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I'm not really sure what category this should be in, but since it has nothing to do with headphones (except for the headphone out on this thing), I thought this would be the place for it.
Anyhow, on with the question. Does anyone here know or have even heard of this JVC RX-1010VTN Receiver? It's a home theatre receiver with outputs for "SURROUND SPEAKERS", that was at the top of it's league (in terms of JVC product line up anyhow), back in around the late 80's. One the front cover of the manual they categorize the receiver as a "DIGITAL ACOUSTICS PROCESS SYSTEM RECEIVER". It has a silver/champagne coloured front rather than a black front that rest of the products JVC made back then. They had a matching tape deck, and CD player system to complement this particular receiver.
According to my father (who this receiver belongs to), it seems like a rather interesting and perhaps rare amplifier. According to him, only ~2 were ever imported from Japan to Canada (and perhaps even ever made & sold), and that the particular model (and perhaps product line) was discontinued pretty early into it's introduction. I'm guessing this was one of those things JVC did back then to show the products that they could produce, similar to Sony's Qualia line, and to JVC's new wooden HP-DX1000 headphone. The receiver has "SuperDIGIFINE" written on it in in tiny letters on the front. Another peculiar rarity is the included large, and rather non-ergonomic, programmable/universal remote with a touch screen as the buttons. You don't usually see this much today, even on high-end home theatre receivers. Every aspect of the receiver is digital, except for the speaker switches (I think anyways). Digital volume control, sound effects control, bass & treble control, etc. Everything is buttonized on this receiver. The thing has a "PHONO" input with built-in ground, which I guess was the norm for something build during the late 80's, as my Yamaha R-95 also has it.
This particular model that my father happened to have bought was actually suppose to be a demonstration model for all of the retail Centre-HiFi chains in Montreal. However the dealers didn't even get to open the box and demonstrate it yet, before my dad snatched it up and bought it.
Along with this receiver my dad also bought a pair of the now famous Sound Dynamics 300ti bookshelf speakers. Not quite sure about the headphone out on the thing, since we haven't used it quite much ever since my dad got pulled into the dark side and bought a Bose Lifestyle system.
The receiver is a beast, and weighs a pretty 27.6 pounds (12.5 kilos). Specs says that in 2 channel operation the thing gives out:
Quote:
So does anyone happen to have any information about this receiver whatsoever?
Regards, Alan
EDIT: The thing also has composite video and S-VIDEO switching built in. Looks like it was truely meant for use in a home theatre enviroment. The thing also has a fan installed on the back to keep it nice and cool/warm, and even with that, after prolonged period of use the thing would get pretty hot (uberhot).
Anyhow, on with the question. Does anyone here know or have even heard of this JVC RX-1010VTN Receiver? It's a home theatre receiver with outputs for "SURROUND SPEAKERS", that was at the top of it's league (in terms of JVC product line up anyhow), back in around the late 80's. One the front cover of the manual they categorize the receiver as a "DIGITAL ACOUSTICS PROCESS SYSTEM RECEIVER". It has a silver/champagne coloured front rather than a black front that rest of the products JVC made back then. They had a matching tape deck, and CD player system to complement this particular receiver.
According to my father (who this receiver belongs to), it seems like a rather interesting and perhaps rare amplifier. According to him, only ~2 were ever imported from Japan to Canada (and perhaps even ever made & sold), and that the particular model (and perhaps product line) was discontinued pretty early into it's introduction. I'm guessing this was one of those things JVC did back then to show the products that they could produce, similar to Sony's Qualia line, and to JVC's new wooden HP-DX1000 headphone. The receiver has "SuperDIGIFINE" written on it in in tiny letters on the front. Another peculiar rarity is the included large, and rather non-ergonomic, programmable/universal remote with a touch screen as the buttons. You don't usually see this much today, even on high-end home theatre receivers. Every aspect of the receiver is digital, except for the speaker switches (I think anyways). Digital volume control, sound effects control, bass & treble control, etc. Everything is buttonized on this receiver. The thing has a "PHONO" input with built-in ground, which I guess was the norm for something build during the late 80's, as my Yamaha R-95 also has it.
This particular model that my father happened to have bought was actually suppose to be a demonstration model for all of the retail Centre-HiFi chains in Montreal. However the dealers didn't even get to open the box and demonstrate it yet, before my dad snatched it up and bought it.
Along with this receiver my dad also bought a pair of the now famous Sound Dynamics 300ti bookshelf speakers. Not quite sure about the headphone out on the thing, since we haven't used it quite much ever since my dad got pulled into the dark side and bought a Bose Lifestyle system.
The receiver is a beast, and weighs a pretty 27.6 pounds (12.5 kilos). Specs says that in 2 channel operation the thing gives out:
Quote:
120 watts per channel, min. RMS, both channels driven into 8 ohms from 20 Hz to 20 kHz, with no more than 0.007% total harmonic distortion. |
So does anyone happen to have any information about this receiver whatsoever?
Regards, Alan
EDIT: The thing also has composite video and S-VIDEO switching built in. Looks like it was truely meant for use in a home theatre enviroment. The thing also has a fan installed on the back to keep it nice and cool/warm, and even with that, after prolonged period of use the thing would get pretty hot (uberhot).