Uploaded September 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Greetings friends. Summer is over and fall is approaching - my favorite season.
That said, I’m bringing out and cycling some oddball units which are in the collection. I’m quite fascinated at the depth of the various lines that many manufacturers made in a short amount of time, especially in the 1980s.
Here’s an oddball line from Pioneer, this is the SX-V500. From 1985, it’s 80 discrete watts per channel and features RF switching. What the hell is RF switching you ask? This unit switches coaxial screw type RF inputs. So back in the 90s where you may have had an antenna input, CATV input, VCR input, and Atari 2600 - this unit would take the place of a different external manual type switch.
It doesn’t do any TV tuning, but it literally will switch your coax input as a feature. This was a short-lived feature because a few years later we’d be switching composite A/V inputs, which brings us into early Dolby surround and home theater units.
I purchased this for the VFD and it’s simple, but at least it does something and has a bar graph which shows your volume level as well as balance. I don’t think I paid more than about $75 for this shipped.
Has internal amp bias adjustments and it’s tuned up and working like brand new.
Have a great weekend, everyone!
Greetings friends. Summer is over and fall is approaching - my favorite season.
That said, I’m bringing out and cycling some oddball units which are in the collection. I’m quite fascinated at the depth of the various lines that many manufacturers made in a short amount of time, especially in the 1980s.
Here’s an oddball line from Pioneer, this is the SX-V500. From 1985, it’s 80 discrete watts per channel and features RF switching. What the hell is RF switching you ask? This unit switches coaxial screw type RF inputs. So back in the 90s where you may have had an antenna input, CATV input, VCR input, and Atari 2600 - this unit would take the place of a different external manual type switch.
It doesn’t do any TV tuning, but it literally will switch your coax input as a feature. This was a short-lived feature because a few years later we’d be switching composite A/V inputs, which brings us into early Dolby surround and home theater units.
I purchased this for the VFD and it’s simple, but at least it does something and has a bar graph which shows your volume level as well as balance. I don’t think I paid more than about $75 for this shipped.
Has internal amp bias adjustments and it’s tuned up and working like brand new.
Have a great weekend, everyone!
