Pioneer SX-650

[poppachubby]

Thanks for all the cudos everyone. Seems like everyone is doing pretty good with gear right now. If you notice, there's quite a few members with new pieces or upgrades.

Eno, your SX looks great too. Right now I have my computer hooked into the 650, but I did have a Yammy CDP hooked in as well. For speakers I am using my Sound Dynamics 1200 SMT, it's quite a combo. VERY powerful and commanding, especially with the CDP. I am really enjoying it's sound. You are correct, warm and detailed. I would also add very clean and airy.

I certainly stumbled onto a gem. Today I will be cleaning up the Marantz that I found with it. It's an SR-640. It looks rather cheesy but is quite substantial and puts out more power than the Pioneer.

I haven't used the headphone circuit on the SX650. I see you have a set plugged into yours, what are they? I use AKG K240S at about 55ohms. Think I'll need an amp? Oh and BTW, the tuner is second to none!! My meters work perfectly. It makes radio a real joy, too bad it SUCKS around here. FM Muting is a wonderful feature. Oh well my wife loves it and the balmy yellow glow.

[markw]

As you're discovering, there was some pretty decent sound available back then. As for the Marantz, enjoy, but keep an eye out for the 22xx series, which is pretty much the gold standard for their receivers.

Among other vintage stuff, I'm currently running the 2230 into a pair of JBL L-26's with a Philips 887 turntable (and a modern Marantz CD player) and what it does with well recorded music of that (or any, actually) period is not to be believed. It seems to have a more tube like sound than my 2270, which is more powerful.

Oh, either of their headphone outputs are to die for.