What's your opinion
SANSUI - the Big G SERIES receivers are UNTOUCHABLE!!!! Their Amps ar sooo powerful!! My AS 300 speakers are the best sansui's, though not nearly the most powerful, I've heard. I hope to pick up a CA 2000 and a BA 2000 tomorrow. Amp and Pre. I sold all but my G 7000, 8900ZDB, 1000X, and A 9 amp. Put one of the Large G series receivers beside any receiver you can find and it can't be beat unless you go to crazy high end, Even then???
JBL - Speakers extrordinaire!! Creme de la Creme! L65 Jubals for perfection
AR - Oh Yeah!
Pioneer - mass produced at times but some stuff was outstanding.. How about the SX 9000 receiver with reverb? lovely
Technics - So much junk, so little quality stuff. just a few good things ever produced. SL 1200 MKII turntable of which I have 2 and an SL 1700 are LOVELY! Nice EQ's also
Yamaha - Simplistic design, sweet sound receivers
Kenwood - Some Junk, a few good items. Overall average at best
Harmon Kardon - I have a 430 receiver that sounds nice. Very powerful bass and full sound. Quality stuff not really mass produced
Onkyo - The most underrated vintage gear available. I bought a TX 4500 at the urging of you guys and it is excellent. I plan to buy one of their big boys soon.
Nakamichi - Excellent tape deck. Pray to God it never breaks because they have the worst service department in the universe
Akai - Very Nice tape decks
EV - I have some very old series four speakers that sound nice. Large and 30 watts.
Altec Lansing - try one of their old amps if you want to really hear something sweet. A friend of mine has a pair of their speakers made in 1958 for a discoteque. MOnster speakers and about $3,000 a pair. He pushes them with an old altec amp and You could deafen every person in a high school gymnasium with them. I have NEVER HEARD ANYTHING REMOTELY CLOSE!. My $850 JBL L65 Jubals sound like a transistor radio beside them. Of course they weigh about 150lbs each. They bave these HUGE IRON horn type tweeters with ball magnets that look like they must weigh 25 lbs or more each alone!
Any more to ADD?
Anyone to dispute my thoughts?
Absolutely! Since many responses include the 70s, I would add:Best Vintage audio? (also depends on what is vintage ie: cutoff date)
Stax
McIntosh
Beveridge
Quad ESL 57 or 63
Dayton Wright
Janzen
Rogers LS3/5a
Accuphase
And many more I forget right now.
IMHO
The following had a lot of impact on Audio:Man it just sticks out those early 70's to mid 80's years doesn't it?
What changed?
Still good gear out there but it sure seems you need a professional ballplayers salary to afford it anymore.
The big Sanyos have been praised here at AK since forever.You know Sanyo Integrated Amps get no love at all....period. JCX2600K and 2900 are massive beasts that came late to the market loaded to take on the big three and then the 80's happened. My 2600 is like a tank, weighs a ton, packs 85W RMS and works perfectly. All the original lights work, sounds great.
If you don't know about them check them out. Nice looking units with a yellow / greenish hue to the lights. Shiny with tons of buttons and knobs. Bonus is you can get them for a decent price because of the so-called "off-Brand" name brand. I buy another one in a second.
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Ok. Well thanks for pointing out my ignorance. I will close my cake-hole now. LOLThe big Sanyos have been praised here at AK since forever.
You are confirming the other testimony about these receivers.Ok. Well thanks for pointing out my ignorance. I will close my cake-hole now. LOL
What's your opinion
SANSUI - the Big G SERIES receivers are UNTOUCHABLE!!!! Their Amps ar sooo powerful!! My AS 300 speakers are the best sansui's, though not nearly the most powerful, I've heard. I hope to pick up a CA 2000 and a BA 2000 tomorrow. Amp and Pre. I sold all but my G 7000, 8900ZDB, 1000X, and A 9 amp. Put one of the Large G series receivers beside any receiver you can find and it can't be beat unless you go to crazy high end, Even then???
JBL - Speakers extrordinaire!! Creme de la Creme! L65 Jubals for perfection
AR - Oh Yeah!
Pioneer - mass produced at times but some stuff was outstanding.. How about the SX 9000 receiver with reverb? lovely
Technics - So much junk, so little quality stuff. just a few good things ever produced. SL 1200 MKII turntable of which I have 2 and an SL 1700 are LOVELY! Nice EQ's also
Yamaha - Simplistic design, sweet sound receivers
Kenwood - Some Junk, a few good items. Overall average at best
Harmon Kardon - I have a 430 receiver that sounds nice. Very powerful bass and full sound. Quality stuff not really mass produced
Onkyo - The most underrated vintage gear available. I bought a TX 4500 at the urging of you guys and it is excellent. I plan to buy one of their big boys soon.
Nakamichi - Excellent tape deck. Pray to God it never breaks because they have the worst service department in the universe
Akai - Very Nice tape decks
EV - I have some very old series four speakers that sound nice. Large and 30 watts.
Altec Lansing - try one of their old amps if you want to really hear something sweet. A friend of mine has a pair of their speakers made in 1958 for a discoteque. MOnster speakers and about $3,000 a pair. He pushes them with an old altec amp and You could deafen every person in a high school gymnasium with them. I have NEVER HEARD ANYTHING REMOTELY CLOSE!. My $850 JBL L65 Jubals sound like a transistor radio beside them. Of course they weigh about 150lbs each. They bave these HUGE IRON horn type tweeters with ball magnets that look like they must weigh 25 lbs or more each alone!
Any more to ADD?
Anyone to dispute my thoughts?