Nice question! Would love to hear everyones answer on this below!... There were a few pieces we kept for the store display not in this video. Including some dealer only editions. I will show them soon. In the video I'd want the G-9000 and SX-3900. Thanks for that!
Great collection guys!... Hats off to the wise individuals that saved all these for re-use! When I was 20 years old THIS would have been my idea of Heaven!!!
Wow man what a collection. Never seen so many Marantz models in one location! I feel very privileged here in New Zealand to own an SX-1250/Sansui AU20000 etc as we got very little good quality Japanese audio back in the day due to import tariffs. There's more vintage audio in the country now then there was back in the 1970's.
Marantz 2250 b has enhanced phono stage and beefed up power switch. Normal bench test 2250b is 60 watts per channel. 2250b and 2270 were the same price
One of my biggest surprises exploring the vintage world of sound is a Lafayette LA-250A. It is a tube Integrated amplifier driven by EL86 power tubes, this one was still Made in the USA. What a unique sounding integrated amp it is, it has a distinctive tube midrange bloom that is different to all the other tube receivers and amps that I own. I might start exploring Lafayette solid state receivers too!
Amazing collection! Your techs will be busy for a loooooong time. I'm sure they feel they have job security for a while. Congrats, you found a gold mine!
12:28 the above sansuis are just plain 8080db and 9090, whereas the one you are now pointing at begins with a "G", ie G-9000db. The G series is more modern.
Have you ever heard of Acculab or known as RTR? I got a pair of Acculab 440s in my basement. Paired up with a Pioneer sx750. Everything is all original. Both the speakers and the receiver is hitting almost 50 in a few years. All still rocks. There is more clarity and more bass with the Pioneer than my newer Yamaha rx v385.
I watched this with my Marantz 2265b playing in the background. Marantz are my fave. The B versions were said to have sound improvements and a balance knob instead of the slider. The tone selector is fun when dialing in mids and highs. Don’t forget that vintage wattage ratings are more than honest. A 65 w can punch up in the eighties range!
The Sony V5 and V7 just have that heavy industrial look that is a turn on for me. 150 Watts Per Channel is real monster receiver cred BUT not a boot smoker. It's the LOOK of the Sony V5 or V7 that sells the power convincingly. Just like the Sansui G-9000 it would not be the most powerful receiver in my collection but the looks of it smoke my boots!
Great Channel, love your videos. The Pioneer CTF 750 is the best auto reverse deck because it has a 4track rec and playback heads to work in both directions . Hence no Azmith problems. mine still works a treat.
I have just nine receivers and a collection of gear built around them. Since watching this channel I feel like small potatoes. If this collection is a Galaxy Class star ship. My collection of nine vintage monster receivers is barely an old shuttle-craft in compassion.
On some of the receiver's the "B" designation indicates (Dolby) but with the 2250’s it’s more of an upgrade as per my knowledge, and someone can let me know if I am wrong. The 2250B which Marantz introduced in 1976 or 1977, and was a very good mid-range receiver. I say mid-range because it’s rated at 50 watts per channel but I think many will attest to the fact that it is under rated and is perhaps closer to 70 watts per channel when fully restored and recapped.
Ya know Linny...you might want to do Vintage Viewer System of the Day and have Vintage Aficionados send in pics of their systems. Oh, and dang wouldn't you know my home town had the Best and most massive Marantz Receivers.
My Pioneer SX-780 needed a new relay and wife convinced me to put it in the garage. After her garage sale she thinks since it was not working she probably gave it away. I am looking everywhere for it now.
Hi Lenny, thank you so much for the wonderful tour of your shop. Dave’s so stoked of meeting you and of course buying the Nakamichi receiver & Technics turn table. Please let us know if you get Bose 901 speakers again. Thank you from Gulf Coast Florida.
i have a question is Fisher CA-2110 and tuner FM-2110 vorth somthing? i got one from a friend and it vas in realy good shape all stickers at side vas on to
Nice Pioneer collection you have there. However, you must be careful when you are turning-on those earlier Pioneer and many other Japanese made receivers is that you should bring the volume control all the way down before turning-on your receiver which has the power switch combined with the speaker switch as well. Failure to lower the volume can accidentally blow-out your speakers as well. Later Pioneer and other Japanese made receivers moved the power switch to a separate button from the speaker switch which eliminated this problem as well. The old Fisher receivers and amplifiers has the power switch combined with the volume switch which is also a good thing.
@@janath9118 You are very welcome my friend. This is what happens when they put the power off switch with the speaker selector switch, and if you forgot to lower your volume before turning off your receiver, and when you turn your receiver back on, and then BOOM !!! Your speakers are either DEAD or will have badly distorted sound as well. THIW's. That's why they corrected it on later models of receivers with a separate power button instead. Have a nice evening.
@@robertko5425 Sorry about the delay to reply. My friend, yes, you are exactly correct about that! If they had put the power switch together with the speaker selector switch, that terrible thing of blowing the speakers could have happened, if anybody had accidently left the volume controller at a high position. This problem could have been avoided if these manufacturers had been more sensible in designing power switches and speaker selector switches separately. Thank you very much for sharing this information! Have a nice day!
@@janath9118 You're welcome my friend, and enjoy your 247th 4th of July as well. My friends had that happen to them many, many times as well, with roasted voice coils, blown tweeters and midranges, which smelled like pork ribs on the grille on your barbeque cooker in your backyard. After 1976 they removed the power off function from the speaker selector switch, and placed a separate button for the power control instead, which itself was very helpful as well.
With all of those speakers, you can essentially re-build the Grateful Dead's famous "WALL OF SOUND" System that was developed by their soundman Dan Healy back in 1972.
