[Skylab]

I think that this may be true love.


The wicked power of the 1280 is giving a speaker tap level of power on the he-4. It's truly impressive.

I apologize for the redundant gushing.

No doubt about it, the SX-1280 is a truly awesome receiver. Congrats. Not at all surprised you're digging it

 

[MattTCG]

Thanks Rob. I am almost finished with the Large Advents. Just a little more refinishing and the refoam will be finished by Wednesday. Can't wait to hear them with the sx-1280. 

 

[jasonb]

Listening to this:

on the SX-750 and my self modded T50rp and it sound spectacular. I'm in audio heaven. 

 

[moodyrn]

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Update - The Marantz 1040 definitely has a beautiful sound, but sadly it has zero soundstage depth.  It's great for rock and other multi-miked music, but classical and other "audiophile" recordings need a soundstage.
 
The Sansui AU-415 arrives Monday, so we will see....

You just described the marantz house sound in one sentence. They do have a beautiful tone, but not much sound stage depth to speak of. The sound stage width is pretty good though. But I'll take depth over width any day if I could only have one. I
 
'm giving a 2325 another try. I have one that's been fully restored internally coming. Given how awesome both my restored 500c and 9090db sounds, I'm hoping this 2325 sounds much better than the last one I had though it was pretty minty.
 
I'm hoping the restored one have much better transparency, highs that's not rolled off, and much better depth. But darnit, I keep spending my 907 restore budget on new toys. 

 

[roadcykler]

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Buddy, we never get sick of looking at this stuff...................at least I don't. 

Agreed. No apologies needed. It's what the thread is all about.

 

[joehalo]

Could this really be true? A free 9090db????? 
http://columbus.craigslist.org/ele/3993354905.html

 

[LugBug1]

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You just described the marantz house sound in one sentence. They do have a beautiful tone, but not much sound stage depth to speak of. The sound stage width is pretty good though. But I'll take depth over width any day if I could only have one. I
 
'm giving a 2325 another try. I have one that's been fully restored internally coming. Given how awesome both my restored 500c and 9090db sounds, I'm hoping this 2325 sounds much better than the last one I had though it was pretty minty.
 
I'm hoping the restored one have much better transparency, highs that's not rolled off, and much better depth. But darnit, I keep spending my 907 restore budget on new toys. 

Yeah agreed. My 2220 is just like that, warm and nice tone but very 2 dimensional. Not much depth. My 2216b is much better with dynamics and depth and has pretty good treble. But not quite as good as my Sanui's. The Sansui's have a tube like quality that gives a more holographic image.  

 

[shipsupt]

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Could this really be true? A free 9090db????? 
http://columbus.craigslist.org/ele/3993354905.html

 
Absolutely.  Someone may not understand that this vintage gear is gaining value, or they can't be bothered with selling it off.  Someone will grab it up quick who knows better.

 

[Oregonian]

Could this really be true? A free 9090db????? 
http://columbus.craigslist.org/ele/3993354905.html

Best find ever.....go get it! Road trip time!

 

[kenshinhimura]

i bought the sansui 7070 to go with my pioneer sx-780. looks like i have a growing collection now.

might check out some sansui sp-2500 speakers for sale in my area next.
 

 

[jasonb]

Is it me or is the soundstage/imaging on the SX-750 really a strong point? Soundstage sounds huge compared to the little E17 alone. Good live recordings are amazing here using the Pioneer with the T50rp.. 

 

[kstuart]

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I've been dealing with a bit of random scratchiness which was coming from the function knob. It would randomly sound scratchy in one or both channels, a slight touch to the function knob and it would go away for a while, but then come back again eventually. So this evening I removed the knob and sprayed some cleaner in there and rotated the knob back and forth a few times and it seems to have cleared it up. Shortly after, I decided to do the same thing to the rest of the knobs and pots and I swear everything just sounds better overall. Seems like bass impact is better, everything just sounds clearer and even more detailed, and bigger. Like a veil was lifted off of the whole sound. It could be placebo I guess, but my ears are telling me that everything sounds cleaner. 
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^^ It should only clean up the noise when adjusting the pot. AFAIK

Jason - if a control has dirt between the contacts, and that control is "live" (meaning that it has not been switched out by a "tone defeat" switch), then your audio is literally going through that piece of dirt.   The contacts has less conductivity, and more resistance.  It's electrically different, so it should sound different and is not a placebo.
 
In the 80's, a "tone defeat" switch became popular for this reason, amongst others.

 

[monoethylene]

New headamp
 

 

[LugBug1]

^^ I like it like it like it! 

 

[monoethylene]

Thanks
 
It sounds quite good..
 
Nevertheless I also can take one of them