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Hi all,
As I have been depleting my collection of vintage stereo components, I don't know what compelled me to pick this receiver up last week. I think foremost it was the fact it was a Sanyo and I hadn't seen one like this before. Cosmetically, it is a very clean receiver and it has some heft to it. You would think, why would some one donate this one to the thrift store? But for whatever reason, I have it now. It was the usual $20 out of my pocket. And I recently donated a number of items to charity following my Garage Sale this past Sunday, so I feel I have paid forward in some respect.
Right now, I am thinking of building a retro system for my step-daughter and this receiver would fit the bill as part of the system. She had just moved in with us, as her job has come to an end, and before this last job, she had been working abroad in Europe and Asia as a teacher. We gave her the master bedroom as her own - that's where my main system is. She made the mistake of trying out my system while busy organizing her stuff in the room, yesterday, while I was at work. She said she couldn't get the turntable to work. That's because I have the power bar turned off while I am not using my system. And she made a big boo-boo, as I discovered later, when I found the tone arm on my Pioneer PL-630 turntable not sitting on its rest but the stylus dropped on the tt base. Now, I might reconsider building her a stereo system... or just teach her how to properly operate a retro system.
And a little video clip. Click on image to play video:
I am quite surprised how well this receiver sounds. Where the Sanyo sits, I usually have my big Pioneer SX-1980 and this little Sanyo has got some guts.
Nando.
As I have been depleting my collection of vintage stereo components, I don't know what compelled me to pick this receiver up last week. I think foremost it was the fact it was a Sanyo and I hadn't seen one like this before. Cosmetically, it is a very clean receiver and it has some heft to it. You would think, why would some one donate this one to the thrift store? But for whatever reason, I have it now. It was the usual $20 out of my pocket. And I recently donated a number of items to charity following my Garage Sale this past Sunday, so I feel I have paid forward in some respect.
Right now, I am thinking of building a retro system for my step-daughter and this receiver would fit the bill as part of the system. She had just moved in with us, as her job has come to an end, and before this last job, she had been working abroad in Europe and Asia as a teacher. We gave her the master bedroom as her own - that's where my main system is. She made the mistake of trying out my system while busy organizing her stuff in the room, yesterday, while I was at work. She said she couldn't get the turntable to work. That's because I have the power bar turned off while I am not using my system. And she made a big boo-boo, as I discovered later, when I found the tone arm on my Pioneer PL-630 turntable not sitting on its rest but the stylus dropped on the tt base. Now, I might reconsider building her a stereo system... or just teach her how to properly operate a retro system.
And a little video clip. Click on image to play video:
I am quite surprised how well this receiver sounds. Where the Sanyo sits, I usually have my big Pioneer SX-1980 and this little Sanyo has got some guts.
Nando.
