It is a great example of how important marketing is. I see a lot of posts demonizing marketing in the electronics (and others) industry but a successful company cannot exist without good product and good marketing.
Why doesn’t Sony Hi Fi gear get much Coverage or Respect?
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It is a great example of how important marketing is. I see a lot of posts demonizing marketing in the electronics (and others) industry but a successful company cannot exist without good product and good marketing.
damacman
Resident Psycho
Agreed. In a former life, I worked for three different rep firms as a sales rep and two different manufacturers as a sales manager.
The 1st one is the the "best" one.....should have the RCA out on the back.....SCPH-1001 is the model number
wu6fiend
Well-Known Member
Lots of love for Sony ES gear from me. I have two complete ES setups, and a few miscellaneous pieces as well. All started with finding the N77ES/E77ES, cassette deck and a CD changer for sale in a vintage stereo store for $800 package price. I then started buying ES single CD players, added their last turntable PS-X555ES to the set etc. Here's a few pics of the pieces I own, captured off the net. The only issue with this old Sony ES stuff is the fact the CD lasers are long out of production, so once they go, you have a very beautiful door stop. The only other issue I had is the N77ES lights went out, but after they were replaced with LEDs, no problems. Overall, features, build quality, beauty, these ES pieces have it all. Whenever I find one for sale, I have to think long and hard (and usually buy it).
I have owned quite a few Sony ES pieces ove the years and think they offered great value for the money:
Sony ES 500 Int Amp.
Sony ES 500 Tuner
Sony ES 7 5 disc carousel:
CDP-77ES:
There were/are others I have owned as well. Always loved the cd playback on the ES series. (Images borrowed from HiFi Engine, & Ebay)
Sony ES 500 Int Amp.
Sony ES 500 TunerSony ES 7 5 disc carousel:
CDP-77ES:
There were/are others I have owned as well. Always loved the cd playback on the ES series. (Images borrowed from HiFi Engine, & Ebay)
sKiZo
Hates received: 92644 43.20°N 85.50°W
The Sony cd carousels were quite nice back before the HTPC came along. Only thing I didn't much care for was the jacket folders used for navigation - strip those out of the jewel boxes and slide them into the albums. Get a new disc, then what? I used two of the 200 cd changers here and ended up putting all the info into an Excel sheet.
Excuse me while I dig thru the archives ... (dig dig oops not that dig some more ahaa!!)
Here's a pic of one anyway - the HTPC is already in the system soaking up all the discs slowly but surely. Those CDs are still in the carousels, boxed away in storage. The jewel cases got recycled into my DVDr movie collection.
Excuse me while I dig thru the archives ... (dig dig oops not that dig some more ahaa!!)
Here's a pic of one anyway - the HTPC is already in the system soaking up all the discs slowly but surely. Those CDs are still in the carousels, boxed away in storage. The jewel cases got recycled into my DVDr movie collection.
Lucky you we’re did you find them so cheap ?I’m a huge Sony fan had one of the 1999 shelf surround stereo consoles. CD player is defunct now .
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Blue Shadow
Waiting for Vintage Gear from this century
This line of tables is made from Sony Bulk Molding Compound, SBMC, not aluminum, that is what they called it. Easy to strip the screws if over tightened when putting the bottom covers back on. Nice and heavy in the vein of the Kenwood Anit-Resonant Compression Base (ARCB) white turntables.
These Sony's are nice. I'd have one today if my brother didn't say he wanted a TT a few weeks after I picked up a PS-X7 that still had the plastic attached to the dust cover. Great looking machine.
Blue Shadow
Waiting for Vintage Gear from this century
@KentTeffeteller I recall seeing Sony at England Sound on the Strip when the new look components came out. Those seem to date from 78 but I thought I visited that place earlier than that but the salesman had a BMW 630 so it had to be after 1976. They might have just been trying out the line or just gotten it. I don't think I ever saw it there any earlier, arriving in Knoxville in 72.
My brother had a 6050 and I had a TA-2000 from new in 69/70 and I wasn't loving the new look, who likes change? They, 6800-style receivers, still look a little bit odd to me. Nice gear though.
My brother had a 6050 and I had a TA-2000 from new in 69/70 and I wasn't loving the new look, who likes change? They, 6800-style receivers, still look a little bit odd to me. Nice gear though.
slimecity
Super Member
I have a real bugbear with some Sony VFET amplifiers.
Many of those that would have been considered at the bottom of the range at the time simply had terrible "protect" circuitry" or used bias diodes that would kill the VFETs.
So you have this amazing, innovative & expensive tech, that is now obselete - but which still sounds great - and Sony didnt protect it enough. This is the case with the TA 4650, 5650 amplifiers for example. There was also a design fault with the power supply that had potential to kill the VFETs.
The higher-end models like the TA-8650 had better protect circuits, so the VFETs in those amps could well have a better chance of surviving to this day, as could the VFETs in the overall better-designed VFET Yamaha amplifiers.
So now you have a few of these amps floating around and chances are the VFETs are fried in them.
Its a crying shame is what it is.
Many of those that would have been considered at the bottom of the range at the time simply had terrible "protect" circuitry" or used bias diodes that would kill the VFETs.
So you have this amazing, innovative & expensive tech, that is now obselete - but which still sounds great - and Sony didnt protect it enough. This is the case with the TA 4650, 5650 amplifiers for example. There was also a design fault with the power supply that had potential to kill the VFETs.
The higher-end models like the TA-8650 had better protect circuits, so the VFETs in those amps could well have a better chance of surviving to this day, as could the VFETs in the overall better-designed VFET Yamaha amplifiers.
So now you have a few of these amps floating around and chances are the VFETs are fried in them.
Its a crying shame is what it is.
I actually don't know what a PS1 is (PlayStation??) but that's a beautiful receiver and a great-looking setup all 'round.
Yes @Archguy .....I use a Playstation to play my CDs. It is the first version and the sound is pretty damn good. Thank you for the compliment!!!
No luck at all, I just looked on eBay, a little patience is all that's required. The carousel player showed up not working, the seller knocked off a few bucks so only $60. It needed belts, ordered new ones online for $12, for a grand total of $72 for the 400 disc ES unit lol.
Yes @Archguy .....I use a Playstation to play my CDs. It is the first version and the sound is pretty damn good. Thank you for the compliment!!!
Ha! I didn't even know a PS could play CDs. Learn something new every day.
LOL....there is a whole group of people who use modified Playstation 1's to play their CDs. The first one,SCPH-1001, has RCA outs on the back. There is a "story" that Sony used a very good chip because they had nothing else to use for the sound on their first builds. Not sure if it is all true...and most people scoff at the idea of using a PS...but I have a few laying around so why not!!
