I'm from México and In 2016 I was living in Houston. A neighbour threw his Pioneer SX-1280 because it didn't work anymore, but I picked it and brought it to México where I took it to an audio equipment repair store and they fixed it for 3,000 pesos, that's around 170 dollars.
Pioneer for some reason has a group of fanboys that overpay for gear. All brands made some great gear. Bad transistor or a cold solder joint. Caps are a given at this age. I prefer Yamaha CA series units.
Fanboys would be a correct descriptor for them. Even amongst Vintage receivers, Pioneer are about the worst, sonically. They are muddy in the low-end, don't have particularly good resolution, and have a a good deal of distortion. Which most people call "warmth". The best Vintage brands for sonic merit are Yamaha, Sansui and Sony. Those 3 brands stand out because they actually cared about low-distortion circuitry, transparency and a neutral tonal balance. Pioneer, not so much.
I had two 1050 receivers hooked up to four CS-99 speakers and then a 15” Velodyne subwoofer. Those old Pioneer receivers had a sort of magical sound to them especially after about 4 hours of listening when they were warmed up. I adjusted the bias and dc offset (I bought a service manual) and dioxed them too. They had sort of a “tube” like sound to them and a very immersive soundstage. Back then in 2006 they were sleepers and a near mint one could be had for about $150.00.
In 2011 I bought an SX-1250 and an SX-1980 from a deceased estate sale from original owner's widow for AU$200.00 incl original boxes, packing, manuals, brochure and purchase receipts and both looked brand new. I sold them in mid 2023 for AU$23,450.00 (US$15,261.26) the pair! Nice profit indeed and they both sounded awful!!!! LOL
Sorry, you are only partly correct. The term "rumble" had little to do with any of the many types and causes of low-frequency speaker distortions. Rumble refers to low-frequency artifact noise generated by the record-playing turntable. It is a low-frequency resonance from the pickup arm or a noisy turntable bearing. This resonance is usually in the 10-30 Hz region.
I don't have this series, but I do run an SX-838 which I like quite a bit-have that on some old KLH Model Sixes from the same era. And I have an SX-3900, the series after the SX-X80s. The Fluoroscan period. Quite powerful. Don't have that running at the moment. But when I do, I will hook up my Boston Acoustics A200s to it. Expecting good things there! (had some repairs done on the tuner section in the SX-3900). Would love to own an SX-1250! But the prices there are prohibitive!
Yeah, the issue with vintage is it all needs to be replaced inside re. the musicality, so it gets replaced with modern caps etc. so no longer vintage but for the box. Not the OG sound. Basically, a Frankenstein.
I have the SX-850 near mint that I love but rarely hook up. I have more fun with the smaller and obscure. Can't bring myself to sell anything! Got a lot of good ones!
All these morons on the Internet foaming at the mouth spending $10k - $15k on the so-called "Holy Grail" Vintage receiver - Pioneer SX-1980 are an endless source of amusement for me. I bought one of those at a used record store just 5 years ago for $250. That was ALL it was worth. lol PT Barnum was right. "There's a sucker born every minute."
I don't blame the people that sell them. It's all the idiots ( Tone-Deaf, or old Foggies with bad hearing ) who spend $12,000 for an SX-1980 that sounds like low-fi mud that I laugh at. Seriously, are these people so stupid that they don't know they can buy used High-End gear ( Threshold, Audio Research, Conrad Johnson, Mark Levinson, McIntosh, etc... ) Gear for less than half that amount and and actually HEAR the notes the musicians are putting on the record??
I'm from México and In 2016 I was living in Houston. A neighbour threw his Pioneer SX-1280 because it didn't work anymore, but I picked it and brought it to México where I took it to an audio equipment repair store and they fixed it for 3,000 pesos, that's around 170 dollars.
Pioneer for some reason has a group of fanboys that overpay for gear. All brands made some great gear. Bad transistor or a cold solder joint. Caps are a given at this age. I prefer Yamaha CA series units.
Fanboys would be a correct descriptor for them. Even amongst Vintage receivers, Pioneer are about the worst, sonically. They are muddy in the low-end, don't have particularly good resolution, and have a a good deal of distortion. Which most people call "warmth". The best Vintage brands for sonic merit are Yamaha, Sansui and Sony. Those 3 brands stand out because they actually cared about low-distortion circuitry, transparency and a neutral tonal balance. Pioneer, not so much.
I had two 1050 receivers hooked up to four CS-99 speakers and then a 15” Velodyne subwoofer. Those old Pioneer receivers had a sort of magical sound to them especially after about 4 hours of listening when they were warmed up. I adjusted the bias and dc offset (I bought a service manual) and dioxed them too. They had sort of a “tube” like sound to them and a very immersive soundstage. Back then in 2006 they were sleepers and a near mint one could be had for about $150.00.
I had one of these. No idea why people still pay so much for obsolete stuff, but to each their own.
In 2011 I bought an SX-1250 and an SX-1980 from a deceased estate sale from original owner's widow for AU$200.00 incl original boxes, packing, manuals, brochure and purchase receipts and both looked brand new. I sold them in mid 2023 for AU$23,450.00 (US$15,261.26) the pair! Nice profit indeed and they both sounded awful!!!! LOL
That low frequency speaker distortion was called "rumble" back when phonos were popular.
Sorry, you are only partly correct. The term "rumble" had little to do with any of the many types and causes of low-frequency speaker distortions.
Rumble refers to low-frequency artifact noise generated by the record-playing turntable. It is a low-frequency resonance from the pickup arm or a noisy turntable bearing.
This resonance is usually in the 10-30 Hz region.
I don't have this series, but I do run an SX-838 which I like quite a bit-have that on some old KLH Model Sixes from the same era. And I have an SX-3900, the series after the SX-X80s. The Fluoroscan period. Quite powerful.
Don't have that running at the moment. But when I do, I will hook up my Boston Acoustics A200s to it. Expecting good things there! (had some repairs done on the tuner section in the SX-3900).
Would love to own an SX-1250! But the prices there are prohibitive!
Awesome, Andy what do you use too clean the faceplate? Beautiful
Yeah, the issue with vintage is it all needs to be replaced inside re. the musicality, so it gets replaced with modern caps etc. so no longer vintage but for the box. Not the OG sound. Basically, a Frankenstein.
I have the SX-850 near mint that I love but rarely hook up. I have more fun with the smaller and obscure. Can't bring myself to sell anything! Got a lot of good ones!
can you do a repair video on the jvc cassette deck td w305 I have one that needs repair
why indeed
All these morons on the Internet foaming at the mouth spending $10k - $15k on the so-called "Holy Grail" Vintage receiver - Pioneer SX-1980 are an endless source of amusement for me. I bought one of those at a used record store just 5 years ago for $250. That was ALL it was worth. lol PT Barnum was right. "There's a sucker born every minute."
Extortion at its finest.
I don't blame the people that sell them. It's all the idiots ( Tone-Deaf, or old Foggies with bad hearing ) who spend $12,000 for an SX-1980 that sounds like low-fi mud that I laugh at. Seriously, are these people so stupid that they don't know they can buy used High-End gear ( Threshold, Audio Research, Conrad Johnson, Mark Levinson, McIntosh, etc... ) Gear for less than half that amount and and actually HEAR the notes the musicians are putting on the record??