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post #16 of 23
3/29/06 at 5:43am
Kyocera....brings back memories!!

My old college roommate went to work for them on coop/internship, and came back with a Kyocera CD player. I don't know all that much about it, other than it blew away my Yamaha that I'd just purchased for $450.

I've not heard much about Kyocera these days...I'm wondering whether they got out of the audio business all together. Must have, I guess...

I also know what you mean about vintage audio and headphone outs. I've put a lot of hours on my old AKG's using an NAD headphone out...it's not up to even a decent amp IMHO, but it's not all bad.
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post #17 of 23
3/29/06 at 6:12am
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Originally Posted by elrod-tom
I've not heard much about Kyocera these days...I'm wondering whether they got out of the audio business all together. Must have, I guess...
Kyocera has been out of the audio business for a long time. Luxman is still in the game (at least in Japan) and their components are just as gorgeous as before.
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post #18 of 23
3/29/06 at 6:15am
I live in Japan and I never heard of Kyocera before I moved here but they do sell a lot of electronics. Cell Phones, CD players, digital cameras etc. I don't think I've seen any home audio equipment though. Just the small stuff.
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post #19 of 23
3/29/06 at 7:01pm
Kyocera is still in business, althought I don't know about the hi-fi business. They currently own and produce the Yashica camera line, which they have been in the process of converting to their own brand name, as well as other products.

- augustwest
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post #20 of 23
3/30/06 at 4:41pm
Kyocera = Kyoto Ceramics
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post #21 of 23
3/30/06 at 4:53pm
The Sansui cituit topologies from that era are a mrvel if you dig that kind of thing (I do) and used concepts just now making a comeback .

cascoded/diamond buffer front ends to Szikali output cross coupled stages and all running high bias class-a up to the actual output devices.Going even farther back their tube gear was seriously underated but you would be hard pressed to match it with anything else from the era
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post #22 of 23
4/7/06 at 12:21am
I recently bought an old LUXMAN SQ507 for $50. It must be at least 30 years old but it seems to be in good condition. I have cleaned it using compressed air, and it sounds great, however there ir a hiss and crackle coming from the right speaker channel, when I swap speakers the hiss stays on the same channel, the problem also happens when listening to headphones.
Does anyone have any advice on what it could be, and what I should do. Is it worth trying to have it fixed by a professional?
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post #23 of 23
4/7/06 at 12:29am
Read the following thread, it may provide a solution to the problem with your Luxman receiver.

http://www6.head-fi.org/forums/showthread.php?t=172259
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