Vintage Technics SA 700 any thoughts?

gudnoyez
gudnoyez Posts: 8,159
edited January 2013 in Electronics
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I have been wanting a SA 1000 but never seem to find one. I think this one is a step or two down from the SA 1000. I own a couple of Technics SUV909's integrateds and love them. I think this SA 700 is in pretty decent shape, and almost worth the asking price, and probably the closet I will ever come to one of the power recievers of the late 70's. Has anyone owned one of these or the SA 1000?
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited January 2013
    I guess that was the third dog in the late '70s under the SA 1000 monster and the 125 watt SA 800.

    Frankly, I prefer the sound of the earlier series: SA 5X60/70.

    I have an SA 5570, supposedly less power than the 100 watt SA 700 but only 1 pound less at 85 watts x 2. I prefer its sound to the 700. Not that the 700 is bad.

    200 for an SA 700? Well, maybe. Sounds a little high to me. I'm sure I didn't even put out anywhere near a 100 for my 5570.

    cnh
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  • gudnoyez
    gudnoyez Posts: 8,159
    edited January 2013
    Yeah thats why I said Almost worth the asking price, if it is still around in a couple of days, I just might offer him $150. I highly doubt I will ever find a SA 1000 local, but this SA 700 sure is a beaut. Thanks for the input.
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    Parasound Halo A 31 OnkyoTX-NR838 Sony XBR55X850B 55" 4K RtiA9 Fronts CsiA6 Center RtiA3 Rears FxiA6 Side Surrounds Dual Psw 111's Oppo 105D Signal Ultra Speaker Cables & IC's Signal Magic Power Cable Technics SL Q300 Panamax MR4300 Audioquest Chocolate HDMI Cables Audioquest Forest USB Cable

    2 Channel
    Adcom 555II Vincent SA-T1 Marantz SA 15S2 Denon DR-M11 Clearaudio Bluemotion SDA 2.3tl's (Z) edition MIT Terminator II Speaker Cables & IC's Adcom 545II Adcom Gtp-450 Marantz CD5004 Technics M245X SDA 2B's, SDA CRS+

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    JD LABS C5 Headphone Amplifier, Sennheiser HD 598, Polk Audio Buckle, Polk Audio Hinge, Velodyne vPulse, Bose IE2, Sennheiser CX 200 Street II, Sennheiser MX 365

    Shower & Off the beaten path Rigs
    Polk Audio Boom Swimmer, Polk Audio Urchin B)
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,938
    edited January 2013
    I don't think that the Technics SA-x00 or SA-x0x receivers were (are!) as well built as their primary Japanese massmarket competition (e.g., Pioneer, Kenwood, Sansui, Marantz, Yamaha, Hitachi) nor do they sound as good. We have several here, including Mrs. H's purchased-new SA-303 - up through an SA-500 (two models under yours, of course). I find them to be thin and two-dimensional sounding. As cnh says (well, implies, strongly) the earlier Technics were a bit better built and - I think - a bit better sounding as well. Current prices for the Technics massmarket receivers and amps reflect this, I think.

    Obviously, YMMV, as they say.
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  • astar13656
    astar13656 Posts: 164
    edited January 2013
    Wow, it does look nice.
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  • alkermes
    alkermes Posts: 24
    edited January 2013
    I bought a SA-700 last fall, mostly for the ADS speakers that were part of the package. Compared to other comparable receivers of that era that I own (Yamaha, Pioneer, Kenwood) I agree with mhardy that it does not seem as well made. It is a heavy piece of equipment and does look nice.

    If you have decided to check it out (and maybe you already have) make sure all the switches and pots work well. Mine needs the full deoxit treatment. The other thing on mine is the FM seems to be working in mono only, but that might clean up after I dexoit the controls. I have used the amp section with an external tuner (with its own volume control), bypassing the preamp, and I thought the amp section on its own sounded nice.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,938
    edited January 2013
    There's a biotech company in Cambridge (MA) called Alkermes. Coincidence? ;-)
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  • alkermes
    alkermes Posts: 24
    edited January 2013
    May be... :wink:
    Good catch!
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    There's a biotech company in Cambridge (MA) called Alkermes. Coincidence? ;-)
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