bap8guy | Pioneer SX-850 @bap8guy | Uploaded March 2021 | Updated October 2024, 20 hours ago.
A classic vintage receiver (produced in the late 1970's), this unit is also in spectacular shape! Big (20 3/4" W, 6 13/16" H, 16 3/16 D) and heavy (42lb 30z) and beautiful, this behemoth cranks out 85W per channel RMS into 4 ohms (with both channels driven together), or 65W per channel at 8 ohms. At full rated power the spec says less than .1% Thd and at 33W that figure drops to less than .05%Thd! It comes with two magnetic phono inputs, 3 tape player inputs, a microphone input, and an Aux input (for CD etc).
I opened up the unit, carefully brushed and vacuumed out the interior, then cleaned and lubricated the controls to remove the "crackle" often heard with dirty dried out controls. Then I put it back together, oiled the wood, cleaned the cabinet and tested it out (also made a video). Some Ebay HiFi enthusiast will be a lucky bidder!
A classic vintage receiver (produced in the late 1970's), this unit is also in spectacular shape! Big (20 3/4" W, 6 13/16" H, 16 3/16 D) and heavy (42lb 30z) and beautiful, this behemoth cranks out 85W per channel RMS into 4 ohms (with both channels driven together), or 65W per channel at 8 ohms. At full rated power the spec says less than .1% Thd and at 33W that figure drops to less than .05%Thd! It comes with two magnetic phono inputs, 3 tape player inputs, a microphone input, and an Aux input (for CD etc).
I opened up the unit, carefully brushed and vacuumed out the interior, then cleaned and lubricated the controls to remove the "crackle" often heard with dirty dried out controls. Then I put it back together, oiled the wood, cleaned the cabinet and tested it out (also made a video). Some Ebay HiFi enthusiast will be a lucky bidder!
