So I finally got my receiver set up after a long hiatus. I moved about a year and a half ago, and it's been sitting around since. I haven't really had room without getting rid of a few things and cleaning up. Finally got it all together:
Pioneer SX-535
Pioneer CS-88's
Aiwa automatic turntable
The Aiwa is a fairly shitty turntable. OK sound quality, but its barebones - just something to play the music on for the moment. I needed to get a new stylus for it recently, as the tape holding the swing arm down during moving became sticky-less, letting the arm swing around and the stylus committed suicide. Plus, it also has a pretty shitty built in pre-amp. I'll be replacing that after christmas. I also hook my 42inch Bravia up to it, so it'll be nice to get the turntable into the phono input, so I don't have to plug and unplug the RCA's for the TV.
Here is the receiver and the turnable. The SX-535 is a nice little receiver - doesn't put out a shit load of power, only 22 watts per channel @ 8 ohms, but it has great sound quality. The tuner pulls in stations like a fucking magnet too. 74-75 vintage.
The pair of Pioneer CS-88's. Fantastic speakers - built like bricks. They're probably 50lbs+ each. 12" woofer, 2x 5.25" mid range drivers, 2x 3.25" tweeters and a 3"x5" horn. 60 watts RMS @ 8 ohms max power. I've got them positioned under my electronics workbench. I'll eventually pull them apart and replace all the capacitors in the crossover, as these are late 60s/early 70s vintage and the old electrolytic and polypropylene caps are probably on their last legs. I'll start a post later when I get my bench finished and I'll show you what I'm working on. You can see a couple of old radios up there at the moment.
and the box of most of my records. A bunch of original beatles, zeppelin, sabbath etc. Of course, I have some new stuff too. I'll be back on the hunt for some new vinyl once Christmas passes.
So that's my little setup. The plan right now is to run some speaker wire and mount a couple of speakers in my workshop. I can run the second set of speakers concurrently with the CS-88's or just one or the other. Eventually, somewhere down the line, i'll either restore or build my own tube amp.
Pioneer SX-535
Pioneer CS-88's
Aiwa automatic turntable
The Aiwa is a fairly shitty turntable. OK sound quality, but its barebones - just something to play the music on for the moment. I needed to get a new stylus for it recently, as the tape holding the swing arm down during moving became sticky-less, letting the arm swing around and the stylus committed suicide. Plus, it also has a pretty shitty built in pre-amp. I'll be replacing that after christmas. I also hook my 42inch Bravia up to it, so it'll be nice to get the turntable into the phono input, so I don't have to plug and unplug the RCA's for the TV.
Here is the receiver and the turnable. The SX-535 is a nice little receiver - doesn't put out a shit load of power, only 22 watts per channel @ 8 ohms, but it has great sound quality. The tuner pulls in stations like a fucking magnet too. 74-75 vintage.
The pair of Pioneer CS-88's. Fantastic speakers - built like bricks. They're probably 50lbs+ each. 12" woofer, 2x 5.25" mid range drivers, 2x 3.25" tweeters and a 3"x5" horn. 60 watts RMS @ 8 ohms max power. I've got them positioned under my electronics workbench. I'll eventually pull them apart and replace all the capacitors in the crossover, as these are late 60s/early 70s vintage and the old electrolytic and polypropylene caps are probably on their last legs. I'll start a post later when I get my bench finished and I'll show you what I'm working on. You can see a couple of old radios up there at the moment.
and the box of most of my records. A bunch of original beatles, zeppelin, sabbath etc. Of course, I have some new stuff too. I'll be back on the hunt for some new vinyl once Christmas passes.
So that's my little setup. The plan right now is to run some speaker wire and mount a couple of speakers in my workshop. I can run the second set of speakers concurrently with the CS-88's or just one or the other. Eventually, somewhere down the line, i'll either restore or build my own tube amp.
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