I used to have a Yamaha 3020. If I recall correctly, it had a potentiometer for muting in the tuner. It's not something you see on most vintage receivers.
That Sherwood S7910 is a Phenomenal sounding and built Receiver. It’s not the biggest of that series though. The S9910 is. Hook it up and check out how it sounds. I believe it’s 60 or 70 watts. The S9910 is 120. I’ve made comments to your channel in the past about these highly under the radar receivers. Also the HP 1000 and 2000 Integrated Amps are in this series. The last of the great ones they made
I would love to know the precious owners story and how he came to amass such a collection of mint, perfectly maintained, heaven of holy grail stereo equipment. I mean, it's almost hard to concept, but lovely to look at and hear some of the info on these pieces.
awesome collection & great video.. but unfortunately I just saw the asking prices and way out of FV $ range and out of my affordability. That said, good luck w/sales
Like to see some of your champion series if you have any like the pioneer sx 8 receiver the pioneer pl88f turntable had those back in the day paired up with some hpm 100s
This video is EPIC !! You are something else. You bought this museum and took it home. WOW. (Ok, when you said this amplifier has a FOX wooden cabinet you made my day. Thank you !! You’re great. 🤣)
Crazy Lenny- You so crazy! Don’t you remember your video on the 2220B from 3yrs ago. So much content, so crazy how you forget. The “B” usually meant added features/upgrades to the original. If you plan on doing a subscriber vintage setup review, I’ll be glad to share my 2220B in the showcase :-) Maybe I can sneak in a Pioneer RG Dynamic Processor w/o the wife noticing beforehand. Any in stock?
@@LennyFlorentine I'll add onto this comment, because it's the first one I saw that was completely correct -- the "SQ Full Logic" mode was the extra mode on that dial that the 949A added over the plain 949. I had five or six of these over the years, plus one plain 949. The 949A was definitely better; that SQ Full Logic mode sounded much better and was easily the best quadraphonic sound I heard in any of the numerous Pioneer and Sansui quads I tried over the years. It sounded as good as, or better than, any other surround sound I heard, including the '90s Dolby Pro Logic, up until I finally got a DTS receiver that actually supported digitally-encoded true separate channels for each surround channel. The SQ Full Logic on the 949A was literally decades ahead of anything else. Another great thing about those receivers is that they could drive all eight speakers at full power simultaneously, even if you switched it to stereo mode so the back speakers were getting the same signal and putting out the same power/volume as the front channels. I put a lot of large 4-ohm car speakers on them as well as large 8-ohm home speakers, and this receiver didn't care; it could drive them loud and hard all day long without overheating and burning itself up. This is a true powerhouse. Even though it's rated for "only" 40W/channel or so, that was on the old rating system, which (as I understand it) changed in the late '70s or early '80s so that output was measured at the amplifiers inside the receiver rather than actual output to the speakers, or something like that. At any rate, my "measly" 40W/channel would kick the butts of any 100 or 150W/channel "modern" receiver that dared take it on. (When I was in college, many tried, and they all failed. Several overheated driving smaller 8-ohm speakers and not putting out nearly as much volume or bass as my 949A. It never, ever lost a stereo battle.) So I used QX-949As as my main receivers for over two decades. Mine finally developed enough age-related problems (noise in the dials, some channels not working reliably because of the dials, and a couple I bought that already had non-functioning channels for one reason or another) that I replaced them with more modern equipment. But when I did so, I had to custom-build my own setup for even more power (using plate amps and car amps), because I just couldn't bear to downgrade. Let me tell ya, it takes a _lot_ to outdo these monsters! If you have on in good shape, it's a fantastic receiver.
I spotted an integrated pioneer my dad had in Europe. No meters but we also had a rotel equalizer and an Akai with a big tape and a cassette deck from pioneer but instead of blue meters they were green. Maybe a later model. After that my dad swayed to technics stuff. I remember that he was setting up a stereo system with back channels with technics. He just tried it but it wasn't a permanent thing.
Epicmarioplush stories Pardon me, but do you mean green meters or green dial?? Green (illuminated) dial receivers came to the market prior to the blue dial ones.
Do you know Todd Emslie, in Sydney Australia? I'm sure he would like a list of all the tuners, since he is an expert at TV and FM DX reception. Some of those older rigs are well-known and loved.
the CT-F750 was the best auto-reverse ever made i got a deck like this in 1984 from a german guy, the CT-F1250 is one of the best decks ever made ,if working properly you would test it against the dragon from Nakamichi being 3 years older, it´s better in all that concerns with sound, and still works today a dragon with only less 3 years would never work all these years without being seen by a good technician and thousands of € in the repair , the pioneer ,it´s regular maintenance and no problem with 44 years old, the equalizers with plastic keys is from early 80´s the one with metal long controls for each frequency was sold between 76 and 79, everybody prefers the aluminium controls against the plastic with lights. I discover that my old tube amplifier is a dynaco. My amplification system from the 70´s or 1976 is a spec-1 and spec-2
also have a room filled with components in shelfs not only from pioneer but from several brands some better some as good as, and from years to years one of my systems is changed ,what i have is because i like the sound so i have to put them to use
Hello, I need help to facilitate my choice of four products that I found in a private home, Pioneer SX850, Pioneer SX636, Marantz 2230 and the Kenwood KR5200, I want to put a beautiful tuner amplifier in my living room, for using various smart phones...etc, and I want to choose good sound, easy maintenance, the beauty of the object and a long-lasting value, that's it...thanks in advance
I haven't seen the Kenwood I have this thing is bigger than anything I seen and I have a quad pioneer I didn't see it's huge..do you have the Marantz quad didn't see it
Was there a mention of a dollar amount? I'd love to know...Price for individual items?The average price being the important number. I have a number, .. Still this is utter madness. I've not seen anything like this since I was in Tottenham Court Road in 1978. Truly an extraordinary thing.
