 
I have a Pioneer Sound Project 300 with matching speakers in storage that my bro got at an Air Force exchange in Japan. Cute entry level well made black dial silver receiver.
 
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I have a Yamaha A-450 integrated amp, 30 WPC. I used it in my office for years. Connected to a pair of Advent 4002s it kicked out the jams. It's on the patio now driving my outdoor speakers. It's never been serviced but still sounds great. I need to replace the input selection lights someday.
 
I have a Sherwood S-7100A I bought new back in '73, my first stereo. It has some long and hard hours on it but still sounds great and is in use today. Never had a problem until about 2 years ago the volume pot got scratchy, not knowing at the time I almost destroyed it by cleaning. Now I have a clean control knob that doesn't operate as smoothly as it did. Self-inflicted wound! Great receiver though.

I can't believe there isn't a replacement switch/pot available to replace these with, its the only drawback to these units.
 
In another thread, 10 pages, 35 watt limit, receivers there was a list on page 10 in this post:

http://audiokarma.org/forums/index....-power-receivers.572185/page-10#post-10225285

Seems all but a dozen or so are listed.

Advent 300 X 6
Akai AA-1125
B & O Beomaster 3000-2 x 2
B & O Beomaster 900
Concept 2.5
Electrovoice 12wpc
Fisher 201
Fisher 301
Fisher 600
Harman Kardon 330 x 2
Harman Kardon 330A x 2
Harman Kardon 330B x 2
Harman Kardon 330c x 2
Harman Kardon 430 X 6
JVC RS33
Kenwood KR-3400
Kenwood KR-4070 x 3
Kenwood KR-4200
Kenwood KR-4600 X 2
Kenwood KR-5400
Kenwood KR-5600
Kenwood KR-6170
KLH 27 x 2
KLH 51/52
KLH 71
Lafayette LA-3030A
Lafayette LR-810
Luxman R-1030
Luxman R-3030
Luxman R-113
Marantz 18
Marantz 2010 x 2
Marantz 2015 x 2
Marantz 2215b
Marantz 2216 x 2
Marantz 2216b x 2
Marantz 2220
Marantz 2220b X 2
Marantz 2226B x 2
Marantz 2230 X 6
Marantz 2235
Marantz 2235B
Marantz 28
Marantz 4230
McIntosh 1500
McIntosh 1700 x 2
MCS 3207
NAD 7020 X 4
Nakamichi SR-2A
Nikko 501
Nikko 501-B
Nikko 301
Nikko 701
Nikko 3035
Nikko 5010
Onkyo TX-1500 II
Onkyo TX-2500II x 3
Optimus STA-20
Panasonic RA-6500
Philips AH-7841
Philips AH-7851
Philips AH-785
Pioneer QX4000
Pioneer SX-1500TD
Pioneer SX-3500
Pioneer SX-424 x 3
Pioneer SX-434 X 3
Pioneer SX-525
Pioneer SX-535 X 6
Pioneer SX-626 x 2
Pioneer SX-636 x 2
Pioneer SX-650
Pioneer SX-580 X 2
Pioneer SX-636
Pioneer SX-650
Pioneer SX-680
Pioneer SX-737 X 7
Pioneer SX-770
Pioneer SX-990
Quadraflex Reference 300R
Realistic ST A84
Realistic STA-100
Realistic STA-52B x 2
Realistic STA-64a
Realistic STA-65b
Realistic STA-7 x 3
Realistic STA-76 x 2
Realistic STA-78 x 2
Realistic STA-82
Realistic STA-84
Rotel RX-202 x 2
Rotel RX-402
Rotel RX-602
Sansui 1000x
Sansui 2000 x 2
Sansui 2000A
Sansui 2000X X 4
Sansui 221 x 2
Sansui 300e
Sansui 331 x 2
Sansui 350a x 3
Sansui 4000
Sansui 5050
Sansui 551
Sansui 6
Sansui 661 X 6
Sansui 800 x 3
Sansui Six X 2
Sansui G3000
Scott R-31S
Scott 320R (in bold)
Scott 382B x 2
Scott 399
Sears Audio by Fisher 143-92512700
Sherwood 7050
Sherwood 7100A x 3
Sherwood 7110a
Sherwood SEL200
Sherwood 7100
Sherwood S-7200 x 2
Sherwood S-7450 CP x 2
Sony STR-2800
Sony STR-3800
Sony STR-6045 x 2
Sony STR-6055
Sony STR-6060
Sony STR-7025
Sony STR-7045
Sony STR-7055
Sony STR-V2
Sony STR-V3
Superscope
Tandberg TR-2025
Tandberg TR-2030
Technics SA-150
Technics SA-200
Technics SA-203 x 2
Technics SA-212
Toshiba SA-300
Toshiba Sa-5000
Toshiba SA-725
Voice of Music 1404
Wintec
Yamaha CR-620
Yamaha R-300
Yamaha R-330 x 2
Zenith MC7040

They're doing it all the time...Mic drop, thanks Kobe
 
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