http://elitehifi.com A place for vintage hifi audio enthusiasts Sat, 29 Oct 2011 06:35:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Pioneer SX-3900 Receiver was the top of the line Pioneer Fluroscan receiver. It featured the Pioneer Non-Switching amplifier, this time delivering an earth-shaking 120 watts per channel with less than 0.005% total harmonic distortion. It offered a number of additional features over the Pioneer SX-3800, including 2 high pass ... http://elitehifi.com/pioneer-sx-3900-receiver-reveiw The Pioneer sx-1280 is legendary. Made by Pioneer from 1975 to 1979 the pioneer SX-1280 receiver is considered the baby brother of the infamous pioneer sx-1980.   The amplifier is conservatively rated 185 WPC into 8 ohms, this receiver amplifier is considered by many audiophiles to be one of the finest sounding Pioneer tuners ever built.  If ... http://elitehifi.com/pioneer-sx-1280-tuner-receiver-amplifier When the Pioneer M-90 power amplifier was introduced in 1987 it was billed a a “super high power stereo amplifier” conservatively rated at 200 watts per channel into 8 ohms and delivered 800 watts of dynamic power into 2 ohms.  Whoa, talk about some solid bottom end sound. The M-90’s ... http://elitehifi.com/pioneer_elite_m-90_amplifier_review The Pioneer SX-3700 Receiver was available starting in 1980. A little brother of the Pioneer SX-3900 and SX-3800 it still featured the infamous Pioneer Fluroscan display. It also featured the Pioneer Non-Switching amplifier, this time delivering  45 watts per channel with less than 0.005% total harmonic distortion.  This was a classic silver face unit weighing ... http://elitehifi.com/pioneer-sx-3700-stereo-receiver-review The Pioneer SX-1050 Receiver was available starting in 1976. Rated at 120 watts RMS per channel into 8 ohms and 170 watts RMS into 4 ohms the SX-1050 marked a significant design change from the SX-950 and SX-850. Many of the features incorporated into the SX-1250 are also found in ... http://elitehifi.com/pioneer-sx-1050-stereo-receiver-review The Pioneer SX-950 Receiver was available starting in 1976. Rated at 85 watts RMS per channel into 8 ohms the SX-950 was introduced to replace the pioneer SX-939.  The Pioneer SX-950 stereo receiver was the little brother to the SX-1050 in both 1976 and 1977 and had a list price of $650.00. This ... http://elitehifi.com/pioneer-sx-950-stereo-amplifier-review When the Pioneer SX-780 stereo tuner amplifierwas introduced in 1978 it was introduced as the last of the 700 series silver face amplifiers. These units are still very popular today with collecters. The production only lasted two years until 1980. The 780 was a two channel receiver rated at 45 watts per channel.  Everything ... http://elitehifi.com/pioneer-sx-780-vintage-stereo-tuner-amplifier-receiver The JBL L112 loudspeaker system was released in 1980 as an improved version of the original L-100 Century/4130 control monitor. JBL speaker engineers reexamined and reworked every single aspect of these already exquisite systems with the benefit of years of valuable feedback attained from recording engineers and other audio professionals. ... http://elitehifi.com/jbl-l112-loudspeakers The Dynaco MK III power amplifier first appeared in 1957 and quickly became the go to amplifier for aftermarket applications and amateur builders everywhere. The MK III was available in two versions. The first as an unassembled kit for $79.95 or a fully assembled version for $99.95. The Dynaco MK III is still highly sought after today sometimes fetching ... http://elitehifi.com/dynaco-mk-iii-power-amplifier-review The Pioneer Elite A-88x amplifier was introduced in 1985 featuring 120watts per channel into 8 ohms. All black face and rosewood side panels made for a clean look.  With an M.S.R.P of $700 the Pioneer A-88x amplifier was in production all the way to 1989.  Like its little brother the A-77x  it ... http://elitehifi.com/pioneer-elite-a-88x-amplifier-review