Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
A couple years ago, I took a trip to Indiana to purchase this receiver off of Facebook Marketplace. It’s really a great unit, nice looking and sounds good with a lot of features.
What’s interesting is there’s not a lot inside though. I don’t mean this negatively, but there is a lot of air in there and it’s not very heavy. But then again, Pioneer & Marantz had a bolt, screw, and bracket for everything — and at the end of the day it’s really the electronics that count. I’ve serviced many Pioneers and can tell you that they are over engineered and while that’s a great thing, it doesn’t necessarily contribute to your final sound. That said I have a lot of respect for Pioneer and my comment is not to be negative towards anything here.
Has all original bulbs with the exception of a couple indicators I replaced. Re-biased a year ago and it was off a little. Right now it really wants to perform well. And it certainly does for 80 watts, I think it’s realistically more like 100 WPC. I have an ear for these things after listening to so many receivers and monitoring for clipping.
I really like the blue display and the VU meters.
It’s 80 W per channel with discrete transistors. Natively supports 4 ohm speakers and it has connections for three pairs.
This has a timer and I can confirm that it works. If you have one of these, it’s best not to turn the timer time the opposite direction if you overshoot your target. The plastic shaft can break.
I have an eye out for the Kenwood Eleven G, which has even more wattage, bells and whistles!
For those interested in a late 70s Kenwood, you will be very happy with the performance and overall package here.
A couple years ago, I took a trip to Indiana to purchase this receiver off of Facebook Marketplace. It’s really a great unit, nice looking and sounds good with a lot of features.
What’s interesting is there’s not a lot inside though. I don’t mean this negatively, but there is a lot of air in there and it’s not very heavy. But then again, Pioneer & Marantz had a bolt, screw, and bracket for everything — and at the end of the day it’s really the electronics that count. I’ve serviced many Pioneers and can tell you that they are over engineered and while that’s a great thing, it doesn’t necessarily contribute to your final sound. That said I have a lot of respect for Pioneer and my comment is not to be negative towards anything here.
Has all original bulbs with the exception of a couple indicators I replaced. Re-biased a year ago and it was off a little. Right now it really wants to perform well. And it certainly does for 80 watts, I think it’s realistically more like 100 WPC. I have an ear for these things after listening to so many receivers and monitoring for clipping.
I really like the blue display and the VU meters.
It’s 80 W per channel with discrete transistors. Natively supports 4 ohm speakers and it has connections for three pairs.
This has a timer and I can confirm that it works. If you have one of these, it’s best not to turn the timer time the opposite direction if you overshoot your target. The plastic shaft can break.
I have an eye out for the Kenwood Eleven G, which has even more wattage, bells and whistles!
For those interested in a late 70s Kenwood, you will be very happy with the performance and overall package here.