Not alot of this great hifi now left in the UK. i had to import my RT 909 from Florida 10 years ago. Cost 250 dollars. now worth 2500. Love it but unfortunately is 115 volts. so needs a transformer. Love to know how much you paid for the big collection. Cheers.
Fader Like Volume Controls are Called Linear Taper Round Volume Pots are Called Audio Taper Now This Was a Sound Mixing Board Application With Respect To E.Q. Using Linear Taper as Opposed To Audio Taper For a Parametric E.Q. With Linear Taper The Audio Engineer Can See at a Glance The Sign Wave or Audio Wave With a Linear Taper or Faders With a Audio Taper or Pot In a Parametric E.Q. At a Glance The Audio Engineer Can Not See The Sign Wave So When Mixing Boards Where Designed So That Pots or Audio Taper Would Be Clocked at 12 O’Clock and Linear Taper Faders Can Be Seen at a Glance Then Stereo Companies Started To Incorporate The Pro/Audio Aesthetic Into The Home Audio Realm….Into The Equation
Back in the day I had a pioneer system I don't know the name or model number but it glowed blue and it had an alarm clock that'd turn the stereo on to wake you up
@@LennyFlorentine was all silver and thin components my favorite stereo i like yamaha but I'm a pioneer lover bose lover have 901'S no eq though I'm hooking them up to a yamaha receiver with pre Amp will this be okay with that two 200w technics and 100w sub woofer yamaha and a 160w technics center speaker I have other speakers as well another set of technics 200w and a set of Baltic 100w book shelf speakers
Blue meters - fluroscan series. Sansui never liscenced Heil air motion tweeter technology. So no AMT's. Also, Kabuki is the name for the shallow box multi driver Japanese speakers.
The line that Sherwood S7910 came from was their best and I have one of them as my reference vintage receiver. To me they sound as good or better than any vintage stereo I ever had including Marantz and Sansui. I have the S9910 which is their biggest and most powerful. Has a 4 speaker mode called ARS that gives a stereo surround mode (Not Quad) but fills room very evenly with music without overpowering the front MainStage. Hook it up and let me know what you think.
@@LennyFlorentine and I missed meeting you at my friend’s Vintage Audio Store when you were in town for Axpona. I had just finished painting that room you guys did the video in a week before. I just launched a TH-cam channel myself called vintagejbl. Keep in touch
Hi there, I really enjoy all your clips as I am big fanatic of old marantz, Pioneer, Sansui and Yamaha receivers. How come I've never seen marantz MR250L in any of collections or in your store, and what does "L" stand for? I own 250L, with HPM 100 speakers and Sony TC-765 reel to reel. Keep up excellent work and if I ever get from South Africa to Baltimore I'll definitely come and see your shop.
I am actually from former Yugoslavia but living in Johannesburg since 1993. That MR250L was actually present from my late father when I was only 11 (I'm 54 now) so I have it from new.
those yamha recivers are incredible good i left one go to other house but till today i never saw other from second half of the 70´s, the sherwood receiver was considered a very good one also the price was high at the time, Sony was an average brand but in the 80´s it become very bad ,instead of spending money on the components they spend it in the publicity all over the world
Beautiful collection Lenny! However, what condition is each of the receivers in? Are they all checked and tested for any faulty electronics/capacitors/transistors, etc? These are all pushing a half-century old, in some cases, older.
You can rest assured nothing you see will grace the Just Audio sales floor until it has been refreshed in a manner that addresses all known issues. Generally not a full recap because no business can recap everything in ways that are cost effective, However Just Audio technicians have been in the business of restoring vintage audio long enough to know which issues, capacitors, resistors, diodes, integrated circuits and other electronics components fail most often. EXAMPLE: Just Audio restored my Hitachi SR-2004 to working order four years ago but I just had one of its Integrated circuits die. While in service I'm having my Hitachi's main filter caps replaced. Loving Vintage audio is challenging and not for the faint of heart! I don't speak for Just Audio. I am just an old Just Audio Customer who has transacted about $20,000 of business with them when you add vintage audio repairs, sales, and consignments to the mix. When I bring in working well cared for vintage audio pieces for consignment Just Audio never just puts them on the sales floor. Nope Just Audio technicians look over everything and fixes anything broken or that they think might soon fail. Better than that Just Audio often replaces tired old speaker connectors with Banana Plug connectors. Sometimes old tired incandescent bulbs are replaced with LED's. Add a resistor here or a diode there and LED's can be made to closely approximate incandescent warmth! I say this just because they have some sweet, sweet vintage audio gear on this video. If you see something you like buy at ShopJustAudio.com with confidence because it's all looked at, repaired and upgraded before being offered for sale. Yes Just Audio is more expensive then auction site's or thrift stores but in vintage audio you get what you pay for.
No Capacitors are made to last 50 years! I would be the happiest tech in the world if I had to test a mountain of vintage hifi like that. Just leave me in a workshop with those, a coffee machine, and leave me alone:)
@Just Audio Hi Lenny! They are beautiful units, and I would actually consider buying the Sansui 9090 you have for sale (I own an all original/unrestored Sansui 5050 that is fantastic). My only concern as a customer, is that if the unit was to develop an issue in the future, is finding in my area, BOTH a very competent electronics tech, and one who is willing to work on that specific unit. I had one, who repaired my 5050 in 2017, but has since retired.
