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Originally Posted by sgt brad
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Boy that sure is pretty. The Pioneer SX-**50 series were the cleanest looking but the Pioneer SX-**80 series have the cool watt meters on the left side that dance with the volume, VERY TRICK in it's day. I had 5 of them (picked them up here / there over the past decade) ranging from SX-780's through SX-1080's all lovingly cleaned, de-oxed, wrapped in the basement closet, sold them all recently for what I would of thought was stupid money not too long ago.
I am looking to acquire (if Pioneer) what is considered to be the holy grail of big power receiver in the late 70's, all 80 lbs worth:
How can 30-year-old receivers sound better than new ones? | The Audiophiliac - CNET News
The Marantz 2600 is their equivalent from the heydays of the "Power Wars" in the mid to late 70's, it is on par or better than the above mentioned Pioneer. To hear on of these things set up with good speakers (I have 3 sets of these EV's:
Flagship model Electrovoice Interface D Series II - AudioKarma.org Home Audio Stereo Discussion Forums) is truly an experience.