Yesterday, I pulled out a pair of Realistic Mach One speakers which are more, or less sold at this time. I recorded a few video clips with my hand-held digital camera during the speaker test. Too bad, the audio portions don't do the speakers justice. I ran the Pioneer SA-9500II flat on the tone controls and all the L-pad controls on the speakers, also flat at 0dB. Whoever bought a pair of these back in the day must have been pleased.
I was very careful in bringing these classics back on line, as I had them sitting, unused, for a few years, until yesterday. While I went out grocery shopping, I had them powered up by my Pioneer SA-9500II integrated amplifier, which also had been sitting on a shelf about as long as the Mach Ones, just playing elevator music for about an hour, at only two clicks up on the Pioneer's volume control.
Then, I loaded up some real music and gave the Mach Ones more juice.
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Nando.