I'm totally amazed and I see that Pioneer 1980 popped up wow I can't imagine what all this cost 😳 but the profit will be amazing I wonder if you will be willing to part with that other pioneer 1980 you were working on 🤔 last year or possibly a trade!!!
26:35. SO JOE HERE. ON A COUPLE OF THOSE LOWER MODELS YOU NEED TO PART THEM OUT. BECAUSE YOU JUST SAID YOU CAN'T GET KNOBS FOR THEM. SO YOU HAVE SO MANY THERE PART THEM OUT SO YOU HAVE PARTS
Great collection. Enjoying your travel videos. Let me know when you make it our to So Cal. I have a small collection compared to this, but around 100 units that I have fixed/restored. Couple notes on this video: Pretty sure the Marantz 2440 is not a receiver. Its a quad amp that takes an encoded 2 channel signal and processes it into 4-channel. I wonder if any of the Marantz quad units include the plug in decoder (hard to find) On the Pioneer sx-780. You often say it's one of your favorites - is this because of the look vs. sound? The reason I ask is that the 780 utilizes STK-0050 outputs which sound good, but are known to fail due to heat issues when driven hard (or just get old.) I think you have a video on upgrading this unit to discrete component boards? I'm doing this on an Optonica SA-5406 right now (surprising exterior build quality BTW) The Marantz "B" has always confused me as well. Often these models have a reputation for not sounding as good as the non "B'' but the specs on paper appear to be better. I look forward to hearing from others on this as well. Keep up the good work!
i never saw a receiver from pioneer sound bad from the 60´s till the end of the 70´s ,all that came after is cheaply built . maybe the weather in your region as to much humidity in the air, i sometimes conect receivers that are not used since late 80´s and work perfect when needing to repair a more recent amplifier from the 90´s, and i have also pioneer receiver that with 4 speakers have the matrix 4 option and in the brochure from 72 to 74 says ,the best surround you can get, the quadrofonic systems were sold but the material needed for them to work was never available like sources of sound with 4 channels or cartridges with four outputs or even records to be played in those cartridges and stylus, there are a few but not available if one wants to try the system
HELLO! JUST SEEN ANOTHER VIDEO, I HAD ASK BEFORE IF ANY OF THE RECIEVERS ARE FOR SALE! ALSO IN THIS VIDEO YOU MENTION TAKING THESE RECIEVERS PURCHASE BACK TO YOUR STORE IN BALTIMORE! CAN YOU SEND ME BACK INFO! IF YOU HAVE A STORE!
Lenny , if you could keep only 2 pieces what would they be ?
Nice question! Would love to hear everyones answer on this below!...
There were a few pieces we kept for the store display not in this video. Including some dealer only editions. I will show them soon.
In the video I'd want the G-9000 and SX-3900. Thanks for that!
@JustAudioHiFi I'd keep the marantz 2330 and the sansui 9090 . Though I still love my pioneer sa 9500 mk2 and my pioneer sx9000 .
4 pieces. LOL!
@@LennyFlorentine I'd keep the Sony STR V7, I'd keep the Sansui G-9000!
@@LennyFlorentine I'm a bit of an FM DXer, so I would take receivers that have a wide / narrow IF band switch.
Great collection guys!... Hats off to the wise individuals that saved all these for re-use! When I was 20 years old THIS would have been my idea of Heaven!!!
THIS COLLECTION IS INSANE
$1.5 Million worth of vintage gear ! What a find !
LOL!
Congrats Lenny, Some very nice Gear you are becoming the biggest vintage dealer in the area maybe the country !!
Wow man what a collection. Never seen so many Marantz models in one location! I feel very privileged here in New Zealand to own an SX-1250/Sansui AU20000 etc as we got very little good quality Japanese audio back in the day due to import tariffs. There's more vintage audio in the country now then there was back in the 1970's.
Marantz 2250 b has enhanced phono stage and beefed up power switch. Normal bench test 2250b is 60 watts per channel. 2250b and 2270 were the same price
One of my biggest surprises exploring the vintage world of sound is a Lafayette LA-250A. It is a tube Integrated amplifier driven by EL86 power tubes, this one was still Made in the USA.
What a unique sounding integrated amp it is, it has a distinctive tube midrange bloom that is different to all the other tube receivers and amps that I own.
I might start exploring Lafayette solid state receivers too!
Amazing collection! Your techs will be busy for a loooooong time. I'm sure they feel they have job security for a while. Congrats, you found a gold mine!
12:28 the above sansuis are just plain 8080db and 9090, whereas the one you are now pointing at begins with a "G", ie G-9000db. The G series is more modern.
3:12 The 850 is also a 3-head deck. I had it back in the day, and I own it again now.
Have you ever heard of Acculab or known as RTR? I got a pair of Acculab 440s in my basement. Paired up with a Pioneer sx750. Everything is all original. Both the speakers and the receiver is hitting almost 50 in a few years. All still rocks. There is more clarity and more bass with the Pioneer than my newer Yamaha rx v385.
I watched this with my Marantz 2265b playing in the background. Marantz are my fave. The B versions were said to have sound improvements and a balance knob instead of the slider. The tone selector is fun when dialing in mids and highs. Don’t forget that vintage wattage ratings are more than honest. A 65 w can punch up in the eighties range!
WOW once in a life time amazing
Who owned all this from San Antonio? Maybe they deserve a video.
