When I was a kid(late 70's) my dad had this awesome(to me anyway) pioneer stereo setup- silver face with cool big metal switches, heavy weighted dials and lighted meters.... also had matching reel to reel, cassete deck, and record player...
Anyway I've been looking for an "old and cool" reciever for a while to go in my family room to run a record player that I picked up a few months back and run blue tooth through it.
I just picked up a 1970 Kenwood 6160 receiver at lunch today.
Found it at value village for $45. Tested it and it works (as much as i could see in the few minutes at the store with a pair of their junk speakers)
Not quite as cool as my dads setup, but I'm excited to hook it all up.
Anyone else into these things?
pic is off the net since the unit is still in the trunk of my car...
I have an old Radio Shack STA-225 receiver from 1977 or so. I was cleaning out the garage a few weeks ago and started to toss it, but I had a pair of speakers down there. Hooked it up and was surprised it fired up and other than a couple scratchy pots, it still does its' thing. First time it had been powered up in 30 years.
Yes. I bought my Pioneer SX 1500-TD shortly after I got to Ubon AB in 1971. $135 at the BX. This ad was in a "Stereo Review" magazine ca. 1970. Notice the fine print at bottom of right column " $399.95 only".
That machine accompanied me every permanent-change -of -station (PCS) next 21 years...Thailand to Teaxs to Alaska to Panama to a few others. Stolen along with the rest of my treasures from storage after I retired. One problem when I'd had it for about 7 years...heard a "pop" in the other room and investigating, observed a wisp of smoke coming up from inside. Shop replaced a small capacitor and a transistor. Good to go for another 17 years.
I got a couple just like it off ebay about 20 years ago, and used one for quite a few years until one channel went dead. Sent the other to a guy in Colorado that advertised complete restoration. Wasted time and money. Shame, the genuine black walnut veneered case and brushed aluminum face were mint, like new. When I was retired for good, I just gave them away.
Enjoy your new toy. The feel of a heavy flywheel-like tuning is neat as are the all of the analogue controls and indicator light and instruments.
p.s. just guessing your Dad was military and got it at the PX/BX?
Vintage, Oh Yeah! You can't find audio equipment like this anymore. Warm, crisp power with the right speakers. I'm somewhat settling on the Realistic Mach 3s, but they deliver adequate, room filled music that actually hits EVERY room when needed.
You'd think I'd grow out of this....so I've been told.
Pioneer Sx1050, Technics SLD2 player and an AudioSource equalizer. 120 watts per but I'd like more if I purchase speakers that can handle it. They're expensive!
Yes, I even have a Pioneer TP900 in 2 of my rides and plenty of tapes. Ol'Skool all the way, every day.
Oh Yeah... System 1 in the bed room; Monteverdi R435 receiver, Technics M8 cassette player/recorder, Technics SLD 303 turn table.
System 2 in the family room; Sony HST - 221 Receiver with dual cassette deck, Sony CDP - C221 5 CD changer.
System 1 was purchased with my 1976 Income tax check
System 2 was purchased around 1989 when LPs were getting harder to find.
I still think the diamond stylus on vinyl sounds the best. I tried to take some pictures but the camera flash blows out the silver face on the units. It just looks like a star burst.
You needed a few bucks to be an audiophile back in the day... 1957 Allied Radio Catalog - Everything In Electronics Low-res page 1 of 360 My first catalogue. I had a one-tube radio that I got as a kit the year before, and got the electronics bug (a little bit). Sputnik was a new deal the Soviets got the jump on us with.
THat stuff was $$$ back in the day. Check pg 17 for a "hi-fi (mono) receiver: 10W. only $109.95 including cabinet. That's
$993.26 in today's money.
Here’s my garage setup. Kenwood KA7300 power amp I bought new in 1977 and a Marantz Professional dual cassette deck. The cassette deck is from a government wiretap facility. Got it when they went digital in the early 90’s. I have two more NIB in case this one fails. I’m using a pair of ESS “Heil Air Motion Transformer” speakers, also from the late 70’s. It still sounds great! I’ve still got the matching am-fm receiver for the Kenwood, as well as a Sony direct drive turntable from the same era. This stuff sounds so much better than the Sony surround sound and Bose speaker setup inside the house. I give the neighbors a concert whenever I’m working in the garage. Yeah, how about some Led Zep-Who-Clash-Stones...take that!
I have an old Marantz I picked up at a garbage sale 10 years ago for $3.00 (they wanted $5) works good but volume cracks when turning. Anyone know how to fix that?
The crackly audio in your receiver is from a dirty volume control potentiometer when you turn the volume knob.
