I've just joined you guys tonight. Bought a Pioneer TX-8100 & Pioneer SA-8100. Both units are in really good cosmetic shape and have been cleaned and lubed inside, perfect working order according to the seller.
Paid more than I should have but I have been trying to purchase these two components for a long time now and I never win the auctions because there is always someone else willing to spend more money. I can't tell you how many times I have tried to nab these and failed.
Well today I decided that I'm going to win these without fail and just spend the money I needed to make it happen.
Let me say this though, (if anyone cares) I was born in 1972. Not sure when I saw the 8100's for the first time but I was a little kid and my Dad owned these very same models. I just remember growing up in the 70's and watching my Dad sit in front of these each night with his headphones on just listening to records and his reel to reels. I remember the glowing lights, the dials and switches and just how very cool it all was. To me it was like a space ship cockpit. lol Funny I know but heck I was just a kid. He owned these two pieces up until the early 80's before he sold or traded them and brought home some Sansui equipment.
So for me it's like stepping back in the past, being that little kid looking up at my Dad and being amazed by his stereo equipment. I've wanted these two pieces for a long time now and I cannot wait to hook them up. Took me a long time but I got them in the end. Hope they sound as good as I remember! I doubt I'll be disappointed if they don't. I bet they will be better than most of the stuff I've owned over the years though. Doubt they will take the place of my Bryston but we'll see.
Paid more than I should have but I have been trying to purchase these two components for a long time now and I never win the auctions because there is always someone else willing to spend more money. I can't tell you how many times I have tried to nab these and failed.
Well today I decided that I'm going to win these without fail and just spend the money I needed to make it happen.
Let me say this though, (if anyone cares) I was born in 1972. Not sure when I saw the 8100's for the first time but I was a little kid and my Dad owned these very same models. I just remember growing up in the 70's and watching my Dad sit in front of these each night with his headphones on just listening to records and his reel to reels. I remember the glowing lights, the dials and switches and just how very cool it all was. To me it was like a space ship cockpit. lol Funny I know but heck I was just a kid. He owned these two pieces up until the early 80's before he sold or traded them and brought home some Sansui equipment.
So for me it's like stepping back in the past, being that little kid looking up at my Dad and being amazed by his stereo equipment. I've wanted these two pieces for a long time now and I cannot wait to hook them up. Took me a long time but I got them in the end. Hope they sound as good as I remember! I doubt I'll be disappointed if they don't. I bet they will be better than most of the stuff I've owned over the years though. Doubt they will take the place of my Bryston but we'll see.