See more of his collection here... th-cam.com/video/Ehn6NSfpwEs/w-d-xo.html
Saw it on craigslist for a while
So cool. The Sony Str V5 through V7 are a great find. My V5 is my favorite of my old pieces😊
The Sony V5 and V7 just have that heavy industrial look that is a turn on for me. 150 Watts Per Channel is real monster receiver cred BUT not a boot smoker. It's the LOOK of the Sony V5 or V7 that sells the power convincingly. Just like the Sansui G-9000 it would not be the most powerful receiver in my collection but the looks of it smoke my boots!
Great Channel, love your videos. The Pioneer CTF 750 is the best auto reverse deck because it has a 4track rec and playback heads to work in both directions . Hence no Azmith problems. mine still works a treat.
doublebass5y I am afraid that auto reverse cassette decks tend to give alignment troubles with time.
👍🏻😎 At least I don't feel like a such a gear hoarder anymore after seeing this massive collection. Congrats on the score.
I have just nine receivers and a collection of gear built around them. Since watching this channel I feel like small potatoes. If this collection is a Galaxy Class star ship. My collection of nine vintage monster receivers is barely an old shuttle-craft in compassion.
You sure know how to make a man envious 😂
Wooww!..very nice vintage collection hi fi audio. I really like vintage stereo integra amplifiers👍
XD i had the CS-99A man they sounded good too, awesome for old school rock
I like the marantz 2330. And pioneer sx1010. They sound very nice to my ears. But they all sound great !!
Horn tweeters are not "air motion".
wow, a little bit of everything
Really nice set up !!
another banger thanks man!
On some of the receiver's the "B" designation indicates (Dolby) but with the 2250’s it’s more of an upgrade as per my knowledge, and someone can let me know if I am wrong. The 2250B which Marantz introduced in 1976 or 1977, and was a very good mid-range receiver. I say mid-range because it’s rated at 50 watts per channel but I think many will attest to the fact that it is under rated and is perhaps closer to 70 watts per channel when fully restored and recapped.
Ya know Linny...you might want to do Vintage Viewer System of the Day and have Vintage Aficionados send in pics of their systems. Oh, and dang wouldn't you know my home town had the Best and most massive Marantz Receivers.
My Pioneer SX-780 needed a new relay and wife convinced me to put it in the garage. After her garage sale she thinks since it was not working she probably gave it away. I am looking everywhere for it now.
what a haul!!! this definitely makes a dang-big draw to come to Baltimore for some very early self-christmas shopping!
I remember looking at a lot of this stuff at Stereo Discounters back in the day people think I'm nuts I only have like 5 or 6 vintage receivers hehe
Stereo Discounters! Love that what a pair shirt!
That’s was truly awesome. All of them looked like they were really decent shape too.
Hi Lenny, thank you so much for the wonderful tour of your shop. Dave’s so stoked of meeting you and of course buying the Nakamichi receiver & Technics turn table. Please let us know if you get Bose 901 speakers again. Thank you from Gulf Coast Florida.
It was great meeting you all! Thanks for coming by!!
i have a question is Fisher CA-2110 and tuner FM-2110 vorth somthing? i got one from a friend and it vas in realy good shape all stickers at side vas on to
Nice Pioneer collection you have there. However, you must be careful when you are turning-on those earlier Pioneer and many other Japanese made receivers is that you should bring the volume control all the way down before turning-on your receiver which has the power switch combined with the speaker switch as well. Failure to lower the volume can accidentally blow-out your speakers as well. Later Pioneer and other Japanese made receivers moved the power switch to a separate button from the speaker switch which eliminated this problem as well. The old Fisher receivers and amplifiers has the power switch combined with the volume switch which is also a good thing.
Thanks for this information!
@@janath9118 You are very welcome my friend. This is what happens when they put the power off switch with the speaker selector switch, and if you forgot to lower your volume before turning off your receiver, and when you turn your receiver back on, and then BOOM !!! Your speakers are either DEAD or will have badly distorted sound as well. THIW's. That's why they corrected it on later models of receivers with a separate power button instead. Have a nice evening.
@@robertko5425 Sorry about the delay to reply. My friend, yes, you are exactly correct about that! If they had put the power switch together with the speaker selector switch, that terrible thing of blowing the speakers could have happened, if anybody had accidently left the volume controller at a high position. This problem could have been avoided if these manufacturers had been more sensible in designing power switches and speaker selector switches separately.
Thank you very much for sharing this information! Have a nice day!
@@janath9118 You're welcome my friend, and enjoy your 247th 4th of July as well. My friends had that happen to them many, many times as well, with roasted voice coils, blown tweeters and midranges, which smelled like pork ribs on the grille on your barbeque cooker in your backyard. After 1976 they removed the power off function from the speaker selector switch, and placed a separate button for the power control instead, which itself was very helpful as well.
With all of those speakers, you can essentially re-build the Grateful Dead's famous "WALL OF SOUND" System that was developed by their soundman Dan Healy back in 1972.
I saw this on craigslist in Austin! Thank you for sharing!
You need more soviet made High End Hifi!
I used to have a Yamaha 3020. If I recall correctly, it had a potentiometer for muting in the tuner. It's not something you see on most vintage receivers.
I have one and it does indeed have a pot for the muting. Pretty interesting.
That's a completely crazy collection but I love it!
It really is!
That's the most impressive Marantz collection I've ever seen. I'm assuming the entire collection is worth close to six figures.
that was a cool find...sending love and peace to everyone...
What are your intentions? I'm interested in either the big Sansui or the big Sony.
Will all be available at ShopJustAudio.com
I have a mint Pioneer 949A. The 949A came out about a year after the 949. The main difference is it has SQ Logic. The 949 had plain SQ.