Buy some "Caig's Deoxit D5" electronic contact cleaner off of Amazon. This stuff cleans off oxides and dead carbon inside the pot without leaving any residue or oils to attract future dirt. Use the little red straw to spray this liquid into the tiny holes in the pot case and vigorously turn the pot while spraying. Use some compressed air while it's still internally damp with the Caig's to blow out dirt.
I've been collecting for a couple of years now, here's a couple I have.
The speakers are Dynaco A-25x. I recapped them and they are awesome. I never heard of them before, but people love them. They put my newer Pioneer speakers to shame. They are sitting on some Sansui speakers.
I love vintage stereos. I have alot of old Pioneer stuff.One system in the garage,in my basement and in the house. Still playing vinyl too.
Some of my equipment I have owned for 34 years.
I'm just going thru about 1200 albums (up to the letter S) and ripping em' to MP3. I worked at Sam Goody (audio Dept) and WEA (WarnerElektraAtlantic) so I got albums cheap. Use Audacity to ingest the album, then run it thru a program called "Click Repair". It removes 90% of the crackles and pops without sacrificing audio content. Now I don't have to sit in front of a turntable, and I can listen to the old stuff wherever. Here's some pics of my old Dynaco's and some Harman Kardon Citation gear. Glad to see I'm not the only one still diggin' this old gear :thumbsup:
I had a 1957 Magnificent Magnavox console. The tuner had the big blue "cats eye" light. It had 18" (I think) wolfers with horn tweeters.. My friends who were also into stereos were all amazed at how this unit sounded. Nothing like those old tube tuners.. I sold it to the wife of a Clear Channel exec. who was making a radio museum.. He was so excited that he found this on Craig's list.. It was a sin to let it sit in the corner of my game room..
Here's what I got… Everything still works fine. :thumbsup:
1- Marantz model 2500 stereo receiver
2- Philips CD304 cd player
3- Genexxa CD-8001 five disc automatic changer
4- Aiwa AD-6500 cassette deck
5- Pioneer SR-202 reverberation amplifier
Great thread, still have all my old stereo stuff Marantz, ADC accutrac turntable and lot of stuff like that. My Marantz speakers gave up the ghost recently bought 2 new speakers on line and I think they sound better than the old ones. Love old Stereo stuff, great looks and nice and LOUD.
I dig the old stuff as well. However, I never really liked the CD cartridge system that was used for a while by some. (Pioneer and Philips come to mind.) I very much preferred the CD Tray type units, especially for the Shuffle feature.
I still buy CDs. I very much enjoy picking up new music and going over the lyrics, liner notes, etc. that come with it.
Funny how this hold stuff still works just fine.......
On a different note, check out this link on how to buy new, audiophile type stuff for decent money:
dude looks like he's been to a lot of concerts during his life....and remembers at least half of them. good watch, though......IMHO.
Been into vintage audio for almost a decade now. Back in 2013 I was building a 65 Cuda in my 15x27 shop, I had 3 strokes in Aug of that year and couldn't finish it. Sold it and bought a running driving 67 Belair beater and converted the shop into a music room. As of today the heart of my system is a Pioneer SX D7000 120 watt receiver (top of the line in 1980), Technics SL 5300 Turntable, Carver CD player (forget model #), Technics dual cassette deck, all running through PSB designed Canadian made Luxman LX104MKII speakers and it all sounds DAMN good to my ears. Record collection is sitting at about 1200, and CDs are at around 1000, cassettes I can only guess at about 800 because they are not at all organized (maybe some day).
Funny, I just bought 4 old STYX albums off eBay today for my wife. We are moving soon and she wants to hook up our turntable. We have 2 of them, both Linear Tracking Technics I think, (one has JC Penney name on it, but it is the same as the other one) And I have my 2 old walnut veneered realistic bookshelf speakers that I used to use in my 1981 Dodge Van that still sound OK. I think the receiver is Technics also.
Plus I have a 100CD Sony thing, and a Cassette player that actually flips the tape over for auto reverse. As in, the tape physically moves and flips over to the other side, then reloads. It is way cool to watch. "Invert O Matic"
I have a fisher just like this one (too lazy to go out to the garage to take a pic) that I bought off of a coke head back in the mid eighties for 40 bucks. His buzz probably lasted half an hour, but the stereo is still rocking out in my garage.
It's a Fisher Studio Standard, and is relatively new, circa 1982 I think. I don't remember the model number off hand. 100 Watts x 4, Wood case, machined aluminum and heavy as all get out.
My stuff is "modern" , I bought it in 1982 and still run it. NAD pre and power amp, Kenwood KG 750 table, Nakamichi tape deck and KEF reference speakers.
I like the look of the "older" stuff with the lit up displays. Nice stuff fellas!
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