That Sherwood S7910 is a Phenomenal sounding and built Receiver. It’s not the biggest of that series though. The S9910 is. Hook it up and check out how it sounds. I believe it’s 60 or 70 watts. The S9910 is 120. I’ve made comments to your channel in the past about these highly under the radar receivers. Also the HP 1000 and 2000 Integrated Amps are in this series. The last of the great ones they made
I would love to know the precious owners story and how he came to amass such a collection of mint, perfectly maintained, heaven of holy grail stereo equipment. I mean, it's almost hard to concept, but lovely to look at and hear some of the info on these pieces.
What do you think of the Onkyo M-504 amplifier! Or the M-508 Grand Integra?
Those are great! The look alone is worth it!
My favorite meters were on my Aiwa 6800 with both peak and average needles on each meter
Awesome collection ever!!
What a collection man. Love it. It's a treasure ❤❤❤. Mandeep New Delhi India
Thanks, Mandeep!
Did you buy it or did you pull it in on consignment? IOW did you shell out the cash to the owner of the collection?
awesome collection & great video.. but unfortunately I just saw the asking prices and way out of FV $ range and out of my affordability. That said, good luck w/sales
That Pioneer deck controls soo good and expensive ...no one is making that these days
Like to see some of your champion series if you have any like the pioneer sx 8 receiver the pioneer pl88f turntable had those back in the day paired up with some hpm 100s
What a collection!!
Thank you!
I had the Pioneer CTF 900 and it was a great deck!
That’s so cool!!!
This video is EPIC !! You are something else. You bought this museum and took it home. WOW.
(Ok, when you said this amplifier has a FOX wooden cabinet you made my day. Thank you !! You’re great. 🤣)
Thank you!!
I'm drooling, damn! Vintage silver plate sucker here
I STILL HAVE MY TECHNICS SA 1000 IF YOU WANT TO COME BY TO TAKE A LOOK AND DO SOME SOUNDS TESTING.
Difference between 2265 sliding balance vs 2265B Left and right knob nice presentation
Great collection, so many memories. President call you much on those red phones?
He doesn't remember how to use a phone 🤣
@@LennyFlorentine LMAO...
Crazy Lenny- You so crazy! Don’t you remember your video on the 2220B from 3yrs ago. So much content, so crazy how you forget. The “B” usually meant added features/upgrades to the original. If you plan on doing a subscriber vintage setup review, I’ll be glad to share my 2220B in the showcase :-) Maybe I can sneak in a Pioneer RG Dynamic Processor w/o the wife noticing beforehand. Any in stock?
Haha that was a classic video! There are some RG's in this collection, check out the list here... shopjustaudio.com/pages/hificollection
The difference between the Pioneer QX-949 and 949A is in the SQ decoder. The 949A had full logic SQ; the 949 doesn't.
Nice, I was wondering
@@LennyFlorentine I'll add onto this comment, because it's the first one I saw that was completely correct -- the "SQ Full Logic" mode was the extra mode on that dial that the 949A added over the plain 949.
I had five or six of these over the years, plus one plain 949. The 949A was definitely better; that SQ Full Logic mode sounded much better and was easily the best quadraphonic sound I heard in any of the numerous Pioneer and Sansui quads I tried over the years. It sounded as good as, or better than, any other surround sound I heard, including the '90s Dolby Pro Logic, up until I finally got a DTS receiver that actually supported digitally-encoded true separate channels for each surround channel. The SQ Full Logic on the 949A was literally decades ahead of anything else.
Another great thing about those receivers is that they could drive all eight speakers at full power simultaneously, even if you switched it to stereo mode so the back speakers were getting the same signal and putting out the same power/volume as the front channels. I put a lot of large 4-ohm car speakers on them as well as large 8-ohm home speakers, and this receiver didn't care; it could drive them loud and hard all day long without overheating and burning itself up. This is a true powerhouse. Even though it's rated for "only" 40W/channel or so, that was on the old rating system, which (as I understand it) changed in the late '70s or early '80s so that output was measured at the amplifiers inside the receiver rather than actual output to the speakers, or something like that. At any rate, my "measly" 40W/channel would kick the butts of any 100 or 150W/channel "modern" receiver that dared take it on. (When I was in college, many tried, and they all failed. Several overheated driving smaller 8-ohm speakers and not putting out nearly as much volume or bass as my 949A. It never, ever lost a stereo battle.)
So I used QX-949As as my main receivers for over two decades. Mine finally developed enough age-related problems (noise in the dials, some channels not working reliably because of the dials, and a couple I bought that already had non-functioning channels for one reason or another) that I replaced them with more modern equipment. But when I did so, I had to custom-build my own setup for even more power (using plate amps and car amps), because I just couldn't bear to downgrade. Let me tell ya, it takes a _lot_ to outdo these monsters! If you have on in good shape, it's a fantastic receiver.
I spotted an integrated pioneer my dad had in Europe. No meters but we also had a rotel equalizer and an Akai with a big tape and a cassette deck from pioneer but instead of blue meters they were green. Maybe a later model. After that my dad swayed to technics stuff. I remember that he was setting up a stereo system with back channels with technics. He just tried it but it wasn't a permanent thing.
Green meters? I don't think I've ever seen those. Do you know the model number?
@@scottjohnson921 Sorry, i don't. Maybe it was a thing in Europe perhaps.
Epicmarioplush stories Pardon me, but do you mean green meters or green dial?? Green (illuminated) dial receivers came to the market prior to the blue dial ones.
@@janath9118 No, green meters on the upper right side.
@@GentielioGaming Oh, I see now.... But I haven't seen such model.
Do you know Todd Emslie, in Sydney Australia? I'm sure he would like a list of all the tuners, since he is an expert at TV and FM DX reception. Some of those older rigs are well-known and loved.
Can't say I do
Pioneer QX949 & QX949A traditional transistors vs integrated circuit boards my preference would be QX949 more repair friendly.
🤯!
And to top it off he had those Dynaco and Mcintosh amps !
the CT-F750 was the best auto-reverse ever made i got a deck like this in 1984 from a german guy, the CT-F1250 is one of the best decks ever made ,if working properly you would test it against the dragon from Nakamichi being 3 years older, it´s better in all that concerns with sound, and still works today a dragon with only less 3 years would never work all these years without being seen by a good technician and thousands of € in the repair , the pioneer ,it´s regular maintenance and no problem with 44 years old, the equalizers with plastic keys is from early 80´s the one with metal long controls for each frequency was sold between 76 and 79, everybody prefers the aluminium controls against the plastic with lights. I discover that my old tube amplifier is a dynaco. My amplification system from the 70´s or 1976 is a spec-1 and spec-2
also have a room filled with components in shelfs not only from pioneer but from several brands some better some as good as, and from years to years one of my systems is changed ,what i have is because i like the sound so i have to put them to use
Hello, I need help to facilitate my choice of four products that I found in a private home, Pioneer SX850, Pioneer SX636, Marantz 2230 and the Kenwood KR5200, I want to put a beautiful tuner amplifier in my living room, for using various smart phones...etc, and I want to choose good sound, easy maintenance, the beauty of the object and a long-lasting value, that's it...thanks in advance
I haven't seen the Kenwood I have this thing is bigger than anything I seen and I have a quad pioneer I didn't see it's huge..do you have the Marantz quad didn't see it
Several things here. I'd like to buy. One slightly off the cuff, did you buy the red bakalite dial phone? I'll buy that from you
No we didn't get any of the phones
Was there a mention of a dollar amount? I'd love to know...Price for individual items?The average price being the important number. I have a number, .. Still this is utter madness. I've not seen anything like this since I was in Tottenham Court Road in 1978.
Truly an extraordinary thing.
Prices can be found by signing up for the list at ShopJustAudio.com
How did I not know about this awesome collection? I live in San Antonio.
Omg, if we had 110v in our country i would order some of this beauties.
Not alot of this great hifi now left in the UK. i had to import my RT 909 from Florida 10 years ago. Cost 250 dollars. now worth 2500. Love it but unfortunately is 115 volts. so needs a transformer. Love to know how much you paid for the big collection. Cheers.
Seems the British citizens have no love for vintage audio as well as modern audio gears.
Fader Like Volume Controls are Called
Linear Taper
Round Volume Pots are
Called Audio Taper
Now This Was a Sound Mixing Board Application
With Respect To E.Q.
Using Linear Taper as Opposed To Audio Taper For a Parametric E.Q.
With Linear Taper The Audio Engineer Can See at a Glance The Sign Wave or Audio Wave With a Linear Taper or Faders With a Audio Taper or Pot In a
Parametric E.Q. At a Glance The Audio Engineer Can Not See The Sign Wave So When Mixing Boards Where Designed So That Pots or Audio Taper Would Be Clocked at 12 O’Clock and
Linear Taper Faders Can Be Seen at a Glance
Then Stereo Companies Started To Incorporate
The Pro/Audio Aesthetic
Into The Home Audio Realm….Into The Equation
unbelievable find.
Back in the day I had a pioneer system I don't know the name or model number but it glowed blue and it had an alarm clock that'd turn the stereo on to wake you up
Oh yeah that was either the DT400 or DT500
@@LennyFlorentine was all silver and thin components my favorite stereo i like yamaha but I'm a pioneer lover bose lover have 901'S no eq though I'm hooking them up to a yamaha receiver with pre Amp will this be okay with that two 200w technics and 100w sub woofer yamaha and a 160w technics center speaker I have other speakers as well another set of technics 200w and a set of Baltic 100w book shelf speakers
Blue meters - fluroscan series. Sansui never liscenced Heil air motion tweeter technology. So no AMT's. Also, Kabuki is the name for the shallow box multi driver Japanese speakers.
Ahhh Kabuki that's what I was blanking on!
The line that Sherwood S7910 came from was their best and I have one of them as my reference vintage receiver. To me they sound as good or better than any vintage stereo I ever had including Marantz and Sansui. I have the S9910 which is their biggest and most powerful. Has a 4 speaker mode called ARS that gives a stereo surround mode (Not Quad) but fills room very evenly with music without overpowering the front MainStage. Hook it up and let me know what you think.
I love the sherwoods, plus they look great as well!
@@LennyFlorentine and I missed meeting you at my friend’s Vintage Audio Store when you were in town for Axpona. I had just finished painting that room you guys did the video in a week before. I just launched a TH-cam channel myself called vintagejbl. Keep in touch
You are missing a Marantz 19? I've had mine since 1974.
Hi there, I really enjoy all your clips as I am big fanatic of old marantz, Pioneer, Sansui and Yamaha receivers. How come I've never seen marantz MR250L in any of collections or in your store, and what does "L" stand for? I own 250L, with HPM 100 speakers and Sony TC-765 reel to reel.
Keep up excellent work and if I ever get from South Africa to Baltimore I'll definitely come and see your shop.
Awesome that would be great, what part of South Africa? As far as the 250L, just haven't seen one lately.
I am actually from former Yugoslavia but living in Johannesburg since 1993. That MR250L was actually present from my late father when I was only 11 (I'm 54 now) so I have it from new.
@@LennyFlorentine Do you have a HK 730?
Quad rules. Did you get any of the Quad add on cards for the quad units?
We have a Marantz one coming out for sale
l Love to visit a Audio shop/Stores
Like this in srilanka
Any Sansui receivers/amps?
Always
Fantastic - any turntables?
Not in this collection
those yamha recivers are incredible good i left one go to other house but till today i never saw other from second half of the 70´s, the sherwood receiver was considered a very good one also the price was high at the time, Sony was an average brand but in the 80´s it become very bad ,instead of spending money on the components they spend it in the publicity all over the world
Beautiful collection Lenny! However, what condition is each of the receivers in? Are they all checked and tested for any faulty electronics/capacitors/transistors, etc? These are all pushing a half-century old, in some cases, older.
You can rest assured nothing you see will grace the Just Audio sales floor until it has been refreshed in a manner that addresses all known issues. Generally not a full recap because no business can recap everything in ways that are cost effective, However Just Audio technicians have been in the business of restoring vintage audio long enough to know which issues, capacitors, resistors, diodes, integrated circuits and other electronics components fail most often. EXAMPLE: Just Audio restored my Hitachi SR-2004 to working order four years ago but I just had one of its Integrated circuits die. While in service I'm having my Hitachi's main filter caps replaced. Loving Vintage audio is challenging and not for the faint of heart!
I don't speak for Just Audio. I am just an old Just Audio Customer who has transacted about $20,000 of business with them when you add vintage audio repairs, sales, and consignments to the mix. When I bring in working well cared for vintage audio pieces for consignment Just Audio never just puts them on the sales floor. Nope Just Audio technicians look over everything and fixes anything broken or that they think might soon fail. Better than that Just Audio often replaces tired old speaker connectors with Banana Plug connectors. Sometimes old tired incandescent bulbs are replaced with LED's. Add a resistor here or a diode there and LED's can be made to closely approximate incandescent warmth!
I say this just because they have some sweet, sweet vintage audio gear on this video. If you see something you like buy at ShopJustAudio.com with confidence because it's all looked at, repaired and upgraded before being offered for sale. Yes Just Audio is more expensive then auction site's or thrift stores but in vintage audio you get what you pay for.
They are in great shape. These were made to last
No Capacitors are made to last 50 years! I would be the happiest tech in the world if I had to test a mountain of vintage hifi like that. Just leave me in a workshop with those, a coffee machine, and leave me alone:)
@Just Audio Hi Lenny! They are beautiful units, and I would actually consider buying the Sansui 9090 you have for sale (I own an all original/unrestored Sansui 5050 that is fantastic). My only concern as a customer, is that if the unit was to develop an issue in the future, is finding in my area, BOTH a very competent electronics tech, and one who is willing to work on that specific unit. I had one, who repaired my 5050 in 2017, but has since retired.
@@arnoldschloss9634 we do mail in repairs. Most of our customers get maintenance done through us over time.
When I saw the ad on the local Craigslist, I thought it was the type of stuff you would go after. I guess we have just confirmed that. 😆
I'm totally amazed and I see that Pioneer 1980 popped up wow I can't imagine what all this cost 😳 but the profit will be amazing I wonder if you will be willing to part with that other pioneer 1980 you were working on 🤔 last year or possibly a trade!!!
sg9500 great unit!!!
did you get any open reel decks?
Not in this one
Wow!
26:35. SO JOE HERE. ON A COUPLE OF THOSE LOWER MODELS YOU NEED TO PART THEM OUT. BECAUSE YOU JUST SAID YOU CAN'T GET KNOBS FOR THEM. SO YOU HAVE SO MANY THERE PART THEM OUT SO YOU HAVE PARTS
I itemized it out, and would’ve easily paid 250K
Great collection. Enjoying your travel videos. Let me know when you make it our to So Cal. I have a small collection compared to this, but around 100 units that I have fixed/restored.
Couple notes on this video:
Pretty sure the Marantz 2440 is not a receiver. Its a quad amp that takes an encoded 2 channel signal and processes it into 4-channel. I wonder if any of the Marantz quad units include the plug in decoder (hard to find)
On the Pioneer sx-780. You often say it's one of your favorites - is this because of the look vs. sound? The reason I ask is that the 780 utilizes STK-0050 outputs which sound good, but are known to fail due to heat issues when driven hard (or just get old.) I think you have a video on upgrading this unit to discrete component boards? I'm doing this on an Optonica SA-5406 right now (surprising exterior build quality BTW)
The Marantz "B" has always confused me as well. Often these models have a reputation for not sounding as good as the non "B'' but the specs on paper appear to be better. I look forward to hearing from others on this as well.
Keep up the good work!
Awesome! Thanks for sharing!
i never saw a receiver from pioneer sound bad from the 60´s till the end of the 70´s ,all that came after is cheaply built . maybe the weather in your region as to much humidity in the air, i sometimes conect receivers that are not used since late 80´s and work perfect when needing to repair a more recent amplifier from the 90´s, and i have also pioneer receiver that with 4 speakers have the matrix 4 option and in the brochure from 72 to 74 says ,the best surround you can get, the quadrofonic systems were sold but the material needed for them to work was never available like sources of sound with 4 channels or cartridges with four outputs or even records to be played in those cartridges and stylus, there are a few but not available if one wants to try the system
HELLO! JUST SEEN ANOTHER VIDEO, I HAD ASK BEFORE IF ANY OF THE RECIEVERS ARE FOR SALE! ALSO IN THIS VIDEO YOU MENTION TAKING THESE RECIEVERS PURCHASE BACK TO YOUR STORE IN BALTIMORE! CAN YOU SEND ME BACK INFO! IF YOU HAVE A STORE!
Sure, the list is available at ShopJustAudio.com
Man, you must be so rich !!
You must have got him to come down, His little post(s) were viral among hifi groups laughing.